I love a good parmie, but every time I order one, I end up terribly sick 🙁 So I gave up my love for oversized parmies many years ago. Every time I go to the pub and order one, I end up begging M to never let me do it again, so you can imagine that creating a grain free/healthy parmie has been on my list since forever. I endeavoured to make it nut free, but you can always substitute the ingredients as per the recipe. I hope you guys love this one as much as I did for lunch!
skinnymixer's Grain Free Chicken Parmie
Author: skinnymixer's
Recipe type: Dinner
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
Crumb Ingredients
- 50 g | 1.8 oz sesame seeds
- 50 g | 1.8 oz sunflower seeds or raw almonds or bread crumbs
- 2 tsp italian herb mix (from the supermarket)
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
Parmie Sauce Ingredients
- 150 g | 5.3 oz tomato paste
- 50 g | 1.8 oz semi dried tomato
- 50 g | 1.8 oz roasted capsicum
- 15 g | 0.5 oz water
- 5 g | 0.2 oz olive oil
- ¼ tsp italian herb mix
- ¼ tsp salt
- pinch of pepper
- pinch of dried chilli flakes (this is optional, but HIGHLY recommended - it isnt spicy!)
Chicken Parmie Ingredients
- 500 g | 17.6 oz raw chicken breast, cubed
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 20 g | 0.7 oz of reserved crumb mixture
To serve
- Oil to fry
- Cheese of choice, I used baby bocconcini
Instructions
- Add crumb ingredients to a dry mixer bowl, chop for 3-5 sec/speed 5/MC on. You want to have a crumb texture, not powder. Set aside on a large plate.
- Without washing the bowl, add your paste ingredients and chop for 5 sec/speed 5/MC on. Set aside in a bowl, ensuring to scrape out as much of the sauce as possible.
- Without washing the bowl, add chicken parmie ingredients and process for 40 sec/speed 9/MC on.
- Divide the chicken mixture into 4 or 6, with damp hands and form into 2 cm steaks. I found putting a portion of the chicken mixture onto the plate of crumbs, and pressing it out onto the crumbs the easiest way.
To Cook
- Pre heat a frying pan to medium high heat with preferred oil. Also pre heat your grill to medium high.
- Fry your schnitzels for around 3 minutes on one side so its golden brown, then flip and fry for around 2 minutes. You dont want to overcook them as they will continue cooking under the grill.
- Top each schnitzel with your reserved parmie sauce, then cheese and grill until golden brown.
Notes
Bellini Users
Use your sharp blade for this recipe.
At step 1 start with processing for 5 seconds and do it for longer if necessary.
Use your sharp blade for this recipe.
At step 1 start with processing for 5 seconds and do it for longer if necessary.
I made this tonight, but sadly wasn’t a fan of the parmie sauce! I followed the directions exactly, but all I could taste was tomato paste, it just had no flavour and was so thick. I would cook this again but use passatta sauce instead of so much tomato paste.
I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to make these. They were super yum and easy to make!
Hi just wondering if we can leave egg out or replace it with something? My son has an egg allergy. Thank you.
I left out the egg and added a bit of arrowroot flour. It was fine.
Just wondering if the Italian Herb Mix that you buy from the shops is what you use in both the crumb and sauce ingredients?
no you make it
So easy, so delicious
So much better than a pub Parma. I was licking the sauce from the bowl so good.
Made these tonight thinking I had left over sauce in the freezer only to find I didn’t. But did find chipotle salsa from ALToM. OMG it was the bomb,. If you like a bit of heat in your parmie give this a whirl,
Hi. These are so yummy. Just wondering what the nicest oil to fry them in is?
Olive oil
Anyone worked out the carbs in tgis by any chance doing lchf so need to know if it will fit in my 20grams of carbs for the day. Tganks
The nutritional details are in The Healthy Mix 2 book
This is sooo good! I got 4 parmies out of the batch. I didnt blitz the crumb, just mixed together. I love garlic so added some garlic to the sauce and will add it to the meat next time. The sauce was amazing, i was eating it out of the bowl, had to try and save some for the meal!
Wish I’d made these earlier! This is my new favourite recipe. I doubled the recipe & froze half want to eat them again tomorrow. Thank you for delicious & amazing parmie:
Did you freeze them with crumb on?
Sooo delicious!!
I recommend that everyone should make these! They are just divine and so worth it!
