I have a bit of Southern in me. We’ve never done a family tree and to be honest if someone were to do one, there’d probably be some Russian in there rather than the South of America but my Southern fixation is known amongst my friends and readers. I love deep fried things, red velvet cake, the lilting Southern accent which I do often much to my friend’s delight and my husband’s eye rolling. I even baked Southern pies and cakes for a living so I know how to make a mean Pecan Pie. Bread and Butter Pudding, Pumpkin Pie and Cobbler (although I’m afraid I can’t share those recipes with you as I promised I wouldn’t).
With the New Year came a few new pounds. I can definitely trace the timeline back to SIFF, Austria, Christmas, Valentines Day, New Zealand, Easter and my birthday and now is the time to bade farewell to them as I have no more excuses. This was my little way of easing myself into the whole process. I wasn’t quite yet ready to go cold turkey (mmm cold turkey salad…) and this was my way of calorie and fat saving whilst still pretending that I wasn’t eating raw carrot sticks.
The recipe combines crushed cornflakes with herbs, cheese and a tiny bit of oil to chicken wings or chicken pieces to help give that earth shattering crunch. I love a bit of spice so I added cayenne pepper although if you’re making it for kids and they don’t like spicy food you could omit it. The only shortcoming is that it is better eaten on the day it is made, because there isn’t the oil in it, the next day it doesn’t have that addictive yet embarrassingly good flavour of cold fried chicken. Like pizza and fried chicken, some things are as good eaten the next day.
So tell me Dear Reader, have you ever discovered any surprises in your family tree? Or what would you love to discover in your family tree?
Crunchy Southern “Deep Fried” Chicken
- 1 kg chicken wings or pieces
- 1 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped finely
- 1/4 cup of dry breadcrumbs
- 50grams/1.7 ozs finely grated cheese like reggiano or tasty
- 4 cups cornflakes
- a little oil to drizzle or oil spray
1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F and line 2 baking trays with parchment. Place flour in a shallow plate salt and cayenne pepper. Beat eggs in a wide bowl until well beaten. Place the cornflakes in a ziplock bag and summon up your inner Jerry Springer and bash at the cornflakes with a rolling pin. Mix the cornflakes with the chopped parsley, breadcrumbs and parmesan and place on a large shallow plate.
2. You now have an assembly line where you roll the chicken pieces in the seasoned flour, then roll them in the beaten egg and then the cornflakes. It is less messy if you have two people doing it – one person doing the flour and the egg (make sure to let excess egg drip off) and then another person doing the cornflakes. Otherwise you’ll end up with cornflake covered hands.
3. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Then take the chicken out of the oven and drizzle a tiny bit of oil (less than a teaspoon per wing really) and then place back in oven and cook for another 20 minutes. Drain on greaseproof paper and serve in a basket, Southern Fried Chicken style!
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I can imagine how crunchy and tasty this would be!Cheese always makes it extra delicious
I love using crushed up pretzels for a coating on chicken. Cereal sounds fantastic too. Sorry you aren’t southern, I totally understand since I pretend to be a southern belle too. I usually make gumbo or jambalaya when I want to feel southern.
Darn it, woman, these photos aren’t helping my diet plans either!
Just kidding, thank you for the recipe, it looks delicious…
Wow, that looks delicious and crispy!
If it has cornflakes, that means iyt’s breakfast.
YUM!
I should make this for my friend. She is addicted to KFC…
This looks amazing. I shouldn’t be food blog surfing when I’m hungry, I should know better. I know that Southern fried chicken is famous but I’ve never tried it. I am very excited about the baked version. I too make baked chicken lie this but with slightly different spices.
Magda
I am not the hugest fan of crumbed things…..but Mr BBB would LOVE thiS!!!!
Very hard to diet in winter when all you want it carb-loaded goodness. The chicken wings look great, that coating looks like it would be good for little chicken nuggets too.
Simply wonderful! It must taste heavenly!
Cheers,
Rosa
They look amazing. I think I have a bit of southern in me too. Deep fried food and I am a sucker for a good sweet potato pie. The chicken wings look so crispy. Thanks for sharing your recipe for a healthier version of this dish.
