Muenster cheese….

[maxaroni]

To make chicken parmigiana??? Went to an Italian restaurant and the chicken parm was made with Muenster, muenster only. While it was good, it was not chicken parm to me, I need my mozzarella! Anyone else have this, or any other odd cheese for chicken parm? I have heard of provolone on parm but still want my mozzarell.

 

[tony67]

Surprisingly muenster seems to be used in many recipes, but I would never use it myself.

A mix of provolone and mozzarella, maybe even parmesan as well.
I tend to use fresh mozzarella for the most part.

If muenster was all I had then I'd probably make something else.

 

[princesscinderella]

That sounds bizarre as a cheese topping choice for chicken parm. I like to go with a 5 cheese Italian blend: Mozzarella, Asiago, Parmesan, Romano and provolone.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

To make chicken parmigiana??? Went to an Italian restaurant and the chicken parm was made with Muenster, muenster only. While it was good, it was not chicken parm to me, I need my mozzarella! Anyone else have this, or any other odd cheese for chicken parm? I have heard of provolone on parm but still want my mozzarell.

I watched a show where Lily made Chicken Muenster once.

 

[RedAngie]

When my company still had full service delis, we carried two types of muenster cheese. Some wise guy associate called them Herman and Lily.

 

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

Would never use it for chicken parm, but love it melted over honey maple turkey on a sandwich.

 

[amcnj]

I don’t think I have had muenster cheese since I was a kid. I can’t say I really even remember the taste now, and this discussion may entice me to pick some up and try it again, but probably not on eggplant.

 

[ronandannette]

I don’t think I have had muenster cheese since I was a kid. I can’t say I really even remember the taste now, and this discussion may entice me to pick some up and try it again, but probably not on eggplant.

It's probably available here but definitely not prominent. Can somebody tell me what it's like - what common cheese might be similar that I'd recognize?

 

[TheDailyMoo]

It's probably available here but definitely not prominent. Can somebody tell me what it's like - what common cheese might be similar that I'd recognize?

It's kinda like if a creamy gouda and a nutty Swiss had a baby and it came out with an orange-y edible rind

 

[ronandannette]

It's kinda like if a creamy gouda and a nutty Swiss had a baby and it came out with an orange-y edible rind

OK - I was imagining it to be kind of Swiss'ish. In that case it would fit much better in chicken cordon bleu than chicken parmagian.

 

[slo]

I love Muenster cheese, but I don’t think I’d love it on Chicken Parm
Now I want to try this for my own curiosity - I’m intrigued - LOL!

 

[Babs Johnson]

It's probably available here but definitely not prominent. Can somebody tell me what it's like - what common cheese might be similar that I'd recognize?

The closest to Muenster would be Gouda.

 

[tony67]

Ill say again, Its pretty odd - Parm is in the name...

 

[maxaroni]

This was the chicken parm with Muenster. That was all chicken, the pasta was in a side bowl.

 

[hertamaniac]

Interesting as I don't think I've ever had Muenster cheese on anything but crackers/thins. I really like it.

 

[TheDailyMoo]

I'm going to say Muenster Cheese wasn't on my Dis Board conversation bingo card but since we're doing this...

When we we're little my mom would fry chicken and melt muenster on it and with some mayo would make a mean chicken sandwich. For that reason I can easily see a restaurant parming a chicken with it. Is it strictly classical chicken parm? no. But I'll tell you this it has a way better flavor profile than boring old mozz. But again it's an odd choice if it was an old school Italian restaurant with chicken parm on the menu. I would rather provolone if mozzarella wasn't going to be used. Parming is a style at this point and doesn't mean mozz although that is the cheese most often used. If anything parming started in Parma with their parmigiano reggiano cheese so if anything that's the cheese for authenticity. Italians from southern Italy which came over in droves to the new world around the turn of the century adapted the dish to using meat instead of eggplanr which was traditional and used mozzarella. Ok now I'm hungry bye.

 

[princesscinderella]

This was the chicken parm with Muenster. That was all chicken, the pasta was in a side bowl.

Looks tasty and the cheese was nicely browned.

 

[ncc1701]

I have had Muenster on a sandwich or crackers. But Chicken Parm??. Never seen a recipe that didn't call for Mozzarella. I could accept Provolone. However it could be worst, they could have used American

 

[Micca]

When we we're little my mom would fry chicken and melt muenster on it and with some mayo would make a mean chicken sandwich.

I don't know if that's chicken parm but I would totally eat that sammich,

 

[TheDailyMoo]

I don't know if that's chicken parm but I would totally eat that sammich,

Super delicious. Salt pepper. mayo. fresh italian bread. fried breast with melted muenster. It definitely wasn't supposed to be a chicken parm...just a classic mom sammy haha.