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Ritz Cracker Chicken couldn’t be easier, or more delicious. With just a handful of ingredients, you’ll have dinner on the table in no time!

Ritz Cracker Chicken takes only a few minutes to prep for an easy weeknight dinner

It’s hard to believe that we are well over halfway through February, considering January lasted no less than 300 days.

Our basement flooded just a couple of days before New Years. This opened a whole Pandora’s box of issues that we’ve spent the last month and a half dealing with.

Plumbers, drywall repair guys, flooring dudes, they’ve all been in and out of my house for weeks.

I’m over it.

When I am spending big chunks of my day with strangers in my house, I don’t really want to put a lot of effort into dinner at the end of the day. We’ve been eating Ritz Cracker Chicken more often than I actually want to admit these days.

Luckily, it’s a favorite of everyone in my family, so no one around here is complaining.

Ritz Cracker Chicken is easy to make and delicious for a weeknight meal or a family dinner

RITZ CRACKER CHICKEN RECIPE

I’ve mentioned in the past that I have a very picky eater for a husband. The guy would gladly eat spaghetti with red sauce six days out of seven.

However, he’d happily rotate this Ritz Cracker Chicken with said spaghetti, or noodles and gravy, and be completely content for all of eternity.

Okay, maybe he’d throw pizza into the mix every once in a while, but you get my point. This chicken is his jam.

Ritz Cracker Chicken is perfectly golden and delicious thanks to crushed cracker crumbs

Not only is Ritz Cracker Chicken delicious and easy to make, it pairs really well with all sorts of side dishes. From buttered noodles and a fresh salad, to marinara with spaghetti, corn on the cob or mashed potatoes, this chicken recipe will most definitely become one of your go-to main dishes – especially on busy weeknights.

I mean, you can’t even order a pizza to be delivered in the time it takes this recipe to come together from start to finish.

Ritz Cracker Chicken couldn’t be easier, or more delicious. With just a handful of ingredients, you’ll have dinner on the table in no time!

Even though it’s not the fanciest of meals, I’ve served Ritz Cracker Chicken numerous times when we’ve had family over and everyone always falls in love with it immediately. Both my Dad and my mom’s boyfriend actually proclaimed it to be “the best chicken they’d ever tasted.”

That, my friends, is a pretty serious claim, because they can both be tough critics.

Make a quick and delicious weeknight dinner with Ritz Cracker Chicken

What I really enjoy is that I can take this base recipe and make it fit any sort of sides we want to have by switching up the spice profile. Think Italian seasoning, BBQ seasoning, Ranch dressing, or even Frank’s Red Hot.

The simple combination of Ritz Crackers and butter creates a wonderfully crispy outside, but an incredibly juicy and tender inside. It’s exactly what you want baked chicken to be. There’s nothing dried out or lacking in flavor here!

Ritz Cracker Chicken takes just a few ingredients to make the best baked chicken

HOW TO MAKE RITZ CRACKER BAKED CHICKEN

Ritz Cracker Chicken only takes about 5 minutes to prep and 30 minutes to cook. You can have dinner on the table in well under an hour with this recipe!

To make Ritz Cracker Chicken, start with two shallow bowls.

In one bowl, beat 2 eggs. In the other, mix together crushed Ritz Crackers and your desired seasonings.

Dip the chicken into the beaten eggs, then into the cracker mixture. Place the cracker-coated chicken into a large baking dish and arrange cubes of butter around each piece of chicken.

Baked Ritz Cracker Chicken is an easy-as-can-be weeknight meal

All that’s left to do now is bake! We like to use thin chicken breasts for Ritz Cracker Chicken. If you use larger pieces of chicken, they may take longer to cook through.

If you need an easy dinner in your back pocket for the picky eaters in your life, THIS is the recipe. Be sure to also check out my Instant Pot Pulled Pork, Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole, Homemade Sloppy Joes and this Creamy Garlic Chicken.

Bread chicken in Ritz crackers and spices for perfectly golden Ritz Cracker Chicken

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Ritz Cracker Chicken

By: Jamie
4.46 from 441 ratings
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Ritz Cracker Chicken couldn’t be easier, or more delicious. With just a handful of ingredients, you’ll have dinner on the table in no time!

