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    Baked Cheddar Chicken with Sauce

    November 3, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 20 Comments

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    College students, want to impress your parents? Husbands, your wives? Anyone want to impress company?? Then THIS is for you.

    Oh, yeah, I guess you can feed it to the kiddos too!

    I am eating the baked cheddar chicken right now as leftovers. And I do not eat leftovers.  Luckily for me, unfortunately, my husband left his lunch at home today so it’s all mine. 🙂

    This is very easy to prepare, but get ready for all the compliments afterwords.  I would say it’s definitely a “need to make dinner for company recipe!” It even looks like you spent a lot of time on it!

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    After the chicken is in the pan, I just dumped the left over cheese & cracker crumbs on top of it. I love crust.

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    Baked Cheddar Chicken

    Yield – 7 servings

    Preparation Time – 15 minutes

    Cooking Time – 40 minutes

    Ingredients

    • 5 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
    • 1 sleeve Ritz crackers
    • Salt and pepper, to taste
    • 1/2 cup milk
    • 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
    • 1 tsp dried parsley
    • 14 oz. can cream of chicken soup
    • 2 Tbsp butter
    • 2 Tbsp sour cream
    • Fresh veggies, as side dish
    • Favorite side dish like rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.
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    Directions

    • Preheat oven to 400 F.
    • Cut each chicken breast into 3 large chunks.
    • In a gallon size baggie, smash ritz crackers into crumbs. (The kids love this part)
    • Pour the milk, cheese and cracker crumbs into 3 separate small pans. Toss the salt and pepper into the cracker crumbs and stir the mixture around to combine.
    • Prepare a 9×13 baking dish by spraying it with non-stick cooking spray.
    • Dip each piece of chicken into the milk, cheese & crumbs in succession, and lay in the prepared pan.
    • Sprinkle the dried parsley over the chicken in the pan.
    • Cover the pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes, until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.
    • Combine the cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and butter in a small sauce pan on the stove and heat until mixed together and warm.  Spread the sauce over the chicken prior to serving.
    • Prepare fresh veggies.
    • Serve Baked Cheddar Chicken with fresh veggies.
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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes

    Comments

    1. Claire says

      November 3, 2011 at 5:47 pm

      I am really looking forward to making this. My family of 8 eats lots of cheese and love chicken. thank you for creating such a simple yet yummy dish!

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    2. Kelly Hess says

      November 4, 2011 at 4:34 am

      Yum! Just bookmarked this one!

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    3. Andy says

      November 4, 2011 at 2:53 pm

      This looks so good.

      Reply
    4. Amanda says

      November 9, 2011 at 7:55 am

      Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!! This was AMAZING!!! We all loved it. I did however, not cover it the entire baking time. I did 20 min. covered and 20 uncovered. Thanks, this will be on the dinner rotation!!!

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    5. Darcy says

      November 13, 2011 at 5:39 pm

      YUM! Excellent with mashed potatoes! and we love garlic, so added garlic/onion powders and a little paprika to the crumb mix – Tasty! Thanks.

      Reply
    6. Nicole @ Some Call It Natural says

      November 15, 2011 at 6:38 pm

      Mine are in the oven! It’s too late for this meal, but how do you get the cheese and crackers to stick to the chicken?? I dipped it in the milk, then cheese, then crackers as the directions stated, but I ended up having to place more cheese and crackers on each piece after it was in the dish. And I definitely did not use all the cracker and cheese because of that… :/

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    7. Angie Atchley says

      November 16, 2011 at 10:05 am

      Nicole, I used the finely shredded cheese. I can see how it would be harder to stick if you used the thicker cheese. Then just dump the unused cheese & crackers on top!

      How did it turn out?

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      • Nicole @ Some Call It Natural says

        May 5, 2012 at 1:48 am

        Angie,
        Thanks. I will try the finely shredded cheese next time.

        It turned out great, but not quite right… I’m ready to try it again! 🙂

        P.S… Sorry this took me so long to reply… I didn’t see your comment until just now.

        Reply
    8. Randie says

      February 29, 2012 at 11:50 pm

      What the heck! I thought this was “5 Dollar Dinners”??? The amount above says $9.55. Almost twice as much…how misleading and a waist of my time.

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      • Jazz says

        August 30, 2012 at 5:57 pm

        *waste

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    9. Angie says

      March 1, 2012 at 12:17 am

      Randie, so sorry to confuse you. There are several of us who post on Thursdays who have large families and we do recipes for 10.00 and under. If you look at the number of servings, it’s always larger than the average family. Just go ahead and half the recipe and you will have the dinner for under 5.00.

      Reply
    10. Carol Sawyer says

      March 19, 2012 at 6:14 pm

      What a great idea…cannot wait to see more!

      Reply
    11. kim says

      June 28, 2013 at 4:46 pm

      A couple of thoughts because I do make this often.

      1. I like to use buttermilk; or, a mix of 1 small egg and milk. Milk I find, especially reduced fat, just doesn’t work for me. It does work … just not as well.

      2. Make sure to use finely grated cheese. It makes a huge difference. Also I do find ground the breading/crackers to make a fine coating. Very important.

      3. Make sure to let most of the coating drain off. TOO much will cause the coating to slip off.

      4. Let the chicken rest on the pan, at least 10 minutes before baking.

      5. Also, make sure that the chicken, and milk mixture are room temp. NOT cold

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    12. Beth says

      April 7, 2014 at 12:38 pm

      This is the Best Chicken we have had in awhile, Great Flavor & ready to make it again thanks for sharing the recipe

      Reply
    13. ellen says

      April 14, 2014 at 9:19 am

      I was wanting to do this for a crowd of women. Would this freeze or do you have any suggestions? I have tried the recipe and it was great!

      Reply
    14. Alissa says

      September 23, 2014 at 5:57 pm

      Looking forward to trying this, got it in the oven 😃

      Reply
    15. Erin H says

      May 1, 2015 at 6:11 pm

      This looks delicious! I think we might try this for dinner!

      Reply
    16. eleftheria says

      May 2, 2015 at 11:47 am

      This is a delicious, economical, and easy recipe to feed a family of hungry growing boys. Thank you!

      Reply
    17. Terry says

      May 4, 2015 at 8:57 am

      If you’re having trouble getting the coating to stick, try dipping the chicken in mayonnaise or something similar rather than milk. Works like a charm.

      Angie, I’m gonna give this recipe a try!

      Reply
    18. Melissa says

      October 10, 2016 at 6:32 pm

      I made this tonight! SO GOOD! I wasn’t a huge fan of the sauce, so I’ll omit that next time

      Reply

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