{"id":330,"date":"2023-03-31T23:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T23:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2023-03-31T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T23:26:37","slug":"crispy-cheddar-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/crispy-cheddar-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Crispy cheddar chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>Chicken<\/p>\n<p>4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts trimmed of excess fat<\/p>\n<p>3 cups ritz cracker crumbs or panko breadcrumbs about 2 sleeves Ritz crackers, or any similar<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 tsp salt<\/p>\n<p>1\/8 tsp pepper<\/p>\n<p>1 cup Milk or Buttermilk<\/p>\n<p>3 cup sharp cheddar cheese grated<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp dried parsley<\/p>\n<p>fresh parsley for garnish<\/p>\n<p>Sauce<\/p>\n<p>1 14 oz cream of chicken soup<\/p>\n<p>2 tbsp sour cream<\/p>\n<p>2 tbsp butter<\/p>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<p>Cut each chicken breast into 3 large chunks or strips. Place chicken breast strips\/chunks in a bowl of milk\/buttermilk. Let it soak for 20 -30 min or overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Place cheese and cracker crumbs\/panko into 2 separate shallow dishes or small pans. Toss the salt and pepper into the cracker crumbs\/panko and stir to combine.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the each chicken from the milk and press thoroughly into the cheese and finally the cracker crumbs\/panko.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 375 F. Spray a 9&#215;13 pan with cooking spray. Lay the chicken inside the pan and sprinkle with dried parsley. Cover the pan with tin foil and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the tin foil, bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until the edges of the chicken are golden brown and crispy.<\/p>\n<p>While the chicken is cooking, place sauce ingredients into a small pot and cook on medium high heat. Stir until well combined and serve over chicken along with fresh parsley. ENJOY!<\/p>\n<p>Notes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FREEZER FRIENDLY MEAL<\/p>\n<p>* &#8211; You could prepare this chicken ahead of time, but don&#8217;t bake it. Cover tightly with foil and freeze. Store pieces in an airtight freezer safe container<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; When you are ready to bake it let it thaw completely and then bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Chicken 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts trimmed of excess fat 3 cups ritz cracker crumbs or panko breadcrumbs about&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fofig.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}