{"id":128090,"date":"2026-03-01T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T06:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=128090"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:51:49","slug":"marinara-chicken-bake","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/recipes\/marinara-chicken-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"Marinara Chicken Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warm, hearty, and full of classic Italian flavor, <strong>Marinara Chicken Bake<\/strong> is an easy comfort meal the whole family will love. Juicy baked chicken is smothered in rich <em>Clearly by Best Choice Organic Marinara Pasta Sauce<\/em> for a dish that\u2019s simple, satisfying, and perfect for lingering cool spring evenings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p>Spray an 8 x 8 baking dish with Clearly by Best Choice cooking spray.<\/p>\n<p>Pour half the jar of marinara into the baking dish, then set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Place the flour, beaten eggs and breadcrumbs in three separate shallow bowls.<\/p>\n<p>Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour, then dip in the beaten eggs, and then dredge in the breadcrumbs.<\/p>\n<p>Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.<\/p>\n<p>Add chicken and saut\u00e9 until golden, about 4 minutes on each side.<\/p>\n<p>Place chicken in the baking dish with the marinara.<\/p>\n<p>Pour remaining marinara sauce over the chicken and top with mozzarella cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and the chicken is 165 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Serve over a bed of pasta if desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":128134,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"recipe_category":[169,165],"recipe_tags":[],"class_list":["post-128090","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","recipe_category-recipe-of-the-month","recipe_category-dinner"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/128090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipe"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/128090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"recipe_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_category?post=128090"},{"taxonomy":"recipe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_tags?post=128090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}