So so so Good! My new fav 😊
Hi – I am super excited to try this recipe this weekend! Can anyone tell me what the nutrition information is, specifically the calories? Thanks
I thought, not another Parma recipe but tried this thanks to a FB post. Well hubby (aka mr fussy) had 3. So much flavour. Easy to make as always with clear instruction. These will go in rotation with your kiev’s and healthy cabonara. Thank you 💜
WOW!!! What took me so long to make these? These are delicious & no tummy ache after. Thoroughly recommend this recipe, absolutely delicious A++++++
Winner winner chicken dinner! This is a hit in our home and we love to make our own parmie’ s at home! Once again, thank you Nik!!
This recipe is delicious. I made it with sesame seeds and almonds and added a couple of slices of short cut bacon into the sauce. I will certainly be making these again, this right up there with Skinnymixers Butter Chicken.
Love, love, love! A winner with the family! So tasty. Another brilliant recipe from the Skinny Queen Nik xx
This dish is just devine. My partner absolutely loves chicken parmis and this did not disappoint. Definitely wil recommend to all my friends and family
I made this the night hubby decided he was going to really be strict with his body builder diet.
Man am I glad he did cos it meant more leftovers for me.
AMAZING doesn’t cut it for this dish.
This is a brilliant dish. I did a couple without the topping for the youngest son to take for lunch. I didn’t have roasted capsicum so just popped in fresh capsicum. Also made a batch of home made tomato paste as I am using so much of it! Nik’s recipes just work!
was staring at my defrosting chicken thighs thinking hmmm…. what to do with chicken. Came here and found the answer! now to whip it up by dinner time. Thanks Nik!
These were really nice. It felt naughty but want. Hubby liked it too.i added a slice of ham to his. We had leftover sauce too so I’ve frozen it to use as pizza sauce.
Amazing! Made 6 large parmigiana’s! Will get having this regularly. Thanks Nik.
Made these for the first time tonight. Added a slice of ham. Kids loved them. Thanks so much Nik.
Made these tonight. I added 600gm chicken fillet , as I was serving 4 adults and 2 child size meals. Also changed the Parmie sauce to be Fodmap friendly. Everyone loved it and elderly guest with poor chewing ability loved getting onto a parmie again…..10plus. Will be a family favourite. Thankyou so much
Delicious! Seriously, ten out of ten. These took about 15 mins to whip together and they were so very tasty! Do yourself a favour and make a batch.. or ten! 😀
We finally got around to making these tonight, why did we wait so long? Easy and tasty. We will be making a double batch next time!
Divine – of course!!! Just perfect flavours.
I made these the other night and was happy with how quick and easy they were to prepare & cook. They were delicious, super juicy and I really loved the crumb texture of the almond & sesame seeds. I’d happily make these again, my family loved them.
Delicious
These are so yummy and so easy. The recipe made a double batch and put the seco d lot un the freezer for a quick yummy dinner!
These were delicious! Super easy and a hit with all! Is on the menu plan for sure!
I’ve never liked chicken parmies before but this one was delicious. My husband and kids both enjoyed it too. One child had it without the sauce and I just grilled cheese on top. Will definitely make again. Thank you.
Made these the other night… Delicious! I didn’t have a couple of the ingredients but still made without them and still tasted awesome… I wondered how much more awesome they will be with ingredients I didn’t have 🙂 (I have purchased the ones I didn’t have already for next time :))
Just made these for dinner – as everyone else has said “AMAZING!!!”. My only minor stuff-up was not knowing how long to grill them for at the end or what temp to set the grill to- and so ended up slightly burning them. But lucky for me I don’t mind a slightly burnt flavour 🙂 🙂 Served mine with a light salad just like you might get at a pub & I was in foodie heaven! Why would you pay for a parmie when these can be made so easily and TASTE BETTER?!!!! Thanks Nik!!
This was a winner with the whole family (including my 3 year old which I made ‘Nuggets’ for using smaller amounts of the chicken mixture) I served it with some of the silky sweet potato mash and some corn. A quick and easy meal – definitely will be on high rotation around here!
Amazing!
Love, love, love this recipe! It is delish and so so easy to make. Made of my family and my three children, 2 5 &9 gave it the thumbs up and want it on the list to make again.
Miss 12 made these last night and saved one for her lunch box this morning. So quick and easy and oh so very lush and tasty. Will definitely be a regular here. X
OMGeeee! Who needs to go to the pub when you can create this super delicious chicken parmie dinner at home? I made a double batch of the sauce because I kept reading people rave about it and I’m so glad I did! I will freeze it for use when I make these next OR I might even use it on pizzas or scrolls. It is soooo yummy!!! Thank you again Nik x
We just had this for dinner. I made it exactly to the recipe and it was so good. Will definitely make these again. So quick and easy too.
