Over 35 years ago, I discovered the fundamental recipe for this in the TV Guide. It’s still a family favorite today, despite the few changes I’ve made to lower the fat and boost the flavor. It is SO wonderful warmed or cold and so simple.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 ½ cups cornflakes cereal
- 1 teaspoon dried crushed thyme
Instructions
- Pour the lemonade concentrate, salt, and pepper into a resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken breasts, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet generously with cooking spray.
- Place the cornflakes in another resealable plastic bag and crush them into fine crumbs. Add the thyme, and mix thoroughly. Remove the chicken pieces from the marinade, and shake off excess. Discard the remaining marinade. Place the chicken pieces into the bag containing the cornflake crumbs and shake to coat well.
- Place the chicken breasts on the prepared baking sheet so they don’t touch, and spray each one lightly with cooking spray. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, until chicken juices run clear, and the top is browned and crunchy. Serve hot or cold.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 223 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 67 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 498 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious, and easy! I added a bit of garlic salt to the corn flake mixture for flavor preference.
This was a little too sweet but we liked it. Marinated it for about 2 hours. Don’t know if I’d want to do it any longer. I’m going to make this again and maybe tweak the recipe a bit.
Didn’t particularly care for this. Marinade was just too sweet.
I just made this recipe tonight and made exactly as written only cut it in half. I thought it was tasty but we like spicey so may add a little sriracha with the lemonade marinade and maybe add some garlic and cayenne with the corn flakes. All in all a good dish.
I’m gonna make this for dinner tomorrow night…with a few small changes. I’ll use fresh thyme…add fresh sage…and probably fresh garlic. Instead of cornflakes I’ll use crushed tostitos…hint of lime flavor. I’ll serve it up with wild rice done in chicken broth and some sauteed fresh asparagus. Oh my gosh! I can’t wait…this is gonna be delicious!!!
This seemed like a basic recipe to me and I was pleasantly surprised with all the flavor!
The cornflakes deliver a nice, crispy finish but the lemon flavor from the concentrated juice was too tart and the thyme did nothing to enhance the flavor. With all of the amazing chicken recipes out there, this one just doesn’t cut it for me.
This was good! I used a Pumpkin Flax cereal, which resulted in a very flavorful crust on the chicken. Otherwise I followed the recipe! The lemon flavor in the background is great!
This was ok. The lemon taste was too strong so perhaps next time i’ll water it down a bit. It was incredibly easy to make.
I really did not like the way the lemonade makes the chicken taste and it gives it a chewy texture. I will not try this again
This is good, quick, tasty cooking. I used the basic idea of the recipe with the following modifications: 1 (12 oz) can of Minute Maid Concentrated Lemonade, Seasoned to taste prior to placing in concentrate. I used Seasoned bread crumbs in lieu of corn flakes. The family loved the sweet, zeasty taste. I will definitely be making these again.
I made this for my husband and best friend last night…we did not care for it. We had to drench it in ranch dressing.
This is my husband’s favourite dinner-so easy and delicious! I took some of the suggestions and marinade the breasts in limeade. I always use cornflakes and toss in a few extra spices instead of the thyme-chili and garlic powder. Will keep making this again and again, thanks!
I really liked this recipe. The lemonade was not overpowering, just added a little flavor. I also used panko crumbs and my whole family really enjoyed this chicken.
I thought it was really good! Had a sweet lemony flavor. I think it’s best to pound the chicken thin so that it cooks more evenly. If any parts get burned it can leave a really funny taste
This did not turn out well at all.
Very delish! Different kind of flavor but I liked it.
I found this to be totally inedible. I couldn’t eat mine. My boyfriend managed to eat his, but we didn’t save any leftovers. The combination of the sweet lemonade with the cornflakes was not good to say the least. I would not recommend trying this.
Everyone at my house liked this one! Easy and inexpensive!
I thought this was very good. I used whole wheat crackers instead of corn flakes & it worked great. I think it will be great cold on salad tomorrow.
Delicious. Scaled down to 2 chix breasts and used seasoned bread crumbs instead of cornflakes and thyme. Marinated about an hour, cooked in about 1/2 hour. Served with roasted potatoes that I cooked on the same pan as the chix and steamed broccoli. Very moist, very easy, definately a keeper.