Chicken Parmesan, one on my favorite meals ever, happened to be what I ordered for dinner tonight. I read the description of the "Chicken Parmesan Sub,” on the menu of one of the campus cafeterias. It read: breaded chicken, slice of provolone, covered in marinara sauce and topped with parmesan cheese toasted on a sub roll, or something like that.
Since when is provolone cheese involved in chicken parmesan? I called my mother to ask her what type of cheese she uses for chicken parmesan. She told me she usually uses shredded parmesan but will substitute shredded mozzarella. Then, I remembered an experience I had last year at another cafeteria on campus. I ordered a chicken cutlet with marinara sauce and American cheese on a sub roll. The woman sort of laughed at me and said something like "you want a chicken parm sandwich?" Like an idiot, I said "yes."
Now, I need help trying to recall the ingredients in the Friendly's Chicken Parmesan Supermelt. Is it actually made with parmesan? For some reason, I'm thinking no. If my memory serves me correctly, it is made with provolone. ...I guess I'll have to get back to you all with that one.
The point of this post is not to complain about the common parmesan cheese substitution in chicken parm dishes, but to inform my readers about it. I've enjoyed all of the previously mentioned dishes. I simply love cheese and my opinion is: the cheesier, the better! But, should be call every chicken breast topped with marinara and a random cheese Chicken Parmesan? I think not.
Feel free to comment with your own suggestions for this falsely named dish.
Since when is provolone cheese involved in chicken parmesan? I called my mother to ask her what type of cheese she uses for chicken parmesan. She told me she usually uses shredded parmesan but will substitute shredded mozzarella. Then, I remembered an experience I had last year at another cafeteria on campus. I ordered a chicken cutlet with marinara sauce and American cheese on a sub roll. The woman sort of laughed at me and said something like "you want a chicken parm sandwich?" Like an idiot, I said "yes."
Now, I need help trying to recall the ingredients in the Friendly's Chicken Parmesan Supermelt. Is it actually made with parmesan? For some reason, I'm thinking no. If my memory serves me correctly, it is made with provolone. ...I guess I'll have to get back to you all with that one.
The point of this post is not to complain about the common parmesan cheese substitution in chicken parm dishes, but to inform my readers about it. I've enjoyed all of the previously mentioned dishes. I simply love cheese and my opinion is: the cheesier, the better! But, should be call every chicken breast topped with marinara and a random cheese Chicken Parmesan? I think not.
Feel free to comment with your own suggestions for this falsely named dish.
3 comments:
I definitely agree with you! I have never had provolone cheese until I came to school here. Whenever I would have chicken parmesan at home it was always with either parmesan or mozzarella cheese, not provolone. This makes me wonder if the type of cheese used on this delicious dish is simply regional and varies from place to place? Who knows.
Good point, I never thought of that!
You never had provolne cheese on your chicken parm before you came here?
Pfft, it's so much better haha.
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