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Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Recipe

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Buttery pretzels, mustard and deli ham "fancy up" this scrumptious chicken recipe. The combination's a hit with my fussy family! —Marie McCarthy, Cobleskill, New York

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Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 40 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
1/4 cup honey mustard
8 thin slices deli ham
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 cup crushed pretzels

Directions

Cut a horizontal slit in one side of each chicken breast half to within 1/2 in. of the opposite side. Spread honey mustard inside each pocket; stuff with two ham slices.
Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Brush with butter; sprinkle with pretzels. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 170°. Yield: 4 servings.

Originally published as Pretzel-Crusted Chicken in Simple & Delicious September/October 2007, p16

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Reviewed on Oct. 10, 2011 by MichMajor

Everyone from our kids to the adults liked this crunchy twist!

Reviewed on Sep. 14, 2011 by sam52687

Very easy, had all the ingediants except for the chicken breast right in the house. Like others suggestions, i also put the mustard on the outside before applying the pretzels! Enjoyed by myself& family, will definatly make this again!

Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2011 by musicmom72

Excellent and so easy! My kids loved it too which was a great plus!

Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2010 by tatertotboo

My kids even ate this! I substituted prosciutto for the deli ham, yum!

Reviewed on Aug. 04, 2010 by SamandTerry08

This was a great recipe. I made this for my husband and I and only had chicken tenderloins on hand. so instead of stuffing the chicken I just cooked the chicken in cubes in a skillet then added the honey mustard, ham, and crushed pretzels and served it over a plate of spinach. It was fast and incredibly delicious.

Reviewed on Jul. 02, 2010 by deveykelly

I also added some swiss cheese, very good! It was the first thing my son wanted me to make after he healed from wisdom teeth removal! Be careful not to over cook as I did one time, it needs to be tender and juicy or it doesn't taste right.

Reviewed on May. 30, 2010 by NyxRizzi

I did as another reviewer mention: I coated the chicken with the honey mustard (I used raspberry honey mustard) to make the pretzels stick and I added a slice of swiss cheese between the ham slices. Yum!

Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2010 by bethjensen

Very easy prep, and delicious!

Reviewed on Oct. 30, 2009 by AngieLuan

Tasty & easy - great meal for the weekday paired with some corn & peas.

Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2009 by janpier

Reviewed on Oct. 04, 2008 by 150113

This was very simple, but added some great taste and texture, without a whole lot of extra fat or calories. I was low on pretzels (I was making this recipe to use up the last bit of broken up pretzels that no body wanted to eat) so I added some crushed chex cereal to it. I didn't put the melted butter on the chicken, but actually spread the chicken with honey mustard and then put the pretzels on them, and then sprayed them with butter spray before putting them in the oven. Something else that would be good with these is a slice of swiss cheese along with the ham. Great tender flavorful chicken.

Reviewed on Sep. 30, 2008 by nanny423

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2008 by qtrsway

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