rice crispy chicken

[bayou girl]

ingredients:
chicken - i use either boneless skinless breasts or thighs
rice krispies - the walmart brand is as good as the kellogs brand. the ones in the box, not the ones in the bag.
a stick or more of melted butter - i use real, salted butter, normally land'o lakes or walmart brand, which ever is on sale.

slightly crush the rice crispies.  i use about 2 cups if we are all eating.  about a cup or cup and a half if just scott, matthew, and i.  put them in a freezer bag and squish with your hands or use a rolling pin. don't pulverize or crush them super fine.  defeats the purpose of the "crispy"

dip the chicken in the butter, then roll the chicken in the rice krispies.  put in a shallow baking pan.  when all the chicken is done, pour the remaining butter on the chicken and then the rice crispies over the top.  this keeps the chicken moist.  even chicken fingers come out moist.

bake at 350* for 45 minutes or so.  i check for doneness at 40 minutes and watch from there.

now, here's the beautiful part of this.  i make it in my toaster oven and it is great.  no heating of the oven, the pan that came with the toaster oven is the right size for the 3 of us, and cleans easily.  during the winter, if you use the big oven, it is really good with baked beans and baked scalloped potatoes. put them all in the oven at the same time and relax while dinner cooks itself.

low fat, low cholesterol, and one of the few ways i can eat rice.

ok, only low fat if you don't scoop the butter and dropped crispies out of the pan and put them on the top of your potatoes like i do

[Dianna]

Looks like a great recipe for oven fried chicken to me. I will be trying this...

Thank you for posting the recipe, Jennifer!

[bayou girl]

well, you have to thank scott for telling me about it 26 years ago.

his mother made it and i had never heard of it.  so i called, got the recipe over the phone, and it has been a family staple since.  it's fast, easy, and comforting.  and gives you crunch that is healthy.

[Tina]

I have done it this way. I have also added some more spice to my chicken before coating because I find it a little bland.
It is much like the good old corn flake baked chicken recipes of the 50's. And that is good too.
I do not like shake n' bake (in spite of living here).

[SeaDog0824]

Giving my family secrets away?  

[Tina]

She has shared this recipe far and wide, Scott. You are a little late with your frying pan. .

[bayou girl]

good answer tina!  besides, we KNOW mine is better than his mothers.  and his is better than mine these days

[SeaDog0824]

Sitting here trying to think when the last time you made rice crispy chicken.     

[Tina]

So what other family secrets (recipes) are you hiding from us, Scott?

[Dianna]

Do tell. I like anything fast an easy. I am allergic to the kitchen....

[bayou girl]

Sitting here trying to think when the last time you made rice crispy chicken.    

at least 3 years.  yours is better

[Tina]

When you are so superior at something then it always falls to you.

[Dianna]

It is much like the good old corn flake baked chicken recipes of the 50's. And that is good too.

I never knew the corn flake recipe, Tina...

I do not like shake n' bake (in spite of living here).

Shake and bake? Sorry. That was funny, though, with your riding earthquakes lately and the heat trying to creep up on you...

[Tina]

That is a common name for California. Have you never heard it?
The corn flake recipe is similar and one of the reasons you can find cornflakes already crumbed in the baking aisle of most groceries. But I believe the chicken is dipped in milk before coating with a little butter poured over after. I will have to look.

[SeaDog0824]

So what other family secrets (recipes) are you hiding from us, Scott?

You've got to have Jennifer fill you in on Mom's lasagna, with cottage cheese!    

[Tina]

I don't even use much ricotta in mine. It is not a favorite part of lasagna for me.

[SeaDog0824]

Ricotta is one thing, I would have never thought to use cottage cheese... just the thought sounds Yuck! 

[bayou girl]

So what other family secrets (recipes) are you hiding from us, Scott?

You've got to have Jennifer fill you in on Mom's lasagna, with cottage cheese!    

oh, i though we had told matthew that story.  and matthew being the chef he is, we were on the way home the other day and talked about mom having been an ok cook but scott soon learned...

and i said "yeah, cottage cheese in lasagna".  i though matthew was going to come unglued!

mom uses cottage cheese instead of ricotta and doesn't even put it in the food processor or blender first

and scott, you are lying.  you had just never had good lasagna until you had mine.

tina, i mix the ricotta with sauce to thin it out a bit sometimes, i think it is better that way.

[Dianna]

Ugh.

There is no way I am going to ruin lasagna with cottage cheese, but a lot of people do. I just ain't eating it that way...

Hmmm. I think we have officially hijacked this topic...

[Tina]

It is still food.

[bayou girl]

Ugh.

There is no way I am going to ruin lasagna with cottage cheese, but a lot of people do. I just ain't eating it that way...

Hmmm. I think we have officially hijacked this topic...

yup!  and the newbie did it too!  

[SeaDog0824]

That reminds me... Noobie has to put away the Rice Crispy Chicken that he made for supper!  (Will that sufficiently get us back on subject?)

[Tina]

It will do the job nicely.

[Dianna]

 

[Jessica]

Thanks for the recipe, Jenn.  Sounds yummy!!   

I typically make my lasagna with ricotta cheese but have used cottage cheese before.  I like it both ways.