My wife bought a box of white cheddar grooves and when we opened them we learned that this box was magical. A bunch of the crackers in the box were very heavily seasoned with the white cheddar flavor dust. Most were so full of dust that you could no longer see the “grooves.” Of course when something phenomenal like this happens in your life, you tweet about it and I did.
One of the replies to my tweet boldly told me I should use cheez-its as the coating on some fried chicken. I read the reply at 4 am and realized that the lunch portion of my day was planned.
The day before, I had baked up a batch of my savory cheddar cheese biscuits and I had also made a batch of cheddar beer cheese spread for crackers and snack time.
Super savory cheddar cheese biscuits
These savory biscuits are great on their own and even better with chicken or pork for a breakfast sandwich.
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Cheddar beer cheese spread
Cheese spreads aren't just for crackers. Spread on any sandwich for a burst of extra cheesy flavor.
Get RecipePut those two recipes together and add a cheez-it coated fried chicken thigh and that’s a sandwich all figured out.
For the chicken, I basically made my normal buttermilk fried chicken (recipe below) except when it came time for breading, I brought each thigh from the buttermilk marinade, coated with the seasoned flour, then I put it back in the buttermilk marinade and finally I crusted each thigh in crushed up cheez-its. Then I rested them for a few minutes while my oil heated up and fried according to the recipe.
Buttermilk fried chicken thighs
A quick and easy recipe to prepare fried chicken for sandwiches. The cayenne gives it some heat. You can omit that if you don't want it spicy or even double it if you're extra bold.
Get RecipeThe final Cheez-it biscuit sandwich
