Crunchy Chicken Roll-ups

This recipe is easily halved for a smaller group.  I love this recipe because it is so versatile.  Your kids will love it, but it is nice enough for a dinner party.  I have also made this up and then sliced into pinwheel slices (4 per breast) and served as an appetizer.  It is yummy eaten as leftovers too.

8-10 boneless skinless chicken breasts

2 sticks butter

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 sleeves Ritz crackers, crushed

1 cup parmesan cheese, grated

1 tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp fresh ground pepper

½ tsp Italian seasoning

Couple shakes crushed red pepper or dash cayenne pepper

2 – 9x13 baking dishes sprayed with non-stick spray

 

With a meat mallet, flatten breasts until thin and even thickness.  Melt butter with minced garlic and pour into a shallow dish.  In a Ziploc bag, mix together crushed Ritz crackers, parmesan cheese, garlic powder and seasonings.  Pour contents of bag into another shallow dish.  Pie plates work well.  Dip chicken breasts into the butter mixture and shake off excess, and then coat breasts generously with cracker mixture on both sides.  Roll up chicken breasts and place in a sprayed baking dish.  Drizzle any remaining butter over tops of chicken roll-ups, or spray with olive oil lightly.  Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour.