Thursday, January 28, 2010

chicken bites

jill reminded me recently how fabulous these ritz/parmesan cheese chicken bites are. she makes them frequently and i hadn't had them in years. so i made these last week. use about 3/4 sleeve of ritz crackers and 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. use food processor to crush up crackers and blend with cheese.

cut up 1 lb chicken into bite-size pieces.
dip into melted butter (do you have a healthier alternative that will still be effective and tasty?)
then dip into cracker mixture
place on baking sheet. i lined with parchment paper (my recent addiction).

bake at 400* for about 30 minutes. flip half way through to evenly crisp.

we enjoyed with a brown/white rice mixture and veggies.
tasty with anything... as long as you have bbq sauce on the plate!

once again - pic from my phone!




8 comments:

  1. Yum! I've seen recipes similar to this before. I think I will do strips instead of bite-size pieces...less work :) I would just use a "healthy" butter substitute. (I use Promise spread instead of butter/margarine.) A light coat of olive oil might work, too. I'll try this (strip style) next week...maybe with some noodles...kind of like chicken parmesan.

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  2. ooh, good idea! that sounds tasty. and yeah, i'll try evoo next time i do it.

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  3. extra virgin olive oil :o)

    picked it up from rachel ray...

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  4. Sounds DELISH right now!! Seriously YUM!

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  5. the kids looooooooooooooove them!

    we've made them with saltines before too!

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  6. I made this last night, but in chicken strip form (the less I have to handle raw chicken the better, and this made for less cutting). Yummy! I also served with brown rice and Ryan enjoyed with Sweet Baby Ray's.

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