parmigiana

adj

1. (not-comparable, postpositional)Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

noun

1. (in-compounds, uncountable, usually)Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.

   “Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.”

   “Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.”