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You only need a few ingredients to make Ritz Cracker Chicken Recipe. Get dinner on the table fast and prepare to watch your family go crazy over this crispy baked chicken.
Ritz Cracker Chicken Recipe:
Are you ready for another EASY and delicious dinner recipe? Well this Ritz Cracker Chicken recipe will do just that!
I fell in love with the idea of covering my chicken in this family favorite cracker. We all love Ritz crackers so it seemed like the perfect coating for chicken!
Originally, I was concerned that it was going to lack in flavor, but it did not. I was pleasantly surprised how it was packed with flavor.
The kids loved it and quickly devoured this delicious tender chicken recipe.
Ritz Cracker Chicken is such an easy meal!
They don’t look like anything special…. but when you bite into the chicken your mouth with do a little party. No seriously…. my entire family kept going on and on about this recipe.
They keep begging for me to make it again. Everyone loved it and it was a hit all around.
Ingredients
For my version of Ritz cracker chicken you will need just these ingredients:
- Chicken breasts
- Eggs
- Ritz Crackers
- Butter
- Garlic Salt
- Pepper
Yep that is it! The crackers are loaded with flavor so it is really all you need.
How to Make Ritz Cracker Chicken:
- Prepare oven and baking dish – Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and spay a baking dish with a non stick cooking spray.
- Whisk Eggs – Whisk the 2 eggs in a large shallow bowl.
- Crush the Ritz Crackers – Place the crackers in a food processor and blend until they are fine crumbs. Add them to a separate shallow bowl and stir in the garlic salt and pepper.
- Dip the Chicken – Dip the chicken in beaten egg and then coat the chicken with the cracker mixture.
- Make sure all chicken is coated – Then place the coated chicken in the baking dish. Continue this process until all the chicken has been coated.
- Place chopped butter on chicken – Chop up the butter and place pieces on top of the chicken. You can also top with melted butter.
- Bake Ritz Cracker Chicken – Bake for 25-35 minutes until chicken is cooked through, has browned slightly and has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Serve and Enjoy – Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes and then it’s ready to serve and enjoy!
The crushed cracker crumbs really make this meal amazing and give each piece of chicken the best flavor.
Ritz chicken is easy to make!
It only takes about 30 minutes for this baked chicken recipe. It is one of the best easy recipes and such a tasty chicken recipe.
Sometimes, we will add a little Italian seasoning or garlic salt to the ritz cracker crumbs before baking. Yum!
Tips for the Best Ritz Butter Chicken:
- Frozen Chicken – If your chicken is frozen, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. You can also place frozen chicken in a bag and submerge in cold water.
- Shallow Bowl – Coating chicken with eggs and ritz cracker crumbs works best when you use a shallow bowl.
- Use both hands – I use one hand to dip chicken in eggs and the other hand to dip in cracker crumbs. This prevents lumps of ingredients on your hands.
- Sour Cream – My kids like to dip their butter chicken in sour cream.
- Coating Chicken – When you are dipping chicken in the egg and cracker crumbs, make sure all sides get coated.
Can you Freeze Ritz Cracker Chicken?
Yes, you can freeze Ritz Cracker Chicken. You can either freeze it before you bake it or after you bake it.
- Freezing Unbaked Chicken – Wrap individual pieces of chicken and place in a zip lock freezer bag. It will last about 6-9 months in the freezer.
- Freezing Baked Chicken – Once your chicken has cooled to room temperature, place on a baking sheet and place in the freezer. Once frozen, wrap in plastic wrap and place in a zip lock freezer bag.
What to serve with Ritz Cracker Chicken:
- Broccoli
- Potatoes
- Green Salad
How to Store and Reheat:
Refrigerate any leftover chicken in an air tight container for up to 5 days.
Reheat in the oven to make the chicken crispy again when enjoying your leftovers.
Print this Ritz Cracker Chicken Bake below:
Ritz Cracker Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts (boneless and skinless)
- 2 eggs
- 2 sleeves Ritz Crackers
- 1/3 cup Butter
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and spay a baking dish with a non stick cooking spray.
