Baked Caesar Chicken

Baked Caesar Chicken with a crispy coating of breadcrumbs, croutons, and dipped in Caesar dressing. The coating stays on this crispy baked chicken so well thanks to the egg!

Course Main Course

Keyword baked caesar chicken, chicken recipes, crispy baked chicken

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Servings

Calories 254kcal

Author Jessica

Ingredients

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (see notes below)
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 large egg, beaten
¾ cup caesar salad dressing
¾ cup plain panko bread crumbs
¾ cup crushed croutons
½ cup grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

Heat oven to 400°. Prepare a baking sheet (12"x18") by spraying with cooking spray, lining with parchment paper or tin foil.
Combine the salt and pepper into a small bowl and mix. Sprinkle both sides of each chicken breast with salt & pepper.
Stir together the beaten egg and caesar dressing on a rimmed plate. On another rimmed plate stir together the panko bread crumbs, crushed croutons, and parmesan cheese.
Dip both sides of each chicken breast in the egg and salad dressing mixture. Then coat both sides in the crumb mixture. Shake off any excess and place the chicken on the prepared pan. Repeat with remaining chicken.
*Use your fingers to press the crumbs into the chicken.
Cook for 15-20 minutes. Turn chicken over gently as to not take off any coating. Use tongs if possible. Cook for an additional 10 minutes. Check to make sure chicken is to temperature of 165°.
*If you thinly sliced your chicken breasts or used thin sliced ones then you will probably only need the 15 minute cook time for the first cook time.

Notes

Croutons : Use any kind of croutons you want. I like to use Caesar croutons but any salad crouton will work great. Also, for best results and the finest pieces, place the croutons into a food chopper or food processor and crush into fine crumbs. You can also just put them into a Ziploc bag and use a meat mallet or something else heavy and crush them really fine.

Chicken Breasts : For this recipe you can either use 6 chicken breasts (they will be thicker and larger pieces which may mean they need the full cook time or more) OR you can take 3 large chicken breasts and cut each one in half horizontally. This way you still end up with 6 pieces of chicken breast but they are thinly sliced and cook in less time. My kids eat chicken breast better if it's thinly sliced so this is what I always do.

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