Cheddar Baked Chicken Recipe
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Cheddar Baked Chicken

By: Judy 
"This recipe is very quick and easy to prepare. The flavors blend to make it rather tasty. It is great with plain white rice and your favorite vegetable. Why not give it a try?"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.6 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (682)

What to Drink?

Wine Chardonnay
Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
40 Min
Ready In:
50 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 6 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
  • 1 cup crispy rice cereal
  • 3 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut in half
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a medium baking dish with 1/4 cup melted butter.
  2. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. In a separate bowl, beat together the egg and milk. In a third bowl, mix the cheese, bread crumbs, cereal. Dredge chicken pieces in the flour mixture, dip in the egg mixture, then press in the breadcrumb mixture to coat. Arrange in the prepared baking dish. Drizzle 2 tablespoons butter evenly over chicken.
  3. Bake 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until coating is golden brown and chicken juices run clear.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 368 | Total Fat: 22.1g | Cholesterol: 124mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 7, 2006 by Jan Davis   view full review
Wow! I've never cooked chicken this juicy and delicious before! I made a few changes to this...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on May 1, 2007 by SummerLynn   view full review
Wonderful! I did make a couple of changes to the original recipe though - 1)I used shredded...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 20, 2007 by Mimi   view full review
I have already rated this recipe once before with 5 stars. I just wanted to say that I made...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 24, 2007 by Kristen   view full review
This dish is great...the whole family loves it, and that is extremely rare! This time I added...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2008 by CookinBug Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
My boyfriend took one bite of this and said "5 stars all the way!". This was SO GOOD! Followed...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 3, 2007 by DW   view full review
I'm a poor college student, so I cut the recipe down and used only the garlic salt, cheese and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 2, 2007 by Dianemwj   view full review
The only cereal I had on hand was Coco Pebbles and I didn't think those would taste too good,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on May 21, 2007 by JANELLEMP   view full review
Excellent! This tasted wonderful!! The chicken was VERY moist. However, no need to use the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 17, 2008 by Michele L.   view full review
I made this chicken dish, along with herbed wild rice and fresh steamed greenbeans, in less...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 20, 2008 by TVNewsGuru   view full review
I've made this recipe four times now and it turns out perfect every time. A meat thermometer...

 

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