Italian Cracker Chicken - A Ritz Cracker Chicken Recipe

Italian Cracker Chicken is a cracker chicken recipe with chicken breast, cracker crumbs, Italian seasoning mix and butter.

Prep Time5

Cook Time45

Total Time50

Course: Entree, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: butter chicken, Chicken Tenders with Cracker Breading, Club Chicken, cracker chicken, Italian Cracker Chicken, ritz cracker chicken

Servings:

Calories: 445kcal

Author: Megan

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 13 x 9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
Mix crushed crackers and Italian dressing mix in a resealable plastic bag.
Place chicken in cracker mixture and shake to coat. If using chicken breasts, do one piece at a time.
Place chicken in the prepared dish.
If you have leftover cracker crumbs and want extra breading on your chicken, sprinkle some of the leftover crumbs on top of the chicken in the baking dish.
Pour melted butter over cracker-covered chicken evenly.
Bake for 30-45 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken is 165 degrees F. If using chicken tenderloins, cook time might be slightly quicker.

Use chicken breasts or chicken tenderloins for this cracker chicken recipe. If you use tenderloins, the baking time will be reduced.
How do you know if your chicken is cooking all the way? Use a meat thermometer and cook the chicken breasts to 165 degree F. I like a digital meat thermometer where you can set the target temperature and it beeps when the meat hits that exact temperature.
The cool thing about this cracker chicken is that you can use whatever type of crackers you have on hand. Use Club crackers, Ritz crackers, butter crackers or saltines, if desired.
An easy way to crush crackers is to place them in a sealed zip lock bag, and then crunch them up with a rolling pin or food mallet.
Try swapping out dry Italian seasoning for dry ranch seasoning blend.
Family love chicken tenders? Also try our Potato Chip Crusted Baked Chicken Tenders.
Please note that carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information vary greatly depending on the products used. The nutritional figures below are auto-calculated and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.