When I’m in a rush, I always turn to this dish. So simple, yet so effective. The coating ensures that the chicken is always exceptionally juicy. They appear like breading, so kids can’t tell they’re nuts, and they adore them. For people with grain allergies, it is grain-free and healthful. My cue to upload the recipe on Allrecipes is when everyone asks me for it.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 5 cups dry sweetened cereal, crushed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Place crushed cereal crumbs in a large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken breasts to bag, one at a time. Seal bag and shake to coat. Place coated chicken in the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 255 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 68 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 311 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Tasted really good. Spread chicken with mayo before coating in Envirokids Gorilla Munch. I crushed it in my spice grinder. Way too much cereal. Could cut it in half.
Works for fish too. I blended the stuff to dust before the shake and bake and got great added sweetness and taste for a fraction of the amount of cereal. Might come as a shock how healthy it is, especially compared to other sweetening methods like BBQ.
My grown kids love this
This is really good but there’s a lot more to it then just chicken and cereal. I pound my breasts thin with a meat tenderizer, then dip the chicken in flour, egg, and then mix Panko with the cereal, and deep fry it. I tried it like it stated and just did not work out at all
The taste was kind of plain but it’s a good idea and the kids loved that it was made with cereal!
This was really sweet and had lots of crunch. Hubby best described it as honey chicken. It needed something though, so we ended up dipping it in Dijon mustard for a honey mustard chicken that was really good. On it’s own though, it was a little lacking. If I were to fix this again I would season the chicken with some salt and onion powder and coat this with Dijon before rolling in crumbs and baking in some real butter. This has potential though and with a few tweaks could make a good crunchy honey chicken.
I would give it 3 stars, but hubby liked it, so it gets 4. I did doctor this up, as others did. Added some salt and seasoning to the crushed cereal, and dipped the chicken in egg before coating with the cereal. It was ok, I didn’t mind eating it, but I wouldn’t rush to make it again, either.
So many people are skeptical but this is great!! I dip chicken in egg wash before coating in cereal! Its delicious! My friend loves it!! Don’t knock it til’ you’ve tried it! You will be pleasantly surprised!
I coated the chicken with ranch dressing and crushed the captain crunch in the food processor. So easy, but really, really tasty! Crunchy and super flavorful! I will definitely make this again!
The only part of this recipe that was the least bit appetizing to my family was the delicious opportunity to make fun of their mother for having served it in the first place. Yes, my culinary risk-taking and I are now the target of ridicule and conversation at the fifth grade lunch table. I just may have to play it safe with my next few dinners.
This would be a 5 star recipe, but I had to alter the recipe after reading the reviews and with the changes I made our family gives this 5 stars. I used half captain crunch and half corn flakes and used the food processor to make them very fine. I added 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and a pinch of salt. I dipped the chicken in egg before I rolled it in the cereal and seasoning mixture. I bake this on an elevated rack so the bottoms don’t get soggy. I also made a honey mustard dipping sauce from this sight and my husband says “it’s too good!”
I thought this would be a sweet chicken dish that my kids would love, but it was even a little too weird for them. Very interesting, though!
This was a fun and easy recipe to do with the kids. Instead of placing the chicken breasts on a greased baking dish, I laid them on a bed of uncrushed cereal and poured honey over the top of it. very moist and nice flavor.
YUM!! First off buy the generic brand of captain crunch ans save some $$. I threw the cereal into the food processor along with Goya Adobe Seasoned Salt With Bitter Orange. I use chicken tenders, egg washed them, threw them in the Ziploc with the cereal and seasoning..shake, shake, shake. I fried mine instead of baking to they were crunchy, not soggy. A family fave.
There really isn’t anything special about this recipe. It seems like it would have a really unique taste, but there is nothing about this recipe that wows. I would rather save my money and bread with flour or Bisquick than spend the four dollars to buy the cereal required. It’s not bad chicken, but it’s not really that good either.
I have made this twice. The first time I made it, I followed the recipe exactly and it was pretty good. This last time I made it I added a little garlic powder, salt and pepper to the Cap’n Crunch. I also used chicken tenders. I liked it much better with these changes. I do not see how using egg would make a difference. The cereal coats nicely and stays in place. The cereal caramalizes a little. Swee, easy and good.
Sadly these had a strange flavor and baking them seemed to cause the coating to have a sludgey/soggy sort of feel. If I tried these again I would try frying them instead, as well as adding seasoning.
Yum! Something different but very good! Will make it again for sure!
I was really skeptical of this recipe, but gave it a try and my kids loved it!
I followed some of what other have done with the egg wash, and flour mix, but I did half Captain Crunch and half Corn Flakes. It turned out really sweet and juicy. My husband loved it, but I think I would use more corn flakes then captain crunch next time.
I have a different version of this recipe: 2 c crushed Cap’n Crunch, 1 egg, 1 c milk, 1 c flour, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp pepper, 2 lb boneless chicken strips, oil for frying. Put crused cereal in a bowl, Beat egg and milk set aside, Stir flour & seasonings set aside. Dip chicken into flour mixture, shake off excess. Dip… into the egg mixture, coat well, then dip into cereal, coat well. Then fry and enjoy! A bit more flavor and more to my family’s liking.