I love me some cereal!

It's true. I love cereal. I always have. Growing up I remember having a bowl almost every night with my brother Carson. It was our favorite snack. Over the years I forgot about my love for cereal. I mean I still had it now and then but not nearly as much. Then I got pregnant with Jaxon and I remembered how yummy it was. Oh and the fact that I was pregnant and the last thing I wanted to do was cook. Cereal was a great go to meal! Nowadays I have it almost every morning. And Jaxon loves to snack on it. This is a picture of the cereal in our pantry right now.

Holy Cow. We have a ton! I do eat cereal and milk alot, but I also love to make other things with cereal. Treats are wonderful when made from cereal. But I also enjoy a good savory meal with the use of cereal. I love experimenting with cereal recipes. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don't. So I've decided to do a series of posts over the next couple weeks, with my favorite cereal recipes. Tonight I made Cornflake breaded chicken strips, so I will start with that recipe.

Here's what you'll need:

1-1 1/2 pounds of chicken breast strips.
(You can use reg chicken breasts if you'd prefer.)
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk3/4 cup flour
5 cups cornflakes
3 tsp seasoning salt
2 tsp Bon Appetit Seasoning

(by McCormick. It's a fav of mine. But you can use any type of poultry seasoning depending on the taste you want.)
2 tsp Ground Black Pepper

You can either bake these or fry them. I like to bake them for the healthier option, plus while they bake it give me time to prepare the rest of dinner.

So if you are going to bake them preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Pour the CornFlakes into a ziplock bag and crush with a rolling pin. Normally I use a food precessor which is way faster! So if you want to go that route, please do. You want them to get to a cornmeal consistency.

Once crushed, mix in 1/2 cup flour, seasoning salt, bon appetit seasoning and pepper. If you used a food precessor to crush the cornflakes you can add the dry ingredients right in to mix.

In a seperate bowl mix the eggs, 1/4 cup of flour, the milk and a dash of salt and pepper. Then, piece by piece dip the chicken into the egg mixture. Let it drip off a bit and then coat with the cornflake mixture.

I like to push the chicken down firmly into the mixture to get a good coating. Also make sure the sides are covered.

Place coated chicken onto a baking pan or stone and drizzle with olive oil. Place in the center of the oven for about 30 min. Until they are golden brown and cooked all the way through.

Serve with your favorite sides and enjoy!