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A close-up of a baked chicken breast covered with a golden, crispy crushed potato chip coating, served on a white plate with a kitchen counter blurred in the background.
Melissa Jo

White Cheddar Cheez-it Chicken

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Make White Cheddar Cheez-it Chicken when you want large chicken breasts, white cheddar cheez-its, and sour cream in one delicious main course.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 53 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 large chicken breasts
  • 2 cups White cheddar cheez-its
  • 6-7 oz of sour cream
  • 1 stick of butter salted
  • Pam cooking spray
  • 2-3 cups of white cheddar cheez-its
  • 1/4 cup of Pecorino Romano or Parmesan Cheese grated
  • 6 oz of grated monterey jack cheese
  • 1-2 tsp. of garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Clean your chicken breasts and butterfly them. You do not have to pound the chicken. They don’t have to be as thin as cutlets.
  3. Season both sides of the chicken with the garlic powder, salt, and pepper
  4. Spray a Pyrex or any baking dish with Pam (non-stick spray)
  5. Place the chicken breasts in the baking dish
  6. Spread the sour cream generously over each chicken breasts
  7. Sprinkle the pecorino romano (or parmesan) cheese over the sour cream
  8. Add the grated cheese over the pecorino romano cheese
  9. Put the white cheddar cheez-its in a ziplock and crush them with a rolling pin, your fists, a wine bottle, meat mallet,..anything!
  10. Sprinkle the cheez-it crumbs all over the cheese
  11. Melt the butter in a saucepan or in the microwave. Then pour it as evenly as possible over the cheez-it crumbs.
  12. Bake uncovered in the oven at 350 for 45 minutes-1 hour.
  13. Enjoy!!!

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Notes

  • Best served with:
  • Starches
    • Simple buttery mashed potatoes
    • Boiled red potatoes topped with butter, fresh parsley, and salt and pepper.
    • White or yellow rice 
  • Vegetables:
  • Steamed broccoli and cauliflower with butter, salt, and pepper
  • A tossed garden salad
  • Roasted asparagus 

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