I love how this is cooked in the oven, Lorraine! It looks every bit as good as its deep-fried counterpart. The cornflakes look amazing in there!
i love fried too! I’m sure there would be lots of surprises in my family tree !
If it’s got cornflakes in it and it’s baked in the oven, it’s gotta be good for you!
Thanks for this recipe. It will help keep me out of KFC this winter.
SSG xxx
By the things I’ve been eating lately I must have been a Chinese Emperor’s wife with a thing for dumplings!
This chicken looks crunchtastic!
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I want to make these now. They look so goooooood!
As for surprises in my family tree….my great great grandparents were cousins.
I am a true southern girl! I live in Florida, U.S. A. Fried chicken is our favorite food. But no cornflakes to coat it. The crispy coating is gotten by dusting the chicken pieces with flour, and then dipped in an egg bath , then flour again. refrigerate to help set the coating. Then fry in a deep fat fryer until golden brown . Serve hot
Move over KFC, I have tried a corn flakes coated chicken recipe before but yours look much better, so I will be giving this a go for sure. Thanks Lorraine you truly do rock.
As for my family tree, I know that one side was shipped over in the Alexandria in the first fleet. And that they were supposed to be sentenced to Africa but had been to ill to be shipped so we ended up Australian instead.
Well it certainly seems a very healthy “deep fried” chicken to me! That coating sounds very yummy (so does the pretzel alternative that Deanna mentioned!), so being a vegetarian, I wonder if I could do this with mushrooms instead. Might have to experiment.
Not aware of any surprises in the family tree, but how cool would it be to discover that I’m next in line to inherit a fully staffed castle somewhere (along with the money to back it up) so I can live in the style of life I KNOW I was born to, but never got! lolol.
My beau is going to love these! Thank you in advance for making me a stuff of legends when he talks about the Southern Fried Chicken I made to his golfing mates!
Re: family tree I have alot of Scottish in my blood which makes me more than a wee bit proud (I get the eye roll from my man too when I constantly put on the scottish accent, hehe).
Great idea. I’m making this for dinner tonight, with potato salad. Thanks sugar ! ;P
never would i imagine ‘deep fried’ could be healthy!
Sounds fabulous. I’ll have to give it a go. My family tree is particularly uninteresting, all Australian with a background in England. I’d love a bit of Mediterranean influence – there must be a genetic reason for my love of Greek Salad, Souvlaki and Spaghetti Marinara
they look wonderfully crispy and good! I don’t know how paula deen would feel about baked not fried though
My eccentric Nanna claimed that we were the descendants of a Swiss Duchess and my great great grand uncle was the bushranger Frank Gardiner!
looks great might make this for my chicken loving sister!
I’m actually not much into fried chicken, but this looks HEAVENLY. I think maybe because my aversion to fried chicken has a lot to do wth the smell of deep-frying, whereas this would surely avoid that pitfall.
(Mmmm, cold turkey salad with a blue cheese dressing….)
I haven’t discovered any family secrets yet. But there’s no secret that we love fried chicken!
My poor kids rarely get anything deep fried – except for KFC – this looks far better, I’m making this for sure!
Thanks for the recipe..I will try it with chicken breast..like the idea in the oven and not deep frying..as for my family tree..fourth generation malaysian chinese but mum says our great grandmother is thai origin..so my brother said he will embark on the journey to thailand as he thinks that we are related to the royAlty and he wants to claim the title of Prince…good luck to him
OMG these look so good, I can’t wait to try them. So much more healthier than the deep fried chicken. BTW I love your blog. As for family secrets, I wish there were a few, in my family there are no secrets.
Love using cornflake crumbs for deep-frying! So delicious! I tend to use the boxed crumbs for those lazy days when I can’t be bothered crushing up the whole flakes ….
Your photography is really quite well done. You have an exceptional eye.
This looks fantastic – so close to lunch time too and you are making me very hungry!
YUM YUM YUM!
Delicious!
Have you tried making bon chon chicken before?
