Crispy Italian Baked Chicken

Ingredients 

non-stick cooking spray

2/3 C. mashed potato, flakes

1/3 C. grated Parmesan cheese

2 tsp. parsley flakes

1 tsp. garlic salt

1 (2 1/2 to 3 lb) broiler fryer chicken, cut up

1/4 C. all-purpose flour

1/3 C. Italian dressing

Directions

1) Heat oven to 400 degrees. Coat baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Combine potato flakes, Parmesan cheese, parsley flakes and garlic salt in a shallow bowl. Stir until well mixed. 

2) Coat chicken pieces with flour; dip in Italian dressing. Coat with potato flake mixture, patting until chicken is thoroughly coated; shake off excess breading . Place in prepared pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until instant-read thermometer reaches 165 degrees. 

prep: 10 minutes

cook: 50 minutes

serves: 4

With this recipe I used boneless chicken breasts instead of the fryer chicken and it came out great. Just cut down cooking time, depending on how big the pieces of chicken are. 

Pizza in a Bowl

Ingredients 

8 oz. uncooked rigatoni (about 3 C.) 

3/4 lb. ground beef

1/2 C. chopped onion

1 can (15oz) pizza sauce 

2/3 C. condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted

2 C. (8oz) shredded part skim mozzarella cheese 

1pkg. (3 1/2oz) sliced pepperoni

Directions

1) Cook rigatoni according to pkg. directions; drain. Meanwhile , in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until beef is no longer pink, breaking up beef into crumbs; drain. Add pizza sauce, soup and cheese; cook and stir over low heat until cheese is melted.

2) Stir rigatoni and pepperoni into beef mixture. Heat through. 

Start to finish: 

25 minutes

Serves:

6