Southern-Style Oven Fried Chicken

Submitted by Trixyinaz

"Another WW recipe that I've added to my collection. YUMMY! You won't believe it isn't really fried. Serving size is 1 chicken breast (4 oz.)(5 WW points)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon table salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)
• 3 ounces buttermilk
• 3⁄4 cup corn flake crumbs (leave some big pieces, DO NOT crush the flakes into a fine powder)
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast (four 4 oz pieces)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 365ºF.
2. Lightly coat an 8 X 8 X 2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
3. Combine flour, salt and cayenne pepper together in a medium-size bowl.
4. Place buttermilk and corn flakes crumbs in 2 separate shallow bowls.
5. Roll chicken breast halves in flour mixture and evenly coat each side.
6. Next dip chicken into buttermilk and then corn flakes crumbs.
7. Place coated chicken breasts in prepared baking dish.
8. Bake until chicken is tender and no longer pink, about 20 minutes (there is no need to flip the chicken during baking).
9. NOTE: The first time I made this my chicken breasts were about 6-8 ounces a piece.
10. It ended up taking about 45-50 minutes to cook.

Reviews

[HisPixie]

Easy and very tasty! I had large chicken breasts that took about 35 minutes to cook but were nice & tender. Thanks! This is a keeper.

 

[Chef Jen 1]

I used 2% milk instead of buttermilk, that is what I had on hand. This was a very easy and good recipe.

 

[riffraff]

What a great dish. Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. I soaked the chicken in the buttermilk for an hour or so. I served with a broccoli slaw. After making this several times I decided that I like them baked till a touch past the colden brown stage.

 

[Karamia]

This is a very easy way to prepare healthy, crunchy, moist chicken! I think the cornflakes could use some seasonings, they were a little plain for my taste. But this recipe can be adjusted easily to fit one's tastes. I baked mine for exactly 20 minutes and it was perfect. Thanks for the healthy recipe!

 

[superlib]

I couldn't believe how good this turned out. When I had it all prepped and ready to go into the oven, I thought it looked unappetizing and didn't even want to bother baking it - and then it came out and I gave some to the husband, he raved over it! Even asked if I'd marinated the chicken first, which I hadn't.. it was so tender and nice tasting that he thought it'd been marinated.