Parmesan crusted chicken - a Weight Watchers sheet pan meal

I have been really into sheet pan meals lately. It is a great way to cook a vegetable and protein really fast after work and it can be done with very little oil, so it's Weight Watchers friendly.

This meal relies on a lot of zero point foods with a few extra carbs and cheese to spice things up! The chicken is 3 points a serving and you can have 4+ ounces of potatoes for 4pts (4 7/8 ounces to be precise...not that I checked 😊). I also track 1 point for the olive oil I use on the green beans for a total of 8 points.

True story, the first night I made this I was still in the kitchen weighing my potatoes and tracking my food and my husband said "Damn baby, this is good." So it's not only Weight Watchers friendly, it's husband approved. Win, win.

Ingredients - Chicken

3-4 chicken breasts (approx. 6-8 ounces each)

2 eggs

Juice of half a lemon (I recommend fresh, or you can use 2 Tbsp of refrigerated)

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp Italian seasoning

1/2 cup Seasoned bread crumbs

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (I used freshly grated but you don't have to)

ground pepper to taste

I used 3 potatoes this size.

Ingredients - Potatoes

3 large potatoes (I used red)

1 generous sprinkle of garlic powder

1 generous sprinkle of onion powder

1 generous sprinkle of Italian seasoning

2 tsp of olive oil

Ingredients - Green beans
16oz fresh green beans, cleaned and trimmed
2 tsp of olive oil
1 generous sprinkle of garlic salt

Equipment
2 cookie sheet pans
Parchment paper (preferred) or aluminum foil
Small mesh strainer if you use fresh lemon juice

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Put eggs, lemon juice, garlic powder and Italian seasoning in a medium sized bowl. If you are using fresh lemon juice, squeeze it through a mesh strainer to keep the seeds out. Lightly beat the eggs with a fork until the ingredients are well mixed. Add the chicken to the bowl and stir to coat the chicken.

Line one cookie sheet with parchment paper. Take 3 large potatoes and cut them into 1/2 inch cubes. Pile potatoes into the middle of the cookie sheet and pour on the olive oil garlic, onion and Italian seasoning and toss gently. You can also do this in a mixing bowl but I like to save a dish where possible. Spread the potatoes across the pan in a single layer and put them in the oven.

The potatoes need an approximately 5-minute head-start on the chicken & green beans. While they are cooking you can get your chicken ready.

Line your second cookie sheet with parchment paper (my photos show foil because I ran out of parchment paper, but parchment is still my preference). Mix the seasoned bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese together. Take each chicken breast from the egg mixture and coat in the bread crumb mixture and lay it on the cookie sheet. Grind fresh black pepper on top of each chicken breast to taste.

If you have chicken breasts that are 6-8 oz you can do 4. I had two that size and one really big 10 oz one, so I only made 3 but cut the big one in half after it was cooked to make 4 servings. I suggest smaller 6-8 oz breasts because larger ones have to be cooked longer.

Toss your green beans in 2 tsp of olive oil, either in a  bowl or on the cookie sheet. You do not need to spread the green beans out.

Oven ready!

Put your second cookie sheet with your chicken and green beans in the oven for 18-22 minutes. If your chicken breasts are smaller, they will cook in 18 minutes but if they are larger, you will need 22 minutes. If you have larger pieces of chicken, take care to watch your green beans and potatoes do not burn.

I recommend using a digital thermometer to temp the chicken at it's thickest point and ensure that it is as least 165 degrees F. I had to put my one larger breast back in for an additional few minutes because it wasn't quite to temp yet.

As shown this was 9 points, I topped it with cheese!

You can top with additional grated Parmesan cheese for an additional point for 1 Tb.
Chicken divided into 4 servings is 3 points each serving. To track this you will need to add the ingredients to the recipe builder. For the potatoes, I track an entry on WW called "roasted potatoes with 1 tsp of olive oil" and weigh the number of ounces I have with my food scale (4 7/8 ounces is 4pts). I also track 1pt for olive oil on the green beans and any additional cheese I add on top, Parmesan is 1pt for 1Tb.

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