Country Oven-Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken is one of my weaknesses. I'm always looking for a yummy, healthy fried chicken recipe and here is one that I have found! yay!

Country Oven-Fried Chicken
serves 6



Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp hot sauce (optional)
6 6-ounce skinned chicken breast halves
3 cups Corn Chex or cornflakes
3/4 cup self-rising flour
2 tsp Creole or Cajun seasoning
Cooking spray

Directions:
1. Combine the buttermilk and hot sauce in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag. Add chicken and seal the bag. Chill for at least 4 hours, turning the bag occasionally.
2. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Crush the cereal into crumbs in a food processor. Pour into a shallow dish; stir in flour and seasoning. Remove chicken from the buttermilk, letting excess drip off. Dredge chicken in cereal mixture. Arrange the pieces, bone-side down, on a cookie sheet or shallow baking pan coated with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Coat tops of chicken lightly with cooking spray. Bake on the bottom shelf of the oven for 20 minutes. Use a wide metal spatula to carefully loosen and turn the chicken. Coat other sides with cooking spray and bake for 15 minutes.
4. Loosen and turn the chicken again, coat top side with cooking spray again, and bake for 10-15 minutes or until juices run clear when chicken is pierced(or use a digital read thermometer and make sure the internal temperature is 165.

Nutrition Score per serving:
302 calories, 25 g carbs (38%), 2 g fat (6%), 0.7 g fiber, 42 g protein (56%), 0.6 g saturated fat