Chicken Eggplant Sorrento

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Chicken Eggplant Sorrento is a stacked gourmet chicken breast with eggplant and Italian sauce with cheeses.

We just love eggplant and this is pretty much all cooked and can be even done the day before and heated up when needed for a great family dinner.

Working long hours in retail, this is a win-win recipe for me to just pop in the oven during the holiday season or when we have unexpected guests, this meal freezes perfectly.

I love making this ahead of time because all the flavors are enhanced the next day.

This creative Italian dish was one grandma would throw together with leftover eggplant parmesan and Sunday Tomato Meat Sauce and I adapted it easily.

Mom back then in the 1960s worked in a supermarket so we were lucky to get all the ingredients we needed.

That is how I learned to make this meal easier by setting up a breading and coating station, cooking them on a cookie sheet then doing a quick assembly.

This chicken is then sliced in half, topped with eggplant, sauce, ricotta, and other cheeses, and voila the perfect all-in-one pan meal.

This sauce is so fresh tasting and the little bit of wine in it accents the chicken and eggplant while baking.

Scroll down to the bottom of this page for my printable easy recipe.

this is a photo of chicken stacked with eggplant, fresh tomato, ricotta cheese and baked on a white plate






this is a whole meal in the oven with appetizers and chicken eggplant parmesan


One Pan Meals is the Best



I just love this easy recipe all in one pan, no side dishes necessary.


Since this was a family get-together we did make a few favorite appetizers.


My son Curt loves to cook he has been a guest post on here for his potato skins .




this is chicken topped with sauce, stacked with mozzarella, eggplant and ricotta cheese




Ingredients You Will Need

  • boneless chicken breasts
  • eggplant
  • ricotta cheese
  • egg
  • parsley
  • salt, pepper
  • shredded mozzarella
  • flour
  • breadcrumbs
  • Pecorino Romano cheese
  • granulated garlic
  • white wine
  • crushed tomatoes


eggplant salted to get the bitterness out


Tips

  1. after cutting the eggplant salt and drain on paper towels for 1 hour (this removes the bitterness)
  2. the eggplant and chicken can be cooked using air frying, baking, or stovetop frying methods
  3. when in season use fresh pureed plum tomatoes
  4. this meal can be made ahead of time frozen-thawed and baked


these are sliced raw chicken breasts




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If you want to impress your dinner guests, this will be the meal they will remember, it's a little time consuming but super easy to put together.


Once you get all the ingredients together, the rest will fall into place to see how easy this is to assemble.


This will be a keep all in a one-pan meal you and your family will love.



Chicken  Eggplant Sorrento
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Chicken Eggplant Sorrento

Yield: 6
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Prep time: 55 MinCook time: 35 MinTotal time: 1 H & 30 M
This is an all in one-pan meals with boneless chicken breast, ricotta, mozzarella, and eggplant stack together and baked.

Ingredients

  • 3 Boneless Chicken Breasts sliced 1 inch thick slices( cut into rounds on a cutting board)
  • 1 cup of Italian seasoned breadcrumbs with 1/4 cup grated cheese added and 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  • 1 large eggplant washed, skin removed every other inch to leave on stripes and sliced in 1/2 inch thick pieces
  • 1 -16-ounce container of ricotta mixed with 1 egg, 1 tablespoon parsley and 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese, mix all together set aside.
  • 1- 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes add 3 cloves of minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon each parsley, basil, oregano, pepper, and a pinch of sugar and 1/2 cup white wine mix together and set aside
  • grated Pecorino Romano cheese
  • around 1 cup olive oil added to a pie plate
  • Seasoning for the flour:
  • 1 cup flour (1/2 teaspoon each parsley, oregano, garlic powder, cayenne pepper)
  • Topping:
  • shredded mozzarella
  • More Parmesan or Pecorino Romano Cheese
  • For eggplant and chicken for shaking in :
  • 2 large plastic bags
  • In a large plastic bag, add seasoned flour and the other into seasoned breadcrumbs.

Instructions

  1. Build your work station:
  2. Dip the sliced eggplant into the pie plate with the oil, then shake into seasoned flour, place on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet..
  3. Bake ( air fry at 400 for 11 minutes or pan-fry method until golden brown also can be used) at 400 till brown and crisp around 25 minutes.
  4. Slice chicken breast thin, around 1/2 inch thick, dip in olive oil, and then in a large plastic bag with the seasoned Italian bread crumbs and grated cheese shake into that mixture.
  5. Again on a separate cookie sheet (or use the eggplant cookie sheet) add the chicken and bake the chicken until the juice runs clear around 30 minutes.
  6. Bake the chicken ( air fry at 400 for 15 minutes or pan-fry method until golden brown also can be used) at 400 till brown and crisp around 30 minutes.
  7. Grease a large lasagna style pan, layer the ingredients starting with chicken.
  8. Top the chicken with one piece of eggplant, seasoned ricotta mixture, shredded mozzarella, and grated cheese.
  9. Scoop on some of the crushed tomato mixture wine sauce, top chicken with sauce and more mozzarella, and bake at 400 till cheese is melted.
  10. Around 15 minutes.
  11. Serve with your favorite pasta topped with the rest of the tomato wine sauce, grated cheese on top.

Calories

1134.20

Fat (grams)

59.24

Sat. Fat (grams)

15.63

Carbs (grams)

97.74

Fiber (grams)

10.75

Net carbs

86.99

Sugar (grams)

16.63

Protein (grams)

52.26

Sodium (milligrams)

1331.42

Cholesterol (grams)

141.73
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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2010. It was edited and re-published in 2020.

32 comments

  1. What a MAGNIFICENT feast! And good company too!

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  2. Wow! What a feast is right! What a wonderful day...

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  3. Looks like an amazing feast! Everything looks like it would hard to avoid going back for 2nds and 3rds!

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  4. everything looks and sounds so incredible - I know the chicken was to die for and dessert, a favorite in our house ... have a blessed week my friend

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  5. This looks amazing! I wouldn't know where to start and when to end. I'll take one of each please!

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  6. What a delicious bounty! How great that you saw your nephew after all that time.

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  7. This chicken and eggplant combo is superb! I am definitely going to try this one. Just can't tell the guys about that eggplant.... shhhh they'll never guess what's in there. Thanks for sharing your fabulous dinner. Isn't it great to see how the kids have grown, makes me smile thinking about it!

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  8. Gorgeous dinner, Claudia. Just perfect. And how special to reconnect with your nephew. That's what struck me. Even if i did lust a wee bit for the tiramisu.

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  9. what a gorgeous dinner!all is perfect!

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  10. The food looks absolutely mouthwatering! How lucky for you to see your nephew after so much time!

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  11. It looks as though you had a fabulous feast and enjoyed some good company. I like the tips from your nephew that you shared.

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  12. That feast looks fantastic! I think I gained 10 pounds just looking at it. Happy Easter!

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  13. What a feast! Your table must have groaned with the weight!! Lovely chicken recipe - I must try it!

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  14. Next time, I'm flying down from Philadelphia for a feast like this one :-)

    Looks great, Claud!

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  15. What a fantastic meal!!! I use to make chicken sorrento at a restaurant I had years ago, I have not seen it since...
    Thanks for sharing and bringing back some memories

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  16. Yum! Everything looked delicious. That is a meal I would have loved to indulge in.

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  17. Wow, that was some meal--and how nice it must have been to see Michael after all those years. The chicken dish looks spectacular!

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  18. What a feast!
    The tiramisu looks fantastic - I just go weak in the knees for tiramisu :)

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  19. I bet no one left hungry. Such inviting food.

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  20. lovely food and presentation everything looks fabulous regards

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  21. You must have been exhausted!! but it all looks great!

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  22. This looks absolutely mouthwatering! I am literally drooling over that thick layer of melting cheese topping.

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  23. This looks delicious Claudia and must be tried here.

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  24. Your post is awesome and thanks so much for sharing it with us at Full Plate Thursday,510. Hope you are having a great week and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

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  25. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday,514. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us soon!
    Miz Helen

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  26. The recipe was soo delicious! Thank you! I loved the addition of eggplants! my favorite!

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  27. This sounds just delicious! Love how easy the recipe is and the flavors sound so yummy!

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  28. Can't beat a sheet pan dinner like this! Delicious!

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  29. This looks like true winter comfort food. Lovely combo of flavors. I'm saving the recipe to give it a try. Thanks!

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  30. You are correct one pan meals are the best. I love eggplant and cheese so this is a must try.

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