Cook'n with Cornflakes, ya'll! Baked Chicken-n-Beans

It's time to get some aloe for this here red neck! I don't know about you, but, I love cooking with Cornflakes. It's amazing how versatile they are! One minute they're in my cereal bowl and the next they're dinner's main ingredient. Most importantly, cornflakes are wallet-friendly, as is this next REDONKULOUSLY easy and delicious baked chicken or turkey cutlet dish!

Start wit'cher beans. They take a little longer to bake, unless your neck is redder than mine, and you're fitting to heat up a can of Campbells pork and beans. In which case, my trucker hat is off to you and allow me to get you a can of Natural Light.

Baked Beans.
Oven 375
Bake time: 60min
Serves: 4-6

2tsp olive oil
1tbsp butter
1/2 onion- chopped
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 tbsp cider vinegar
2 splashes of worchestire sauce
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1/4 cup molases
1/4 cup Heinz ketchup
1/4 French's mustard
4 strips bacon bacon
2 mexican chiles (optional)
1 15oz can pinto beans, drained
1 15oz can can kidney beans, drained
1 15oz can butter beans, drained
1 tsp smoke flavoring
S&P for taste

On med-high heat in a deep sauce pot or dutch oven, add olive oil, butter and onions. Once the onions are translucent, add your salt and brown sugar. Next, add cider vinegar and worchestire. Next add the mustard, ketchup, molases, garlic, smoke flavoring and chiles. Let that simmer for a few minutes and then add the beans. Let that simmer for another few minutes. Give the beans a taste. Add S&P if desired? Cracked pepper, especially! In a deep, prepared baking dish, add your beans mixture. Next, lay your strips of bacon on top of the beans, cover, and pop in the oven. If you used a dutch oven, just lay the bacon strips on top and pop in oven. 30minutes covered, 30 uncovered.

 Crispy Baked Chicken-n-Beans

2-4 Chicken Breasts, butterflied
2 cups cornflakes
2/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. Arizona Dreaming Seasoning or another chile-like spice (any of your favorite spice(s) will work, really. Unless I am coming over for dinner, in which case, please use Penzey's Arizona Dreaming)
2/4 tsp salt

1 lrg plastic baggy
1 egg, beaten with 1tsp water
1 tbs butter


Preheat oven to 375. In a large baggy, combine all of the dry ingredients. With a rolling pin, crunch up the cornflakes and other ingredients until they are ground and well incorporated. (Excellent thing for the kids to do) Next, dip the chicken into the egg wash and add them to the bag of dry ingredients. Shake, shake, shake!  If you are like me and like extra coating, re-dip the coated chicken into the egg wash and re-coat in the dry ingredients bag. Heat an oven-safe skillet on medium-high heat with the butter. If you don't have and oven safe pan or skillet, prepare a separate dish for the chicken to bake in. Brown your chicken pieces on each side (1minute each side) and then place in the oven for 30minutes.

If you feel the need for green, do what I did and add a salad. Collards would be OUTSTANDING with this dish, too!  I love me some collard greens.

Enjoy, y'all!