Southern Fried Ritz Cracker Chicken Food

GREAT SOUTHERN OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray a sheet cake style pan with non stick canola spray.
• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Wash chicken thoroughly and lay on paper towels and pat dry.
• Melt butter in a medium sized dish.
• Place Ritz cracker crumbs in a large bowl.
• Mix all seasonings together in a small bowl.
• Dip chicken pieces in the butter then immediately into the cracker crumbs.
• Place chicken in the sprayed pan.
• When all chicken is in the pan, sprinkle chicken evenly with seasoning mix.
• Bake in a 400°F oven for approx 35 to 45 minute or until chicken is completely cooked. You may be tempted to turn 1/2 way through baking. You can if you want, but it's really not necessary.

RITZY CHEDDAR CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Position rack in the bottom third of the oven and heat oven to 450 degrees. Place an ovenproof wire rack over a sheet pan. Dab a folded-up paper towel with olive oil and rub it over the wire rack to grease it.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, egg white and Dijon mustard until smooth. Season with salt. Lay the chicken flat on a cutting board and carve each breast in half horizontally so you end up with four thin cutlets. Add the chicken to the sour cream mixture, and using your hands, smear the sour cream all over the chicken.
• In a large bowl, crush the Ritz crackers into coarse pieces with your fingers. Some crackers will turn to rubble while others turn to dust. Add the cheese, garlic powder, onion powder and olive oil. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and toss until evenly distributed. Holding one of the chicken cutlets by its thinner end, add to the bowl with the crumbs, and using your hands, pack the crumbs onto the chicken, pressing them in to create a thick coating. Transfer the breaded chicken to the rack in the sheet pan. Repeat with the remaining three cutlets.
• Bake the cutlets until the outsides are crispy and the insides are no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes. Let the chicken cool slightly so the coating can set, about 5 minutes, before transferring to plates and serving.

CRACKER-COATED OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Grind the crackers in food processor until fine.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and grind a few more seconds.
• Empty the crumbs into a gallon Ziploc bag.
• Salt and pepper the meat.
• Coat the meat by shaking a few pieces at a time in the bag of crumbs.
• Place the meat pieces on a cookie sheet (pieces can be drizzled with melted butter or left as is).
• Bake in a 400°F oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

SOUTHERN LIVING'S RITZ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine butter, Dijon, and garlic powder in shallow dish.
• Combine cracker crumbs and cheese in a shallow dish.
• Dip chicken in butter mixture and dredge in cracker crumb mixture.
• Bake at 400°F for 15 minutes.

RITZ CRACKER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Cut chicken into pieces of desired size. I like to make them small (2" chunks) so I can use more crackers.
• Crumble crackers into a bowl (crumbs should not be too small) and mix in cheese.
• Coat chicken with melted butter and then roll in cracker crumb mix. Place on baking sheet or pan and sprinkle more crumbs on top.
• After all pieces are coated, drizzle remaining butter over chicken and top with remaining crackers.
• Bake at 375 for 18-22 minutes (longer if pieces are large) or until center of chicken is no longer pink.

CRACKER CRUSTED PARMESAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix mayo and lemon juice in medium bowl. Combine cracker crumbs, cheese and basil in separate bowl.
• DIP chicken, 1 breast at a time, in mayo mixture, then roll in crumb mixture until evenly coated. Place on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 20 min. or until done (165°F).