Southern-style Oven Fried Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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)

Recipe

• 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.