Our chicken parm sub sandwich is filled with our favorite recipe for breaded chicken parmigiana, smothered in tomato sauce topped with melted provolone and mozzarella cheeses.
This quick and easy recipe can be made from scratch or less than 30 minutes using store-bought ingredients.
The ingredients are all simplified and we have several suggestions that you may like below and substitutions that still will satisfy any "parmigiana" style lover of this recipe.
The best part about this recipe besides being super easy, they can be made using sliders, submarine rolls, french rolls, ciabatta bread, or a crusty delicious on Italian bread so use whatever you have available.
Our favorite bread is Italian garlic rolls loaded with garlic, herbs, and Pecorino Romano cheese on it and that's done before adding the chicken and other ingredients but well worth the extra step.
Just scroll down for all our suggestions and recipe ideas.
Italian-American Foods
This style of chicken was developed by Italian immigrants somewhere in the 1950s here in America and their idea was substituting chicken with a well-known Eggplant Parmesan dish popular in Campania; Sicily, in Italy.
Once created it became popular in most Italian-American restaurants and remains one of the most asked Italian sandwiches out there.
The creative ideas are really endless with just a few basic tricks to fill these up for either opened-faced or full whole filled sandwiches.
Have a variety of cheeses on hand, and get a list ready for the ingredients you may need ahead of time.
Your recipes can be adapted to using all store-bought ingredients for a quick weeknight meal or make everything homemade from scratch starting with my original Chicken Parmesan recipe.
Ingredients For Chicken Parmigiana Subs
- homemade baked or fried chicken cutlets, store-bought chicken patties, or chicken tenders
- marinara sauce homemade or your favorite jarred sauce
- slices of non-smoked provolone and slices of mozzarella cheese, or use shredded cheeses you prefer
- Italian rolls, French bread, submarine rolls, ciabatta bread, hard rolls, Garlic bread, or whatever you prefer sliced crusty bread
- Optional Toppings: olives, shredded lettuce, tomato, sauteed onion, sauteed mushrooms, hot peppers, cooked pepperoni, or other vegetable garnishes you like
Tips and Combination Suggestions
- Toasted rolls with garlic, grated cheese, and olive oil make the best sandwiches.
- Broil the top for a crispy cheese
- Use cooked breaded, grilled, or rotisserie chicken for your filling
- Any deli chicken can be used for a mock style sandwich
- Top with crispy bacon, tomato, lettuce if desired
- For leftovers wrap in for and heat for a hot sandwich
- Keep your favorite jarred sauce on hand for fast weeknight meals
- Chicken patties, tenders, and even nuggets can be used
- The cheeses we use is extra sharp cheddar, try pepper jack, swiss, blue cheese crumbles, gouda, Havarti, provolone, mozzarella, or whatever kind you prefer
- Add roasted garlic on the sandwich or sauteed onions and mushrooms
- Pepperoni jarred meat sauce and shredded mozzarella are also nice additions on top to the chicken
- Sausage, peppers, onions, marinara sauce, and mozzarella are another combination to add on the chicken
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Easy Fast Food Meals
There are so many possibilities with how to make this easy meal from all made from the homemade sauce, chicken cutlets to all store-bought dinners.
I really love the fact you can buy a whole loaf of french bread and make a huge open-face chicken parmesan sandwich all at once and just slice it, one and done right?
I usually air fry the chicken tenders, add to the garlic toasted French bread, add the sauce and cheese, and voila instant dinner in less than 15 minutes.
I would love to hear what your creations are so leave us a comment and let us know what you've done for a quick meal using store-bought ingredients.
Chicken Parmesan Subs
Yield: 1
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 4 MinTotal time: 19 Min
Here is the classic Chicken Parmesan sub made from scratch or all store-bought ingredients. You choose what's best for your busy lifestyle for quick and easy meals.
Ingredients
- Breaded Chicken tenders, Chicken Cutlets, Chicken Patties, Chicken Fingers(you get the idea, any breaded chicken whatever you like homemade or frozen cooked) or used grilled chicken
- Sub rolls ( or use homemade hoagie rolls, hard rolls,
- French bread, Italian bread, Ciabatta bread, Homemade bread, or whatever you prefer you have on hand)
- Cheeses sliced or shredded cheese :
- Note (I prefer thick slices, shredded is messier)
- sliced whole milk mozzarella, non-smoked provolone, Havarti, white cheddar, or whatever else you like
- Homemade marinara sauce of your favorite jarred sauce
- Fresh minced garlic or garlic powder
- Pecorino Romano blended with Parmesan grated cheese
- olive oil or butter
- Optional: dried oregano, basil, parsley, black pepper, or another spice you like for the bread
Instructions
- Cook the chicken in the oven, air fry, or pan fry and keep it warm in the oven until ready to assemble.
- Split the rolls you are using in half.
- Drizzle the bread with olive oil, rub with fresh garlic or use granulated garlic powder, sprinkle with grated cheese, add herbs of your choice.
- First, add a slice of cheese to one side of the toasted roll or bread.
- Add cooked breaded chicken to the split toasted garlic bread,
- Spoon some sauce on the chicken, add another slice of cheese.
- These can be wrapped in foil and heated in a 400 degree preheated oven for around 10 minutes.
- They can be also open-faced and broiled until the cheese melts and is bubbling for around 2 minutes in high heat.
- The subs can be dressed with any garnishes you prefer after the cheese is melted. See suggestions.
Notes:
Suggestions and Tips:
- Toasted rolls with garlic, grated cheese, and olive oil make the best sandwiches.
- Broil the top for a crispy cheese
- Use cooked breaded, grilled, or rotisserie chicken for your filling
- Any deli chicken can be used for a mock style sandwich
- Top with crispy bacon, tomato, lettuce if desired
- For leftovers wrap in for and heat for a hot sandwich
- Keep your favorite jarred sauce on hand for fast weeknight meals
- Chicken patties, tenders, and even nuggets can be used
- The cheeses we use is extra sharp cheddar, try pepper jack, swiss, blue cheese crumbles, gouda, Havarti, provolone, mozzarella, or whatever kind you prefer
- Add roasted garlic on the sandwich or sauteed onions and mushrooms
- Pepperoni jarred meat sauce and shredded mozzarella are also nice additions on top to the chicken
- Sausage, peppers, onions, marinara sauce, and mozzarella are another combination to add on the chicken
Nutrition Facts
Calories
575.80Fat (grams)
39.40Sat. Fat (grams)
12.26Carbs (grams)
26.49Net carbs
14.96Sugar (grams)
12.08
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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2013. It was edited and re-published in 2021.
