Famous Butter Chicken (aka, Ritz Cracker Chicken)

Today’s share is a fantastic tried and true recipe – Famous Butter Chicken (aka, Ritz Cracker Chicken)! The name suits the recipe, This is the BEST baked chicken recipe!

Ingredients

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup crushed Ritz crackers or similar butter crackers
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Place crushed crackers in a medium size shallow bowl, add garlic salt and pepper – mix. Place eggs (beaten) in another separate medium size shallow bowl. Dip one chicken breast at a time in the eggs coating well, then dredge in the cracker crumbs, coating well on all sides. Place chicken breasts side-by-side in baking dish. *Top chicken evenly with pieces of butter.
3. Bake on middle rack of oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken is ready and internal temperature has reached a safe minimum 165 degree F internal temperature.
4. Serve with your favorite veggies, rice, potatoes, salad and more. Enjoy!

TIP

• *The recipe calls for placing the butter around the chicken, but I opted to place the butter on top of the chicken – it turned out wonderful!  Add your favorite poultry seasonings for extra flavor (garlic/onion powder and more).

Source : https://sweetlittlebluebird.com/famous-butter-chicken/