Shake and Bake Your Own Chicken  

March 17, 2009 | By john | No Comments »

I think this recipe for “Shake and Bake Your Own Chicken” is great because it uses ingredients you already have and you don’t have to spend $3-4 on a box of Shake and Bake. In fact the inspiration for this recipe is that a few weeks back, for the first time I decided to get a box of Shake and Bake to see what it was all about. I never had used it before, and it was pretty good, but I couldn’t believe that a couple of baggies and about one cup of bread crumbs and seasoning was nearly $4! I figured, heck – this is pretty basic, I can just do it myself next time!

This is what you’ll need for this recipe:

  • About 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 one quart baggie
  • about 2 cups bread crumbs (seasoned or unseasoned)
  • 1 1/2 cups sour cream
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 tsp Worsteshire sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • about 2 tsp of one defining mixed spice, like lemon pepper, asian 5 spice, cumin, mexican seasonings, italian seasonings, etc.

The last ingredient is the variable that you can use to make a different kind of Shake and Bake Your Own chicken every time! For this time in the recipe, I went with the lemon pepper and it was great! When you make yours preheat your oven to about 375 degrees and get out a 9×13 glass baking dish. Then mix the sour cream, worsteshire sauce, garlic, and paprika in a medium sized mixing bowl. Now you could marinate your chicken overnight in this, but I prefer to just do it all at once when I make the dish.

Take your bread crumbs, salt and pepper, and defining mixed spice and mix well in your baggie. Drop the chicken breasts in the bag one by one, shake, and pull them out and lay them in your baking pan. Once you have all 6 coated and in the pan, I usually drizzle a bit of extra virgin olive oil over them, and then bake for about 35 minutes on 375 degrees. The chicken is done once the juices run clear, you can cut one open to check if you need to – but 35 minutes is usually plenty in my oven.

Enjoy!

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