It’s a Korean chilli/garlic fried chicken – I disovered it in K Town, New York. So so so tasty!
Looks great, and much healthier than KFC!
Chicken wings!!! My favorite. This really looks tasty and would love to try it out for myself. Thanks for the recipe!
I saw something interesting in an online video recipe for crumbed fish..do all the ‘wet’ dipping (i.e. into the egg) with your left hand, and all the dry dipping (i.e. flour, breadcrumbs) with your right hand.
It took me a bit of coordination at first but keeping your hands separate does ensure you don’t end up with cemented clumps of claggy breadcrumbs on the ends of your fingers.
Yummy! These look great and healthier too, will add them to the “to do” list!
I love fried chicken but hate the frying part of it. I have no idea about my family tree. I wonder how I can find out.
These look so tasty NQN! =)
I love oven-cooked “deep fried” chicken! Definitely a healthier option which means I can have lots of them
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
they look so crispy good! so cornflakes. i never would have thought of using that. did it work really well?
Cornflakes, herbs and cheese – what’s not to love about the crust! I know I am not going to make it sound less sinful – but I will pick the chicken wings – the part with more crispy skin and less meat. I care more about the skin and crust at this point! Oh no!
What a sublime & tasty baked coated chicken dish!
MMMMMMMMMM,…fab pitcures too!
Looks great, I can almost hear the cruuuunch! If you really want to be good Lorraine you should substitute chicken tenderloins for the wings, as they are quite fatty.
I should delve into our family tree next time I visit Italy because we think that there may have been a famous Roman General in our family tree.
Fab recipe!!! Love fried chicken but I am feeling your pain about calories these days… too many rich antique dishes! Must buy cornflakes, y’all!
That looks amazing. I have been known to buy this type of chicken purely for the crispy coating and leave the chicken…. can’t believe I admitted that.
I had a very plesant suprise on my family tree when I discovered that my grandfather (my total hero) had red hair. I have red hair and am the only one in my family but could never figure it out. My dad only ever remembered his father having grey hair but when we got his army records, his admittance form states; Hair Colour ; Red.
It made me very happy indeed!
Will defo have to make that chicken this weekend.
Fabulous idea using the cornflakes! My mother used to FRY cornflake coated chicken tenders but this seems much healthier! (Now for my oven to be fixed…)
Yum!!! I’ll have to try this recipe
Love southern ”fried” chicken too and if its as delicious and crunchily fried as this …well i way way way way love it…..
mmmm, that looks so good and probably a better option than the pine nut & bread coated deep fried chicken in this month’s Donna Hay magazine.
In terms of surprises in my family tree, I don’t know of any, however as you feel you’re a bit ‘southern’, I’m sure I have some Irish in my genes somewhere. Scotch, potatoes, stew…mmmm, some of my favorite things (oh and a fondness for green
=O……… drools! hehehe
Deep frying makes everything gooooood! And I have to admit that I did something similar – if only I didn’t use honey soy potato chips flakes as crispy batter lol
I could so see you as a southern bell. Corn flake crunchy chicken wings. Anything better? My mom (Retro Rose) who is full Italian (even half Sicilian) makes the best fried chicken I have ever eaten. Her favorite is wings, so we must try these.
Healthy Deep Fried Chicken?? Really? WOW!!
That’s a clever way to get a crunch, and it’s nice not to deal with scary boiling oil too.
oh this looks so good…n baked…thats healthy…:)
Looks marvelous, Lorraine! I’ve seen (and made) one other recipe like this and I found it in a cookbook by a chef named Rosie who used to be chef for Oprah. It was pretty good, but this looks way better.
Love your list of your southern recipes!
Both sides of my family have done their geneology charts so I have all the skinny. Nothing interesting, unfortunately!
You said Butter Pudding. What is that!? Sounds good! The chicken looks awesome too.
No confusing these with raw carrot sticks! They look fantastic, I always mean to get a deep fat fryer but am not sure where I would keep it.
doh, I’m such a plank, I’ve just realised I wouldn’t need one to do this. Genius!
fried chicken = obsession. have i ever had it with a cornflake crusting? sadly, no! what a gorgeous batch of poultry, lorraine–maybe we’re related somewhere way, waaaaay back.
