This baked chicken recipe is super quick and easy to make with just 5 simple ingredients. The entire family will enjoy them for dinner or even as an after-school snack.Course: Main CourseCuisine: AmericanServings: 4
Ingredients
- 3-4 boneless chicken breasts (cut into bite-size pieces)
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 2 cups crushed Ritz Crackers
- 1/2 stick butter (cut into pieces)
- seasoning to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and grease or line a 9×13 baking dish. (Read the Recipe Notes below beore getting started)
- Place the beaten eggs and cracker crumbs into 2 separate bowls. Season the cracker crumbs to your liking with garlic powder, black pepper, and/or Italian seasoniong.
- Dip the chicken in the eggs, and then coat them with the crumb mixture.
- Arrange the crumb coated chicken in your dish, and then place the butter pieces evenly all over the chicken.
- Bake in the middle rack of the oven for about 20 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink.
Recipe Notes
- To easily crush your crackers, place them in a large ziplock bag and then use a rolling pin to crush them. (BTW, you will need about 2 sleeves of crackers to make 2 cups of crumbs)
- It’s best NOT to place the chicken directly into the crumb mixture bowl as the crumbs will eventually get soggy, making them difficult to stick to the chicken. Use your dry fingers to sort of pour the crumbs over each piece of chicken for best results.
- You can also make this recipe keeping the chicken breasts whole (that is the original way of making them), you will just need to bake them for longer. I prefer them nugget style because you get more of the buttery crumb mixture in each bite, however it does take a little extra prep.