- Whisk the 2 eggs in a large shallow bowl.
- Place the crackers in a food processor and blend until they are fine crumbs. Add them to a separate shallow bowl and stir in the garlic salt and pepper.
- Dip the chicken in egg and then coat the chicken with the cracker mixture.
- Then place the coated chicken in the baking dish. Continue this process until all the chicken has been coated.
- Chop up the butter and place pieces on top of the chicken.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes until chicken is cooked through, has browned slightly and has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes and then it's ready to serve and enjoy!
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This was ideal if you cook for just yourself and have a left over. Perfect! Thank you!
Loved this—very easy, and I’m always looking for a different way to make chicken. I like it with Ritz crackers, but one time we were out, so I crushed some “chicken flavored crackers.” (I think they were Walmart brand.) it was surprisingly good that way too. Thanks!
Easy recipe that was a hit at our house! Already asking when we will cook it again!!
Grandkids love this recipe…usually make it with chicken tenders for them. I have made them with added cheese and different spices for a different flavor now and then. It is a keeper recipe for sure.
Easy. Simple. Delicious! This was a hit for my family! #easypeasylemonsqueezy
Simple and delicious!
Absolutely delicious! The chicken is so tender and that buttery ritz cracker adds so much to this dish! Thank you so much; It brought back memories for me of my grandma, and also my dad, making her chicken ritz cracker casserole. I will be making this over and over again!!
My 6 yo son helped me make this recipe it was so easy. The kids were obsessed and ask all the time to eat it again. It’s a favorite around here for sure!
This recipe may be the most delicious ever. Alas, I will never know. I scrolled for days. Just when I thought I may have found it here comes too many ads & popups wanting to send me notifications. Thanks for trying, but I’m sure I can cover some chicken with Ritz myself. It may have some special secret that you have included but I’ll pass.
You said to filet the chicken breast, now is the serving per breast, for both sides of the breast that have been filleted, or is it for just one part of the filleted breast?
Great ideas – Thanks for sharing!
I do a similar chicken recipe with melted butter and a coating of, crushed ritz crackers, parmesan cheese and parsley, salt and pepper EXCEPT mine is covered ( in a glass pie plate) with saran and put in microwave for about 20 minutwes.
Deb – I just throw everything in the crock pot instead of baking. If you want it to be crispier, I would put in under the broiler for about 5 minutes once it’s done cooking in the crock pot.
Yum – Sounds good Bonnie!
Kathy – That sounds delicious!
I use Ritz Crackers crumbs finely crushed on my Chicken Thighs. I put grated Parmesan Cheese, garlic powder, basil, rosemary, salt and pepper, ritz crackers in a freezer bag, put my chicken thighs in with the mixture, shake it up, them put in a glass baking dish with Canola oil, then into the oven and bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes at 350F. I turn the chicken thighs over about half way through the baking process. The chicken thighs turn out so moist and juicy. I can’t give you measurements, because I never measure what I put on my food.
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I cooked this last night for picky hubby, ams he liked it! I just used what I had in the freezer (chicken tenders), threw a can of green beans on and fried up some Potatoes O’Brien. Great meal! Thanks!
Try coating chicken in crushed corn flakes and a shake of salt
You mentioned you use a crock pot —-could you please post directions for that? This recipe sounds delish! Thanks a ton!
This really sounds good! I’m going to try it tonight!
I used olive oil instead of butter for the potatoes and the chicken. Much healthier I think? 🙂
Looks yummmmy!!! Will be trying this recipe:)
I was thinking about doing that next time so it looks a bit “prettier”.
I use Ritz and butter in a chicken recipe (Chicken at the Ritz). I finely crush crackers and mix with melted butter. Would doing that here give a more uniform browning perhaps? LOVE this idea! Great recipe!
Thanks for stopping buy @Laurie!
Looks so good Carrie – thanks so much for sharing! 🙂