Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Ranch Cornflake Crusted Baked Chicken
A crunchy coating can make a chicken dinner especially appealing. Ranch keeps the seasoning familiar, with a cornflake crust that gives you something to look forward to when you cut in. Put a piece on your plate and enjoy that crisp first bite.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 40 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 8 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Chicken
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baking · Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 31–60 minutes
A few quick notes
1. Set up two shallow bowls
Keep the ranch dressing in one bowl and the seasoned cornflake crumbs in another before coating the chicken.
2. Shake off excess ranch
Dip each breast in ranch, let the excess fall away, then move it into the crumb mixture.
3. Pat on the crumbs
Press the cornflake mixture onto the chicken to help it become well coated before baking in the prepared dish.
Get to know the ingredients
Trimmed chicken breasts
Remove excess fat from the boneless, skinless breasts before dipping them in the dressing and crumb mixture.
Crushed cornflakes
The cereal needs to be crushed before mixing with the Italian seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper.
Ranch dressing
The ranch is used as the first dip, before the seasoned crumbs, so keep its bowl separate during coating.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Check with a thermometer
Bake the coated chicken until a meat thermometer reads the stated 165°F before serving it from the dish.
A little more help as you go
Prepare the baking surface
Lightly grease the baking dish or rimmed baking sheet before you begin coating the chicken for the oven.
Season the crumbs together
Mix the Italian seasoning, garlic powder and paprika through the crushed cornflakes along with salt and pepper.
A few questions you might have
Does the ranch go on after baking?
It is the first coating before baking. Dip the chicken into ranch, then coat with the seasoned cornflake mixture.
Is a rimmed baking sheet included as an option?
Yes. The directions allow the specified baking dish or a rimmed baking sheet, lightly greased before use.
Do I add fresh garlic?
Garlic powder is the listed form, mixed into the crumb bowl with the dried Italian seasoning and paprika.
Should the crumbs be left loose on the chicken?
The directions suggest patting the crumbs into the chicken so the surface is well coated before baking.
Is the chicken fried before the oven?
The coated breasts go to the prepared baking dish or sheet for baking; there is no skillet-frying stage.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: thechunkychef.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.