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Chicken Baked in Cornflake Crumbs

This is a nice recipe for southern girls like me who love fried chicken but realize they can’t eat it everyday. The cornflakes give you that crispy crust like fried chicken without all of the added fat of deep-frying—not that I’m saying there’s a thing wrong with deep-frying! My motto is “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

2–3 shakes of Tabasco sauce (optional)
1 cup buttermilk, well shaken
1 cup cornflake crumbs
8 chicken pieces (drumsticks, thighs, breasts), with skin
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F.

    Step 2

    Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and spray the foil with cooking spray. Shake the Tabasco sauce into the buttermilk and pour into a shallow bowl. Place the cornflake crumbs in another bowl or on a piece of waxed paper. Dip each piece of chicken in the buttermilk, and then roll it in the crumbs. Place the coated chicken pieces on the cookie sheet and sprinkle with the salt and pepper.

    Step 3

    Bake the chicken for 1 hour, or until the crust is golden brown and the thigh meat is no longer pink at the bone. Check this with the point of a sharp knife. Remove the pieces from the pan and serve while the chicken is warm.

  2. From Gwen

    Step 4

    To make crumbs, place cornflakes in a sturdy resealable plastic bag and roll over the sealed bag with a rolling pin. Remove the chicken skin for less fat.

Reprinted with permission from Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood with Gwen Yearwood and Beth Yearwood Bernard. Copyright © 2008 by Trisha Yearwood. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Trisha Yearwood is a three-time Grammy-award winning country music star and the author of the bestselling cookbook Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen. She is married to megastar Garth Brooks.
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