Cheez-it Fried Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 1/2-3 lbs fryer chickens, cut up
• 1 1/2 cups sunshine cheez-it crackers, crushed to fine crumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt or 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shortening

Recipe

• 1 clean, wash, and dry chicken.
• 2 in shallow pan, combine cheez-it® cracker crumbs with salt, oregano, and celery salt.
• 3 roll pieces of chicken in crumbs until well coated.
• 4 dip chicken in mixture of egg and milk.
• 5 roll again in remaining crumbs until well coated.
• 6 in a large fry pan, brown chicken a few pieces at a time, in shortening.
• 7 when all pieces are browned, arrange back in fry pan.
• 8 cover and cook over low heat until tender, about 30 minutes.