Fantastic recipe. I love this because I love fried chicken but am afraid to deep fry (because i once started a fire :O). Looks so crunchy and yummy.
*kisses* HH
Sounds like a great alternative to fried chicken. Love the addiction of cayenne pepper. xoxo Mum
Great recipe, Lorraine, and one now on my list – I could live on chicken!!
My family say that we generally do – and they are not as thrilled as me about it.
these look great, toasted and golden
yummy , this is the way I like them.
It’s hard to say “fried chicken” without wanting to put on a southern accept.. “friiiiiiiied chickn”
We don’t know anything about my paternal grandfather except that he was from the US. Dad is in the process of trying to get more information, and I’m very curious to follow the family tree back through him. Maybe I have some southern in me too
This looks great! Ilove fried chicken but always end up regreting it if I eat because of the greasy belly feeling it leaves you with.
I love chicken. West Indies on mums side if you go back far enough. Probably why I love chicken.
this looks delicious!!!
i found out recently that i have the same genes as Genghis khan!!!
making me hungry for chicken at 10am.
You are evil. Pure evil
I discovered in my family tree that I have only one set of grandparents.
Fried chicken is better than finding that out.
But not as good as finding out how good ones sister is in bed.
Georgia has always been my home and I grew up on Southern Fried Chicken. And Barbecue. And Pecan Pies. And Cornbread, Collard Greens, Sweet Potato Pie, Crayfish Jambalaya, Biscuits and Gravy, Grits, Red Velvet Cake, Fried Okra…
I’ve used similar oven fried recipes, plus, I’ve cooked chicken in a traditional deep fryer, and in a pressure cooker. All these methods can create delicious and moist fried chicken. But, I must say that your recipe sounds excellent.
By the way, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a Deep Fried Whole Turkey.
Yummo!! I love fried chicken but believe it or not corn flakes has gluten/wheat in it, so I use corn chips instead.
How fab is this? Love the cheesy breadcrumbs.
Looks fabulous! Can’t wait to give it a try!
Hi Maria-Thanks so much! I agree about cheese
Hi Deanna-Ahh sounds very interesting! I’m going to try pretzels next time!
Haha I would like to do my DNA to see if I am! 
Hi Celia-Hehe but honestly these are low fat!
Hi Dimah-Thankyou!
Hi Fiona-Absolutely And cold chicken is good!
Hi Wretchdz-Ahh well this is much better for you!
Hi mylittleexpatkitchen-thankyou! I think this is a nice, low fat version although there’s nothing like full fat
Hi Lisa-Hehe men like crumbed things don’t they!
Hi sandra-I know, it’s so hard isn’t it!
Ahh yes of course, for healthy nuggets! 
Hi Rosa-Thanks Rosa!
Hi Katherine-Thanks! Mmm yes sweet potato pie!
You’re welcome!
Hi Faith-I know, it’s for those that fear deep frying!
Hi gastronomy gal-hehe I wish it was easier to get them done!
Hi SSG-I know, it’s like breakfast right?
Fabulous! xxx
Hi john-hehe there’s definitely some emperor’s wife in me too!
Hi Praveeny-thankyou!
Oh wow!
Hi Julia-Oh you are aren’t you!
Yes I’ve made true souther fried chicken and it’s good but oh so fattening!
Hi Saphire-Thankyou! Aww you are too kind!
Oh wow, first fleet, that’s very cool indeed! What an interesting turn!
Hi Pam-yes I’m going to have to try the pretzel version! I know that’s the fantasy isn’t it!
I’m with you!
Hi Charlotte-hehe you’re welcome!
I hope that they all like it! Awww how fabulous! 
Hi shaz-Thankyou so much darling!
Hi isLa-I know, it never usually is is it!
Hi Shan-Thankyou!
Ahh I wonder if there’s something there! I know a lot of friends that feel the same 
Hi Alex-Thanks so much!
I think she wouldn’t approve 
Hi Emma-I could totally believe that about the Swiss Duchess darling!
