Two Breaded Chicken Recipes

     One thing that everyone should have in their kitchen at all times is frozen chicken breast. You can defrost them in the microwave in ten minutes and turn them into hundreds of delicious meals. I'm posting these two recipes together because they're very similar even though the flavors are totally different. Of course you can use fresh chicken instead of frozen, but honestly, I sometimes like using the frozen kind better because they're usually smaller and cook faster. First, we'll make parmesan crusted chicken:

INGREDIENTS:
4 boneless chicken breasts
1 clove chopped garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 375 and spray a glass baking dish.
2. In a small bowl, mix the garlic into the olive oil.
3. In another small bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients.

4. One at a time, dip each piece of chicken in the oil, then in the breadcrumb mixture, coating both sides.
5. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes.

Now for something a little more tropical, we'll make coconut crusted chicken. The method is exactly the same. Just mix the wet ingredients in one bowl and the dry in another. Dip the chicken in both and bake.

INGREDIENTS:

4 boneless chicken breasts

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

1/4 cup grated parmesan

2 eggs

1 tablespoon of honey

juice and zest of two limes (Mix the juice in with the eggs and honey and the zest in with the dry mixture.)

Both of these are really simple and really yummy, so try one out the next time you don't know what to have for dinner. Tomorrow's recipe: more ice cream!