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 sleeve of Ritz Crackers crushed into crumbs
  • ½ teaspoon garlic salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning optional
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • cup butter cut into cubes

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Place beaten eggs and cracker crumbs into two separate shallow bowls.
  • Add garlic salt, black pepper and Italian seasoning to the cracker crumbs and stir to combine.
  • Dip each chicken breast into the eggs and then into the crumb mixture to completely coat the chicken.
  • Arrange chicken in a 9x13-inch baking dish and arrange cubes of butter around each breast.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°F.

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Notes

We use thin cut chicken breasts for this recipe. The thicker your chicken breasts the longer they will take to cook.
This recipe is slightly adapted from allrecipes Famous Butter Chicken.

Nutrition

Serving: 1chicken breast, Calories: 447kcal, Carbohydrates: 36g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 31g, Saturated Fat: 14g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Monounsaturated Fat: 8g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 123mg, Sodium: 940mg, Potassium: 113mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 601IU, Vitamin C: 0.01mg, Calcium: 112mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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87 Comments

  1. Karen D says:

    My family and I thoroughly enjoyed this! Yum!
    Easy to make. We did not have eggs, so we used mayo instead while worked out well as an alternative. Wonderful recipe! Thanks for sharing!

    KD

    1. Jamie says:

      Thanks so much, Karen! I love the idea of the mayo instead of the eggs!
      Have a great day and happy baking!
      -Jamie

  2. Rosemarie Podlewski says:

    If you get the thicker Chicken Breast just cut them in the middle & make 2 thin 1’s ?

    1. Jamie says:

      That’s what I typically do, Rosemarie. You can also leave them as large chicken breasts, we’re just not fans of super thick chicken. I hope this helps.
      -Jamie

  3. Meghan says:

    I’ve made this twice and it’s delicious…but both times it has been a bit soggy. Any suggestions how to make it crispier?

    1. Jamie says:

      Hi, Meghan! I would make sure you don’t cover the baking pan with anything so the chicken coating doesn’t steam while baking. I’ve also read you can bake them on a wire cooking rack placed over a baking sheet to ensure crispiness. I hope this helps!

  4. Rachel says:

    Could I prep everything and bread the chicken a couple hours ahead of time and put it in the fridge until it is ready for the oven?

    1. Jamie says:

      Hi, Rachel! I think you probably could. Let me know how you like it!

  5. Juliane says:

    I really liked how these tasted. I found that if I gave them a moment to cool on a rack that they were much crispier on both sides~ unsure if that’s my oven or something, but if anyone finds the same issue- try the short term cool on a cooling rack. Delicious regardless!

    1. Jamie says:

      Wonderful, Juliane! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

  6. Precious says:

    I’ve made this a few times but my recipe also adds shredded cheese is a great bonus!

    1. Jamie says:

      The shredded cheese sounds great! I’ll have to try it!

  7. Andrew Welch says:

    I changed this recipe up and used a combination of pretzel crumbs and French’s dried onion crumbs. I have to use the food processor to crush the pretzels small enough, but its worth the effort. It is awesome. We don’t fry chicken at all anymore…we always make the pretzel chicken.

    1. Jamie says:

      That combination sounds great, Andrew! I’m going to give that a try!

  8. Ecclesia says:

    I don’t have breast do you believe thighs and legs will have the same outcome ? I’m trying it tonight for my family.

    1. Jamie says:

      Hi, Ecclesia! The only thing that concerns me about the legs and thighs is that they have a higher fat content and will give off more juices than the breasts. If you give it a try, please let me know…I’m curious to the outcome!

  9. Katie says:

    Thank you for this! It’s so delicious and my fiance loved it! I didn’t have any bread crumbs and came across this recipe. The crackers were perfect. I am making this as we speak for the second time but I added a little more to it. Hopefully it will turn out as awesome as your original. :)ย 

    1. Jamie says:

      That’s wonderful, Katie!

  10. Mark says:

    This recipe was very tasty! Easy to make and the family loved it, thanks

    1. Jamie says:

      I’m so glad your family enjoyed it, Mark!