Errrr….yes. Just had this for dinner, I ate double my normal portion size. So did my 4yo son. Too bad for my gorgeous hubby who’s not home yet! Few notes: I had to chop my crumb ingredients for about 12 seconds before the sunflower seeds broke down. I followed the cooking times pretty much exactly and it worked a treat. I cooked them in butter. This recipe will enter my monthly meal plan without a doubt. Thank you again, Nik.
These are delicious!
I only had 20gms of white sesame seeds left so used 30gms of black sesame seeds. So yummy!
So yummy. I changed the sauce a little to suit our tastes – extra capsicum as we don’t like sun-dried tomatoes and I didn’t have any tomato paste so I used leftover pizza sauce from the mexican shredded chicken pizza recipe and it was delish. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Made these Sunday night for our friends instead of going to the Pub for Parmies!! Well what can I say amazing!! After previously adapting the Kiev recipes for Parmies, this takes it to the next level!!! Used 4 breasts and doubled everything else adding extra tomatoes to the sauce – ended up with 12 Parmies, enough for hubby and 17 yr olds lunch the next day! All I can say is winner winner and hi fives all round to Nik!! Everyone loved it from our friends 6 yr old to our older teenage kids!! My best friends husband said brilliant, just saved us all $250 at the pub for dinner – she already has a thermomix too so next time we are using both and doing up a huge batch for the freezer!! Just think if you didn’t have a thermomix and regularly go out for Parmies you could pay for your thermie very quickly!! Well that’s what my 22yr old sons girlfriend told him 😆😆😆
I haven’t made them yet but would at what stage of making would you freeze
Sooo yummy.
We had tonight for dinner. I can easy get two meals from it by serving it with salad, veg and skinnymixers cauliflower rice. Yummmm
I love that one 500g pkt of chicken i can get two meals for 4 adults and two kids 🙂
Was enjoyed by all.
I think this will be on our meal plan weekly.
Fussy husband loved it, He kept saying “terrific dinner!” Thank you for another great recipe! 🙂
Delish!!! I don’t actually like tomatoes or capsicum but decided to try it anyway due to the rave reviews. Once again Nik you didn’t disappoint. Only 2 of us at home so had the leftover snitzel for breakfast then again for lunch. About to use the leftover parmie sauce in a bolognese 😄
Great recipe Nik I used flattered chicken breast & added capers to the sauce just my little twist on it. Loving the almond crumbs will never use breadcrumbs again . 🙋
I made this and got the tick of approval from fussy hubby! He’s not a fan of minced chicken so I just used chicken breast dipped in egg and then crumbed ☺️
So simple and easy to make and tastes just unbelievable! If you are looking for a quick and fast meal these are the best way to go. Thanks Nik You did it again!
My wife Christine made these, guys they are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Made these the day it was published. Another fab recipe. 🙂
Really tasty and easy to make in my Tefal Cuisine Companion, will definitely repeat this recipe.
Yum!!
That’s all that needs to be said 😊
This was awesome,like all of Nik’s recipes. No washing the bowl between steps. I made it with all sundried tomato,as I had no capsicum. Tasted fantastic. My 5 year old grandson ate a whole one to himself,unheard of. He usually eats all his vegetable and picks at the meat. My 2 teenagers ate it all. I made 700g and got 7 serves. It was even better the next day,cold,with salad for lunch. Thanks again for another winning dish.
Thanks Nik another excellent recipe. So quick and easy. The Parmie sauce is amazing. Love you work.
I don’t think I have ever eaten a chicken parmie before. Somehow I have always related them to something you might find in the hotbox of a roadside truck stop. Not very appealing. I didn’t even have all of the ingredients when I decided very late in the day to give these a go for dinner. So easy, so tasty and no complaints across the board. They tick all of the boxes for us and will no doubt be a regular at our dinner table. Thx Nic!
I made this for myself but ended up taking it over to a grateful mum and a fussy “I don’t believe in healthy food”dad. When he was done he asked me if I had made that from scratch or bought it. He couldn’t believe I made a healthy parma that tasted exactly like the real thing! That’s quite a compliment from him Nik, another winner!
So I was going through the dictionary, in the B section, stumbled across ‘bomb’, and the definition read: (absolute) Skinnymixers Chicken parmi!
Seriously this is devine, I will never order this out again. My kids demand it once a week at least, thank you Nik for yet another amazing, simple, healthy recipe.
Another delish recipe. Thank you 💓
Made the Parmi tonight for our family of 7 and can honestly say WOW. I used the raw almonds rather than the breadcrumbs and loved the taste of it through the incredible sauce. Definitely on our list of most loved meals. Well done Nik.
Delicious! And so quick even while juggling 3 babies. Definitely in the repeat menu. And do easy to make toddler size portions.
