the.com/chicken parmigiana
Italy did not invent it, Italian-Americans perfected it, everyone else just reheats it.
means A breaded, fried chicken cutlet topped with tomato sauce and melted cheese, usually mozzarella and parmesan, often served over pasta.
from The name points to Parma, but the dish as known today took shape in Italian-American kitchens in the 20th century, descended from eggplant parmigiana (melanzane alla parmigiana), which itself likely isn't from Parma at all — 'parmigiana' may trace to 'parmiciana,' a Sicilian word for the overlapping wooden slats of a shutter, echoing how the sliced eggplant (or later, chicken) layers overlap under the cheese. Immigrants swapped in chicken, American kitchens embraced breading and frying, and the dish became a red-sauce-joint staple with only a borrowed name tying it back to Italy.
- origin myth
- named for Parma but born in America
- true cousin
- descends from Sicilian eggplant parmigiana
- cheese choice
- mozzarella is correct, parmesan is just backup
- pub test
- became Australia's unofficial national dish