Easy Chicken Parmesan Skillet Recipe Easy Weeknight Dinner!

This Easy Chicken Parmesan Skillet Recipe is the perfect quick dinner! Plus isn’t it fun to just go explore nearby cities and have a little getaway?  We had a weekend of no soccer games, amazing right, so Kylie and I decided to run off and explore the city of Bellevue and Seattle.  Thank you to Extended Stay America for having my family at their hotel in Bellevue, WA and for sponsoring this post, regardless all opinions are factual to our stay at the hotel.   (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

Now my family is no stranger to the Extended Stay America hotels, you can read about our Vancouver, WA visit -> here, so when we planned our trip we planned to make dinner in the room for the Friday night to save money and I have to say it turned out amazing.  Our check in was easy and we just asked the front desk for the dishes set and the pans we needed, plus they even had the dish soap and towels for us to use.

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The whole hotel room was comfy and nice and clean, perfect set up for traveling families, plus cooking in the room saved us a good $30-$40 for dinner.  For our exploring of the area, it was the perfect base for our travels in the city, plus it was quite the money saver for us to not have to eat out for all our meals.  I actually let Kylie do the cooking this time, she was actually excited because she declared the kitchen as cute as could be.  She loved how easy the Chicken Parmesan Skillet dinner was to make.

Easy Chicken Parmesan Skillet Recipe Ingredients:

• 1lb Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Splash of Italian dressing
• Olive oil with minced garlic in it
• Mozzarella cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• 1 Box penne pasta
• 1 Jar of red sauce

Easy Chicken Parmesan Skillet Recipe Directions:

A couple of hours before we left home I poured some olive oil into a container and placed in some minced garlic to flavor the oil.  

Cut your chicken into cubed pieces

In your fry pan warm up your desired amount of oil and dressing into your pan at medium-high

Cook your diced chicken in the oil and dressing until it is cooked

Once your chicken is cooked pour in your jar of sauce

Pour in the box of pasta

Fill your pasta jar back up with water and slowly pour into the pan

Mix everything together (be careful stirring as it fills up the pan)

Bring to a boil

Reduce heat to allow it to simmer and cover with a lid

Allow to cook for about 15 minutes, we checked ours every five minutes

When pasta is tender cover with mozzarella cheese and allows the meal to cook for a couple more minutes until the cheese is melted.

Top with more cheese and parmesan cheese.

Enjoy!!

What would you cook for dinner in an Extended Stay America hotel room?

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Easy Chicken Parmesan Skillet Dinner!

This Chicken Parmesan Skillet dinner is a perfect weeknight dinner to make that the whole family will love! Plus it's a frugal dinner to save money as well.  

Course Entree

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Chicken, Pasta, Skillet

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Splash of Italian dressing
• Olive oil with minced garlic in it
• Mozzarella cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• 1 Box penne pasta
• 1 Jar of red sauce

Instructions

1. A couple hours before we left home I poured some olive oil into a container and placed in some minced garlic to flavor the oil.
2. Cut your chicken into cubed pieces
3. In your fry pan warm up your desired amount of oil and dressing into your pan at medium-high
4. Cook your diced chicken in the oil and dressing until it is cooked
5. Once your chicken is cooked pour in your jar of sauce
6. Pour in the box of pasta
7. Fill your pasta jar back up with water and slowly pour into the pan
8. Mix everything together (be careful stirring as it fills up the pan)
9. Bring to a boil
10. Reduce heat to allow it to simmer and cover with a lid
11. Allow to cook for about 15 minutes, we checked ours every five minutesWhen pasta is tender cover with mozzarella cheese and allow the meal to cook for a couple more minutes until the cheese is melted.
12. Top with more cheese and parmesan cheese
13. Enjoy!!