Piggysnoot

Here it is folks, another “Courtney Original”. I don’t have too many recipes that I make up myself…I’m not quite that brave. But once in a while I’ve been known to combine a few aspects of different recipes to come up with something delicious. This is one such occurence. Part of this fabulous dish is from a recipe I saw on Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, and part of it is from my own head. Scary, isn’t it? If you don’t like green olives, I suggest you try this recipe anyhow. They add a salty-goodness that even non-green olive lovers will like. It’s yummy, I promise!

Olive Chicken

1 pkg. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 sleeve Ritz Crackers, crushed
2 eggs
1/4 c. (or so) flour
3/4 c. (or so) green olives, sliced
1 c. (or so) mozzarella cheese
salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350.
Set up a breading station. If you don’t have one of those fancy-shmancy breading stations, you’ll need 3 dinner plates. If you do have one of those fancy-shmancy breading stations, just know that I envy you…I love kitchen gadgets! Dinner plate #1 will contain your flour, salt, & pepper. Dinner plate #2 will contain your two eggs, whisked. Dinner plate #3 will contain your crushed Ritz crackers. Please note: I rarely use Ritz crackers…I’m an off-brand girl…off-brand Ritz-like crackers will work fine if that’s what you use. Now the yucky part…dredge each piece (both sides) of chicken through the flour, then egg, then crackers. Place in a 13×9 baking dish. Top with a handful of the green olives. Now top each piece with 1/4 c. mozzarella cheese. Bake in oven for 35 minutes. It may take longer, depending on the thickness of your chicken. Bake until the juices of chicken run clear.

Note to my fellow non-raw-meat touching friends: I use my tongs to do all the breading. I don’t have to touch the chicken or the egg nastys. That’s the only way I’d do it!

Weight Watchers points tip: Use the mozzarella cheese that is made with skim milk. It’s only 1 pt. for 1/4 c. instead of 3-4 points for 1/4 c.

I have been known to pair this dish with Lipton Onion Soup Mix potatoes (cube a few potatoes and mix them with 2T. olive oil and a packet of Onion Soup Mix). It’s nice because both dishes go in the oven…pop it all in, and relax while the oven does the work! If you’re going to do that you may need to play with the chicken cooking time/temp. The potatoes go in at 425 for 35 minutes, so I’d do both things at 425…put the potatoes in for 10 minutes by themselves…add the chicken dish…bake for the other 25 minutes.

Weight Watchers Points: 1 chicken breast=7, 1 c. potatoes=4