The Classic Italian Dish, Best Chicken Parmesan Recipe, is a delicious chicken parmesan recipe with chicken cutlets coated in perfectly seasoned bread crumbs with parmesan cheese, a marinara sauce made with a tomato sauce base, and fresh mozzarella cheese.
This easy recipe is a perfect main course for a weeknight dinner or a special weekend dinner. If you are looking for a delicious and easy chicken dinner, then look no further than traditional chicken parmesan.
You can also enjoy variations on the traditional recipe, such as Chicken Parmesan Sliders and Chicken Parmesan Meatballs, and the side dishes below will go well with these also.
I’m sharing the best chicken parmesan sides to go with Chicken Parmesan. Be sure to check all of these recipes, and you’ll have a wonderful repertoire of the best side dishes.
Pasta Side Dishes
Plain Pasta – Serve either spaghetti or penne, as both would be excellent choices to serve with Chicken Parmesan, but you can also pick your own.
Want to know how to cook perfect pasta every time? Check out Jamie Oliver’s How To Cook Pasta in 6 Easy Steps.
Spaghetti Aglio
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best. This spaghetti recipe with only olive oil, garlic, and red peppers makes a wonderful pasta side dish that pairs perfectly with chicken parmesan.
Homemade Pasta
With only four simple ingredients, you can make your own pasta from scratch!
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta
Dress up plain pasta with sun-dried tomato pesto, crisp bacon, parmesan cheese, a dusting of black pepper, and fresh parsley.
Zucchini Noodles with Pesto and Bacon
For a low carb alternative to pasta, try making these Zucchini Noodles with Pesto and Bacon! With crisp bacon and the bold flavor of pesto, these zucchini noodles are bursting with flavor.
Grilled Caesar Pasta Salad
Combine rotini pasta with fresh, crisp romaine leaves, parmesan cheese, croutons, and a homemade Caesar dressing for a delicious side dish to chicken parmesan or any Italian main course.
Salads
Burrata Salad
This Burrata Salad recipe is a vibrantly fresh salad with arugula, cherry tomatoes, sliced red onion, avocado, and a creamy burrata ball. A delicious, low carb salad option to serve with your chicken parmesan dinner.
Classic Caesar Salad
There’s nothing better than the traditional Caesar salad to pair with chicken parmesan.
Caprese Salad
It doesn’t get any fresher than a Caprese Salad with ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil leaves, and extra virgin olive oil!
Chopped Vegetable Salad
Loaded with tons of fresh vegetables, this chopped salad is refreshing and delicious!
Chopped Vegetable Caesar Salad
A unique twist on a Caesar Salad with quinoa, tomatoes, cucumbers, and a Greek Yogurt dressing.
Italian Chopped Salad
Italian Chopped Salad is full of flavor with salami, provolone, tomatoes, olives, artichoke hearts, pepperoncini, and red onion, and topped off with a homemade lemon oregano vinaigrette.
Marinated Green Bean Salad
Green beans, red onions, cherry tomatoes, and parmesan cheese combine with a red wine vinaigrette for a perfect cold, marinated green bean salad.
Marinated Tomato Salad
Chopped tomatoes are marinated in a zesty red wine vinaigrette and combined with fresh mozzarella and basil in this Marinated Tomato Salad!
Panzanella Salad
Crusty croutons with fresh mozzarella and tomatoes are all covered in a zesty vinaigrette for this Panzanella Salad.
Bread
Air Fryer Garlic Knots
Soft, fluffy garlic knots “baked” in the air fryer! Made out of pizza dough and covered in herbs, butter, and cheese, these delicious bites of bread are sure to please!
Garlic Bread Spread
Want to make the best garlic bread? Then you’ll need to know how to make the Garlic Bread Spread!
Italian Bread Sticks
A copycat version of Olive Garden’s bread sticks, this is a delicious homemade interpretation of those breadsticks.
Pesto Garlic Bread
Made with Pesto Butter, this Pesto garlic bread is deliciously flavorful, and perfect with chicken parmesan or any Italian dinner.
Asiago Focaccia
Warm, thick Focaccia Italian Bread with fresh herbs pairs well with the Chicken Parmesan with its marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese!
Vegetable Side Dishes
Asiago Bruschetta Roasted Asparagus
Roasted fresh asparagus, topped with bruschetta and asiago cheese makes a perfect Italian vegetable to pair with Chicken Parmesan.
Easy Potato Gnocchi
Potato Gnocchi is a pillowy Italian Potato Dumpling, that is great with marinara sauce and can be a nice substitute for pasta.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts (With Bacon and Balsamic)
The roasted flavor of the Brussels sprouts combines delightfully with Bacon, onion, and Balsamic Glaze to add an awesome nutty, smoky flavor!
Cucumber Tomato Salad
A fresh, vibrant salad with cucumbers, sliced red onions, fresh cherry tomatoes marinated in a Mexican spiced vinaigrette with cotija.
With the 25 Chicken Parmesan Side Dish recipes above, I hope you have found at least a few recipes that you can serve with Chicken Parmesan.
