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Crunchy Garlic Chicken

Oven-baked chicken breasts boast a delicious crunchy coating with herbs and garlic. 

Crunchy Garlic Chicken

BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker

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Prep Time

30min

Total Time

55min

Servings

6servings

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Ingredients

  • 1/4  cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 2  tablespoons milk
  • 1  tablespoon chopped fresh chives or parsley
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • 1/2  teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2  cups Whole Grain Total® cereal, crushed (1 cup)
  • 3  tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2  teaspoon paprika
  • 6  boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 3/4 lb)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 425°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In shallow dish, mix 2 tablespoons of the butter, the milk, chives, salt and garlic powder.

  2. In another shallow dish, mix crushed cereal, parsley and paprika. Dip chicken into milk mixture, then coat lightly and evenly with cereal mixture. Place in pan. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons butter.

  3. Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).

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Tips & Notes

  • Do-Ahead

    Coat the chicken breasts with the crumbs the night before and then bake the next day when you get home from work.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving:
  • 280
  • 12g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g)
  • 100mg
  • 410mg
  • 11g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 3g)
  • 30g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 15%
  • 25%
  • 45%
  • 50%
  • Exchanges:
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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star 1/18/10 by w84dinner

We really liked this recipe, although I had to use Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal, because I didn't have any Total on hand. It was delicious.

I read somewhere that a good way to prevent the soggy undersides of oven-fried chicken pieces is to spray a cake cooling rack with vegetable spray, place it on a cookie sheet lined with foil, and then place your prepared chicken pieces one by one on the sprayed cake rack with tongs. This way air gets to the bottom of each piece, and your chicken gets crispy all the way around. Be sure to spray the cake rack thoroughly, or else your cleanup will require quite a lot of elbow grease!

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star 1/18/10 by w84dinner

We enjoyed this recipe quite a lot, although I had to use Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal, since I didn't have any Total. It was delicious.

I read somewhere that a good way to prevent the soggy bottom that happens with oven-baked chicken recipes is to spray a cake cooling rack with vegetable oil and then place it on a cookie sheet that has been covered with foil. Grasp your dipped and prepared chicken pieces with tongs and place them on the sprayed cake cooling rack. Air gets to both sides of the chicken this way, and so the chicken gets crispy all the way around. Make sure to spray the cake rack very well, or else your cleanup will require a lot of elbow grease!

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star 11/6/09 by jrobertson911

This was an interesting recipe and my whole family really liked it. I think it could definitely use more garlic and perhaps just a bit of spice from chili powder to give it some real taste. The cereal is pretty bland, so you need something to perk up the dish.

One warning though...like any shake-n-bake type recipe, the coating gets soggy on the bottom. Having soggy, hot Total cereal is kind of yucky, so we had to scrape it off. I don't know how you keep the coating from getting soggy on the bottom....any ideas?

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