chicken parmigiana

Make midweek easier with Barney Desmazery’s new family-friendly freezer meals. This recipe is also easily doubled for extra portions

- Barney Desmazery

Chicken parmigiana

You get two freezer recipes in one here: the chicken and the sauce, which is great on its own over pasta, or spread on a pizza base. The beauty of freezing thin fillets of breadcrumbed chicken is that they can be cooked from frozen.

SERVES 4 PREP 40 mins COOK 30 mins MORE EFFORT

2 large chicken breasts

50g plain flour

1 egg, beaten

75g fresh breadcrumbs

15g parmesan, finely grated, plus extra to serve

4 tbsp sunflower oil

125g ball mozzarella, cut into 4 slices

300g spaghetti For the tomato sauce

2 tbsp olive oil

4 garlic cloves, finely sliced pinch of caster sugar splash of red wine vinegar