This Crispy Garlic Ranch Chicken Recipe is quick and easy to make and pairs perfectly with our recipe for Garlic Ranch Potatoes and Peppers.
My 7-year-old nephew loooooves to cook. He is an expert smoothie maker and he has wonderful food presentation skills. He is also a BIG fan of cooking shows on TV.
He has picked up a pretty impressive amount of knowledge about cooking terms and concepts. I’m really interested to see if this cooking interest continues. With this head start he could be a great chef by the time he reaches adulthood!
Yesterday my little chef went to the store with me to pick up some ingredients and then helped to create this yummy Crispy Garlic Ranch Chicken recipe along with a side of Garlic Ranch Potatoes and Peppers.
He is actually very good at (and careful about) cutting vegetables and handled all of that, which is really the most time-consuming part of either recipe.
My nephew obviously enjoyed this cooking experience because my sister texted me this message late last night:
I had to laugh because that “fancy pan” was nothing more than a baking rack placed over a 9×13 cake pan. Very fancy indeed!
I originally created this recipe using Hidden Valley Ranch Roasted Garlic dressing, but unfortunately that flavor has been discontinued.
Crispy Garlic Ranch Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
1.5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 cup Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
2 cups panko crumbs
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
salt and pepper
How to Make Garlic Ranch Chicken:
Cut chicken into “chicken tender sized” pieces.
Place in a bowl with Hidden Valley Ranch and mix well. Let sit at least an hour, but the longer the better (preferably overnight).
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Place panko crumbs in a shallow bowl and stir in paprika, salt and pepper.
One by one, place the chicken pieces in the crumbs to coat both sides. Place on a greased baking rack.
Bake approximately one hour or until cooked through and golden, turning once.
We made the potatoes recipe at the same time. To save space in the oven I placed the rack with chicken right on top of the pan with the potatoes. That’s what turned it into the “fancy pan”.
Garlic Ranch Potatoes and Peppers Recipe
Ingredients:
1.5 pounds young red potatoes
1/3 cup Hidden Valley Ranch Roasted Garlic
1/2 medium onion
1/2 red pepper
1/2 green pepper
salt and pepper
1 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
olive oil
How to Make Garlic Ranch Potatoes and Peppers:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously coat the bottom and sides of a 9×13 baking dish with olive oil.
Quarter the potatoes and slice the onion and peppers.
Mix potatoes and veggies with Hidden Valley Ranch and the salt and pepper and cilantro if using.
Pour into pan. Bake approximately one hour or until potatoes are tender and starting to brown.
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Crispy Garlic Ranch Chicken
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 cup Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
- 2 cups panko crumbs
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1 tsp paprika
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cut chicken into “chicken tender sized” pieces.
- Place in a bowl with Hidden Valley Ranch and mix well.
- Let sit at least an hour, but the longer the better (preferably overnight).
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place panko crumbs in a shallow bowl and stir in paprika, salt and pepper.
- One by one, place the chicken pieces in the crumbs to coat both sides.
- Place on a greased baking rack.
- Bake approximately one hour or until cooked through and golden, turning once.
Jeanine says
This looks and sounds incredible. I love chicken and any recipes that looks this good I will have to check out!
Tess says
I love this! I like to season my chicken and we love ranch as well.
Sabrina @ Dinner, then Dessert says
I love breading my chicken with panko! It adds such a great texture!
Carly Brydon says
This whole meal looks so delicious! I could see my entire family loving this, so I will have to make this soon.
Leela says
That looks mouth watering. I’m going to try this.
Theresa says
This looks so tasty! Pinning to try soon!
Valerie says
This sounds delicious. I like the idea of having a garlic and ranch flavor combination.
Richard Hicks says
Something I want to try. Looks amazing!
Pam says
This sounds really tasty! My kids are obsessed with ranch dressing.
Marcie W. says
We are a garlic loving family so this meal sounds fantastic. I will have to pick up some of this new dressing to have on my daily lunchtime salads.
Natalie Z says
oh my this looks delicious! I am going to have to try this to switch up dinner time!
Liz Mays says
Wow those veggies look so good with this chicken. I have to try out some of those new flavors!
Kate (My Mommy Brain) says
This looks yummy and easy to make!
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
It’s a garlic ranch fest, and I love it! I can’t wait to make this for the family. I can tell you one thing. It won’t last long!
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
That sounds absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to make this for my family!