Crispy Baked Caesar Chicken Recipe is coated in caesar dressing, potato chips, crispy fried onions, cheese and spices to create so much flavor in such an easy crunchy crispy chicken dish. This baked caesar chicken recipe's a keeper.
We eat a lot of chicken in our house and I am always trying to come up with new ways to make it. This Crunchy Caesar Chicken is what I like to call fast and fabulous! Minimal preparation time and the taste is absolutely amazing!
Baked Caesar Chicken
This crunchy crispy chicken dish was inspired by my Captain Crunch chicken and pairs well with these amazing sweet and sour green beans.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- It only takes a handful of ingredients to make this crispy caesar chicken.
- It's quick and easy, and it's so full of flavor.
- Everyone loves the delicious crispy coating.
Ingredients
You'll only need a few simple ingredients to make this recipe, and you'll find them all easily at your local grocery store. The highlights are here, but you'll find the complete list along with amounts in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Chicken Breasts, Boneless, Skinless - Use chicken thighs instead and reduce cook time by ten minutes.
- Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing - Your favorite salad dressing can be used for this recipe and all will work. Try ranch, French, Italian, and Russian.
- Parmesan Cheese - Use grated romano, mozzarella, white cheddar, asiago or no cheese instead, simply add more potato chips and crispy fried onions.
- Plain Potato Chips and Crispy Fried Onions - Use a combination of each or substitute your favorite potato chip flavor, panko breadcrumbs, breadcrumbs, stuffing mix, your favorite croutons, cornflakes or Chex cereal, pretzels or crackers.
- Cooking Spray - Use butter or your favorite vegetable oil to grease baking sheet.
See the recipe card below for the exact quantities of each ingredient.
Substitutions and Variations
- Spicy - add a teaspoon of chili pepper flakes, jalapeno powder, smoked jalapeno powder, or chipotle powder to the salad dressing to imbue heat into the chicken. I will also occasionally add a teaspoon of our homemade hot pepper sauce, or use your favorite hot sauce, and add it to salad dressing. Adjust flavor before marinating your chicken.
Instructions
Making this caesar chicken recipe is a snap. After marinating the chicken, you'll only need a few steps and a few minutes to make it!
The highlights are here, but you'll find the exact instructions in the recipe card at the end of the post.
1: Marinate the chicken breasts overnight or for at least an hour.
2: Combine parmesan cheese, crushed potato chips, and/or crushed crispy fried onions in a bag and pour onto a plate. Then, coat the chicken with the mixture.
3: Bake until golden and the chicken is fully cooked.
Top Tip: Marinating the baked caesar chicken for 24 hours will give the best flavor and most tender chicken.
If you like recipes like this, try out this easy crock pot salsa chicken or this cheesy baked salsa chicken recipe!
Storage
Refrigerator: Store in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.
Freezer: Store in an air-tight, freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
Reheat: Place the chicken in a baking dish, and bake uncovered at 350 until heated through.
What to Serve with Caesar Chicken
Serve this crispy baked Caesar chicken with your favorite vegetables along with mashed potatoes or rice.
Tips
- Crush your chips, cheese and fried onions in a bag and then shake vigorously to combine them before dredging the chicken.
- You can marinate the crunchy crispy chicken for as little as an hour, but you'll get the most flavor and tenderness by marinating it for a full 24 hours.
- Press the marinated chicken firmly into the potato chip mixture to ensure it's coated fully.
This Chicken Caesar Wrap is worth taking a look at if you enjoy this recipe.
FAQ
Use crushed potato chips, stuffing mix, your favorite croutons, cornflakes or Chex cereal, pretzels, crackers or panko, or bread crumbs.
Almost any salad dressing can be used for this recipe like ranch, French, Italian, and Russian.
The coating isn't all that heavy, so as long as you use a light dressing, it's fairly healthy. There are fare more unhealthy chicken recipes out there!
More Chicken Breast Recipes
Just in case this caesar baked chicken dish isn't for you I have listed some others below you just might want to have a look at. You can never have too many chicken recipes. Hopefully, you will enjoy them as much as we do!
Ready to get cooking? Remember that you can print this recipe if you would like.
Crispy Baked Caesar Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 1 cup creamy caesar salad dressing, more or less as needed to coat every chicken breast
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
- 1 cup plain potato chips, crushed, more or less as needed to coat every chicken breast
- ⅓ cup crispy fried onions, crushed optional
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Pour salad dressing into a large resealable bag. Put chicken breasts inside the bag. Adjust the breasts so all are covered. Remove as much air as possible from the bag. Marinate chicken for at least an hour and up to 24 hours in the refrigerator. Periodically adjust chicken breasts while they are marinating.
- When you are ready to cook preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a tinfoil lined baking sheet coated in cooking spray.
- Place parmesan cheese, crushed potato chips and/or crushed crispy fried onions in a resealable bag. Shake the contents of the bag to combine. Dump crumb mixture on to a shallow plate.
- Remove chicken from the marinade and press into your crumb mixture until chicken is totally coated. Place on prepared baking sheet and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until chicken is cooked. Enjoy!
Notes
- Crush your chips, cheese and fried onions in a bag and then shake vigorously to combine them before dredging the chicken.
- You can marinate the crunchy crispy chicken for as little as an hour, but you'll get the most flavor and tenderness by marinating it for a full 24 hours.
- Press the marinated chicken firmly into the potato chip mixture to ensure it's coated fully.
Nutrition
This post was originally published October 2016. It has been updated with new images and content.
Sue says
Oh my! Absolutely delicious! Will be making again! Looking forward to making more of your delicious recipes. Thanks for posting!
Karin and Ken says
As always you’re most welcome. I try my best to I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe. Thank you for taking the time to let me know. All the best. Karin
Sue says
Tasty but not as wow as your other recipes though. Glad it tried it. Have several others bookmarked. Can’t wait to try them!
Karin and Ken says
I’m glad you tried it and I’m sorry you didn’t like it as much as we do. Hopefully you find some other recipes you’ll include in your rotation! Enjoy your day. Karin