Cheesy Chicken with Crunchies
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3-5 boneless skinless chicken breasts, depending on size (I had huge ones, so three was plenty for me)
1 stick of butter, melted
2 cups shredded (not pre-shredded!) cheddar cheese
1 bag seasoned croutons (or if you make your own, use them!)
1/2 tsp black pepper
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Trim your chicken breast and cut into fillet/tender-sized chunks. This is not an exact science. A large breast usually makes three, a small will make two.
Crunch up your croutons. You can stick them in a blender or a food processor, I usually put them in a bag and pound the bejeebers out of them with my marble rolling pin.
Toss in the cheese and pepper and mix well.
And now you're ready! Take a piece of chicken, dip it in butter, then in the cheese-crouton mixture. Squish as much on that chicken as you can, and kinda hold some on it when you place it in your 9x13 baking dish.
Repeat with all your other chicken pieces, sprinkle any extra crouton-stuff over the top. Drizzle remaining butter over the top too.
Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10-15 minutes more. Done!
Note: you can leave your breasts whole, and bake for 1 hour, but we like having a higher crunchies-to-chicken ratio. You can also easily halve the recipe for two, this makes enough for our family to eat and half leftovers