I Feel Like Chicken Tonight: Dub Shack BBQ Presents Chicken Parmesan

This is another long-awaited recipe that makes short work of the PK plus serves as another midweek classic: Just don't tell my mom that we're eating chicken more than once a week in Springhill Manor.

INGREDIENTS 

Chicken breasts 

Parmesan cheese

Marinara sauce

Italian bread crumbs, can be toasted*

Fire and Smoke Society's Sweet Peeper rub

Italian seasoning of your choice

STEP ONE. If frozen, thaw out the chicken breasts per packaging instructions. For the rest of us, open the package of chicken from the grocery store and trim off the ugly bits such as excess fat and the jagged pieces that will dry out way before it finishes.  Give it some Sweet Peeper love and set aside while you grate your own Parmesan cheese. [Sidebar: In the quest of cooking dinner, you may bypass shredding a whole block of Parmesan cheese and pick up the already shredded bag from the dairy department. Not many people are going to notice the easy call for a random Tuesday night meal - and to take food to the next level, save the magic for date night.]

STEP TWO. Light the cooking vessel of your choice and do so in a two-zone fire fashion. Once ready, place the chicken on the grill first over the coals for that extra pop of char before moving each breast to the indirect side. Chicken breasts are ready at 160 degrees, but...at 150 degrees, go ahead and add both the marinara sauce and parmesan cheese atop the chicken to continue cooking until the cheese melts. Rest for about fifteen minutes, and in the time it takes for pasta noodles to be al dente, dinner is ready!

This is such a great twist on a comfort food classic that I might not do it any other way! For the vegetarians/vegans among us, substitute the chicken for eggplant and get that special vegan cheese from Whole Foods or wherever the vegan aisles exist in Kroger and other slightly finer grocers than Wally World. Remember the Italian bread crumbs? I forgot them. Next time, I'll toast them and add them along with the other seasoning for an additional pop.

Thanks for reading this post. Although I joked about not telling my mom that we are eating chicken multiple times in one week, she can have this the next time she and Dad come down. As always, y'all be blessed, be safe, be good to each other, and tell everyone that every day is a GREAT day for Dub Shack BBQ!