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!
FAMOUS BUTTER CHICKEN (AKA, RITZ CRACKER CHICKEN)
The chicken is so tender, moist and juicy. One of the easiest, tastiest chicken breast recipes I have made. I love when a recipe only has a few ingredients but still delivers on taste. I am excited to be adding this to my recipe box on Sweet Little Bluebird, you’ll want to add it to your recipe box too.
Note: Not to be confused with the popular Indian dish, Butter Chicken – one of my favorites.
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I love when a recipe calls for just a few ingredients but still delivers on taste.
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE FAMOUS BUTTER CHICKEN (AKA, RITZ CRACKER CHICKEN)
To make this chicken all you need are four boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 2 eggs, Ritz crackers, garlic salt and pepper. You can easily adapt the flavor by using your favorite seasonings.
HOW TO MAKE FAMOUS BUTTER CHICKEN (AKA, RITZ CRACKER CHICKEN)
Simply dip the chicken in eggs, then dredge in the cracker crumbs and place in a 9×13 baking dish that has been lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Last, top chicken evenly with pieces of butter.
NOTE: For this dinner, I needed to bake one chicken breast separate for my daughter with an egg allergy. Instead of dipping the breast in eggs, I dipped it in plain yogurt and then the cracker crumbs, baking it in a small baking dish. She absolutely loved it! She ate the whole chicken breast, which was shocking because she usually eats like a bird.
Bake on middle rack of oven (pre-heated at 375 degrees F) for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken breasts reach a safe minimum 165 degree F internal temperature.
Famous Butter Chicken (aka, Ritz Cracker Chicken)
- 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
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
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).
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Can you put this recipe in the oven air fryer and if so how long
Hi I can’t wait to try the chicken 🐔 with ritz crackers I am making it tomorrow yum yum
Egg wash wasn’t doing for me anymore so I started brushing Mayonnaise on and then coating with Panko. Works great and Panko STICKS to the chicken
I did put parmesan cheese in with the cracker crumbs, along with my chicken seasonings. I cooked it at 400° for 40 mins. Super easy and delicious! 😋
Is there a way to use chicken tenderloin?
I made this chicken for dinner tonight. It was delicious and was liked by all—even my picky eaters. I did put oven up to 390 after about 30 mins as I didn’t think it would be done in 45 min. It was perfect in about an hour. I made it exactly as stated in recipe adding in my favorite chicken seasoning. I will definitely be making it again. The chicken was so tender and I loved the crunchy outside.
I’m making this right now, but 375 for 45 mins is definitely not long enough. Going on an hour and it’s still quite raw. Turning the temp up to 400. It does smell fab though.
I have found if you cut the large chicken breasts in half that will shorten the cooking time. I do this when I make French’s Onion crusted chicken. Sometimes I use chicken tenders which cook very fast!
It is frustrating to not be able to print the recipe with the picture on it.
Linda, did you use my PRINT RECIPE link with the recipe? None of my Print Recipe(s) have a single photo or ad.
Here is the link to print, photo free: https://sites.google.com/site/sweetlittlebluebird/famous-butter-chicken
Looks delish…will dfinitely try!
will this recipe work with frozen chicken as well?
You will want to defrost the chicken first. If it’s a bag of frozen chicken, often they are filled with liquid so there may be a lot of liquid.
Do you have to flip the chicken while cooking?
Try this chicken with lemon butter sauce on top, it’s amazing!
This dish can also be either topped off w a quick homemade creamy lemon/sugar butter sauce, or served on the side! This is the only way I make this recipe. Delicious! Sweet Cracker Chicken.
You said that you added this recipe to your Little Bluebird site. Can you tell me how to do this. I am a grandma that is not too good with technology but I would love to know how to do that. Thank you for any help you can offer!
Nancy
Nancy, I just mean I made a post on my site for the recipe. If you are having difficulty or need a recipe, let me know and I can email it to you directly. 🙂
I have this in the oven as I’m typing. A friend of mine makes one similar to this but no egg, she pounds the chicken thin and dips it in melted butter then ritz crackers with Parmesan cheese , and seasonings. Yum!
This was the best chicken I’ve ever had.
I thought it was great. I just cook up the leftovers and made chicken salad but I think it would have made delicious sliced chicken sandwiches also. Very moist and flovorful.
I used bacon ranch dressing instead of egg,and bacon ritz.Put the butter on top as well.BOMB!
My family loves this recipe, they don’t want chicken cooked any other way!
Can the chicken recipe be used in an air fryer