Clean out those cabinets! Wheat Thin Chicken!

This is definitely not a fancy recipe, but one night the husband and I were moping around the house, not wanting to go to the grocery but seriously lacking groceries in our house. We had chicken breasts, and we had some wheat thins, and thus Wheat Thin Chicken was born :-) Obviously, the same idea would work with any type of cracker that you can crush to make a breading. I haven't added specific amounts for the ingredients as it can be done for 1 or 100....it's a great, flexible dish. I eye-ball everything (I know, I'm a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE food blogger!)



Wheat Thin Chicken

chicken breasts
reduced fat or fat free wheat thins
flour
egg whites
olive oil
salt and pepper
parmesan cheese
spices of choice (I used onion powder, chili powder, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper)

Directions:

• So, First, I took each chicken breast, put it in a ziplock bag with a little water, closed the ziplock up, and pounded the chicken out so it would cook faster.
  
• After doing that with the chicken, I dried the chicken off and seasoned them with salt and pepper....set aside.
  
• Put a little flour in 1 bowl (we used whole wheat flour when we made this the second time--just as great!), and in a separate bowl whip up a couple of egg whites (or if you aren't watching your figure...a couple of eggs with the yolks would work the same). Set the bowls aside....
  
• Take some wheat thins (I even used some of the 100 calorie packs because i didn't have enough in my regular box).....place in a ziplock and crush--the smaller the better. Once crushed, sprinkle in some grated parmesan, and the spices of your choice---I used salt and pepper, onion powder, chili powder, and red pepper flakes. Shake around to mix together well. Place the wheat thin mixture in a shallow dish or plate.Drizzle the bottom of a glass baking dish with olive oil and place in a cool oven and turn on to 400-425.....let the olive oil warm up.
  
• Now you are ready to begin assembling your chicken.First...dredge your chicken in the flour, shake any excess off but be sure all is covered.Then, dredge in the egg whites.....Then place in the wheat thins......make sure you get the crumbs all over.

• Pull out your Baking dish...your olive oil should be hot now. Place your breaded chicken breasts in the baking dish--allowing a little room between each breast.Drizzle with a little more olive oil, and then place back in the 400-425 oven, uncovered, to cook for 25-30 minute or until the crumbs are browned and the chicken is done.We drizzled ours with a little bbq sauce when they came out, and they were DELICIOUS!!!!