Chicken Parmesan - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 pieces boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb.)
    3/4 cup dry Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    1 egg, lightly beaten
    3 tablespoons olive oil
    1 1/3 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
    4 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated
    3 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese
Preparation
    Spread a chicken cutlet out flat between two pieces of wax paper.
    Using a mallet or rolling pin, pound cutlet to 1/2 inch thick.
    Do the same with remaining cutlets.
    In a shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, salt and pepper.
    Place beaten egg in another shallow bowl.
    Dip each cutlet in egg, coating lightly, then in bread crumb mixture coating lightly; set aside.
    In a large skillet, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil.
    Add cutlets and cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden.
    (Add more oil 1 T. at a time if needed.) Remove from skillet and set aside.
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    Pour 1 Cup spaghetti sauce into the bottom of a baking dish.
    Arrange cutlets in dish one layer deep.
    Pour remaining sauce over chicken.
    Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
    Bake for 20 minutes.

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