Recipe of the Week: Saltine Cracker Crumb Chicken 

The following recipe for Saltine Cracker Crumb Chicken is from SurvivalBlog reader L.A..

Ingredients

• ½ c. butter or margarine
• 1 sleeve of saltine crackers, crushed to crumbs
• ½ c. bread crumbs (Panko crumbs are best, but any others will do.  Or substitute more cracker crumbs, if you don’t have any bread crusts.)
• ½ tsp. garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper (+/- to suit your taste)
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 4 medium-sized boneless and skinless chicken breasts

Directions

1. Place each chicken breast between two sheets of wax paper. Pound each breast to around 1 in. thickness using a meat mallet.
2. Pre-heat oven to  375 F.
3. Melt the butter in a small sauce pan or in a microwavable dish.
4. Combine the crushed crackers, bread crumbs, garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper in a large ziploc bag.
5. Dip each chicken breast into melted butter covering both sides. Drop the buttered chicken breast into the crumb mixture.
6. Close the bag and roll the chicken breast around in the bag to coat all sides with crumb mixture. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Repeat this process for each chicken breast.
7. Sprinkle some of the remaining cracker crumbs onto the top of each chicken breast.
8. Bake at 375 F for approx. 40 minutes or until the center of the chicken pieces are no longer pink and the juices are clear. (Internal temperature of the chicken should reach 165 F.)

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