Chicken Parmesan {healthier version}
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 jar no sugar added spaghetti sauce (see options in notes)
- 1 can diced tomatoes Italian style
- 4 garlic cloves diced
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker.
- Cover chicken with the next 5 ingredients and cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.
- Once the chicken is done, spoon spaghetti sauce into a greased casserole dish.
- Place cooked chicken breasts on top of a low-carb spaghetti sauce. (Chicken may break in pieces since it is tender.)
- Sprinkle parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese on top of chicken breasts.
- Turn oven on broil and place chicken on the top rack of the oven.
- Broil for 2-3 minutes or until the mozzarella cheese begins to brown.
- Serve on either spaghetti squash or whole grain noodles if you don't eat low-carb.
Notes
Low Carb Marinera Sauce Options without any added sugars:
- Rao’s Homemade Marinara Sauce – 4g net carbs per ½ cup
- Rao’s Homemade Tomato Basil Sauce – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Lucini Italia Organic Tuscan Marinara Sauce – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Lucini Italia Organic Rustic Tomato Basil – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Mezzetta Napa Valley Homemade Sauce Marinara – 6g net carbs per ½ cup
- ALDI Simply Selected Premium Marinara – 5g net carbs per ½ cup