Chicken Parm and spaghetti and meatballs are not real Italian food

What’s the orange chicken of Italian food? Chicken Parm, says cookbook author Katie Parla.

What’s the orange chicken of Italian food?

According to Parla, chicken Parmesan — the beloved breaded and fried chicken cutlet smothered in tomato sauce and a blanket of melted cheese — is not a dish you will find in Italy. Chicken Parmesan may have evolved from eggplant Parmesan , suggested Parla, which is a Southern Italian dish of fried eggplant with tomato sauce and cheese. As immigrants from Sicily settled in the U.S., people started to make a variation with chicken — a variation that now towers as a classic of Italian cooking in the American mind, even if you can’t order it on a traditional menu in Italy.

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