I cooked this the day after nik posted it. Really like it. Quick and easy. I served it with steamed veg and nik’s lovely silky sweet potato mash. I’ve just started reducing white carbs so this was such a winner – although all of nik’s recipes are winners! Thank you nik.
This was another great quick and extremely tasty recipie. Really took no time and I doubled it so we had enough for our family of five for dinner and lunches for two days so I was very happy with that. Love that it’s not wiht nuts, we eat Paleo/lchf and sometimes you can get a bit over nuts in everything. Well done again Nik & team
I loved making these with my 8year old ! Super easy and delicious to boot.. Will be a definite on the weekly menu!
Delicious! Thoroughly enjoyed by the whole family!
My fav so far !
Absolutely delish !!!
Yummy 😋
I Made This For Dinner Last Night. I Think I Forgot To Add The Egg Because I Couldnt Remember Doing It But It Still Tasted Amazing. So Quick And Easy It took me Longer To Prep And Cook The Veg That Went With It. This Was also A Perfect Fit For My New Lchf Way Of Eating. Thank You Nik And Please Keep these Amazing But Simple Recipes Coming xx
Soooooo yummy and quiet easy to make. I made them almonds and sesame seeds. I added the pinch of chilli and it gave it a slight zing of heat which everyone loved.
2 chicken breasts made enough for my family of seven.
The kids loved them too and were asking if there were any more. 🙂
Imagine my surprise when MR decided to cook these last night. I got home from work and he was mid stride with the Bellini – in his element..
These are awesome in flavour – you never fail to disappoint Nik.
Who would of thought of a parmie in the bellini? You are warped and twisted and we love it!
wow! I cannot believe I can make a chicken parmie in my Thermomix. Skinnymixers makes anything possible. I made mine with raw almonds and it was absolutely delish. Hubby who loves a pub chicken parmie took 1 mouthful, gave me a high five and declared them the best parmie he has ever had. I served mine with salad. Such a fantastic quick, easy and really tasty Thermomix mid week meal.
I can’t say enough good things about this recipe! I used a mixture of sesame seeds and homemade wholemeal bread crumbs (I always keep my crusts in the freezer), 700g of chicken breasts because that’s what 2 breasts weighed, and I only had a few sundried tomatoes left in the bottom of the tub, but I poured in the oil for extra flavour and doubled the capsicum quantity (because 1 roasted capsicum weighed 100g). I also doubled the quantity of all the other sauce ingredients. This is what I love about this recipe though. You can tweak it a bit and it still turns out fantastic! No rinsing the bowl in between, the chicken turns into the most fantastic texture following the recipe exactly. I made in my Bellini using the sharp blade from start to finish, then put baking paper on my scales, scooped the chicken onto it, and grabbed 100g handfuls for the crumb mix (which I increased slightly due to the increased amount of chicken). Ended up with 7 perfect patties that looked awesome and tasted divine! Was easy to make early and come back to later. Capsicum and sundried tomato sauce combo, pure genius Nik! Thanks for another awesome family friendly meal!~
I can’t say enough good things about this recipe! I used a mixture of sesame seeds and homemade wholemeal bread crumbs (I always keep my crusts in the freezer), 700g of chicken breasts because that’s what 2 breasts weighed, and I only had a few sundried tomatoes left in the bottom of the tub, but I poured in the oil for extra flavour and doubled the capsicum quantity (because 1 roasted capsicum weighed 100g). I also doubled the quantity of all the other sauce ingredients. This is what I love about this recipe though. You can tweak it a bit and it still turns out fantastic! No rinsing the bowl in between, the chicken turns into the most fantastic texture following the recipe exactly. I made in my Bellini using the sharp blade from start to finish, then put baking paper on my scales, scooped the chicken onto it, and grabbed 100g handfuls for the crumb mix (which I increased slightly due to the increased amount of chicken). Ended up with 7 perfect patties that looked awesome and tasted divine! Was easy to make early and come back to later. Capsicum and sundried tomato sauce combo, pure genius Nik! Thanks for another awesome family friendly meal!~
“Dinner of Champions” said very happy hubby! I didn’t have semi-dried tomatoes so just increased the amount of capsicum to compensate. Everyone else in family loved it too. Definitely a keeper in the recipe folder!
This was amazing! I used the sesame seed and almond crumb (and was a little short on sesame seeds so added extra almonds). My husband voted it “best parmie ever”, kids had it as just a schnitzel without the topping. So easy and tasty – will be staying on the menu
This was delicious and so easy to make. I used the sunflower seed and sesame seed crumb, and it was yummy. Next time will try the almond and sesame crumb just to compare. Had no capsicum so used extra semi dried tomato with no problem. This is definitely going to be a regular in our house!
Love the sound of this. Will definately try this week.