Hi Betty-Oh fabulous!
Hi Hannah-Ahh yes there’s no such smell here!
Mmmm yum!
Hi Anh-hehe you are too funny!
Hi Joanne-Oh fabulous, I hope they love it!
Hi hunny-Ahh interesting! Haha wouldn’t it be funny if it were true!
Hi Leslee-Thankyou so much!
Hehe so you have the opposite from everyone! That is rather cool that you know everything! 
Hi joey-Ahh yes I think I still have a bag of those somewhere in my pantry!
Hi Brian-Aww thankyou so much!
Hi Sarah-hehe sorry!
Hi Girl-Thankyou
No I haven’t but I think I’ve eaten it and it was really good! If you have a recipe I’d love to try it!
Hi MrsDesperate-Absolutely much healthier! Thankyou!
Hi Jaylee-hehe I’m a chicken wing fan too!
You’re welcome!
Hi Kate-Ahhh that’s a cool technique! Thankyou for that!
Hi Camilla-Fantastic! I hope you like it!
Hi penny-You can do a DNA test-that’s a great way to do it!
Hi Brianna-thanks Brianna!
Hi Emily-I know and less guilt too!
you’re welcome!
Hi Simon-yes it worked so well, I was really pleased with the result!
Hi tigerfish-Hehe exactly!
I know, that’s my favourite bit too! 
Hi Sophie-thanks so much Sophie!
Hi Matilda-Ahh yes that would be healthier but I do love wings
Ooh how exciting! 
Hi deana-I know, it’s so hard isn’t it!
Haha!
Hi orla-OH how absolutely fabulous! What a discovery!
Hi Su-Lin-Thankyou so much!
I hope it gets fixed soon!
Hi Anita-Wonderful! I hope you like it!
Hi Summer-Hehe thankyou so much Summer!
Hi Naomi-Yes this is healthier but that one sounds good too!
Aha! Isn’t that interesting when people feel a certain link to countries!
Hi Yuki-hehe thanks!
Hi Yas-haha now that’s crazy good! How was it?
Hi Angela-Aww thanks darlin’! Ooh I bet she makes some fabulous food-with you as a daughter she would just have to!
Hi Avanika-hehe thankyou!
Hi Arwen-I know, and so many of us are scared of it too!
Hi zurin-Thankyou!
Hi Barbara-Oh yes I remember her! She was her chef aaages ago and used to do healthy recipes! Oh fantastic that you’ve had it done!
Hi The Duo Dishes-Oh you know bread and butter pudding?
thankyou!
Hi Sarah-hehe absolutely not!
I keep it at my parent’s place 
Hi Sarah-Hehe no problems!
Hi grace-Haha now that would be the coolest!
Hi Heavenly Housewife-Oh no you poor thing, how terrifying!
xxx
Hi Barbara-thankyou mum!
xxx
Hi Amanda-Thankyou! Oh really! Isn’t that funny! :O
Hi Arlette-hehe thanks Arlette!
Hi Conor-I know what you mean exactly!
Now that would be so fabulous! 
Hi Phunk-Ahh well this would definitely help to avoid it!
Hi tonybalone-Oh how fantastic!
Hi mimi-Oooh wow what a discovery!
Hi Kelley-Haha why thankyou!
Hi clancy-Oh such interesting discoveries we’re all revealing!
You are too funny! 
Hi William-Oh you are so lucky! I’d love to visit that part of the woods one day! It sounds like you’ve had the best of Southern cuisine. Thankyou so much! Haha yes I’ve seen lots of videos of that!
Hi Shanks-Oh nice idea using corn chips!
Hi Cakelaw-Hehe thankyou!
Hi live_laugh_love-Thankyou! I hope you like it!
Ya aint from the South unless ya got some salted peanuts in the neck of your Coke bottle. Finish it off with a moon pie.
I love the use use of cornflakes, a great alternative to breadcrumbs. Your recipe is like an Italian Southern American recipe! I love it!
Hi Lorraine,
I love this recipe very much and have just make a batch for my own indulgence!
Is it ok if I post this recipe on my blog?
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