This recipe is just a little bit spicy, but nothing extreme. {I might even add more chili powder next time}. It gets a nice crunchiness to it, too. I think you will enjoy this as a healthier alternative to fried chicken. 
My husband is using the leftovers tonight in chicken fajitas.
Ingredients
3 chicken breasts (peel off the skin)
2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
Pam Cooking Spray (I use the Olive Oil variety)
Preparation
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray pan with Pam Cooking Spray. I used a Pyrex Glass Cooking Dish.
Mix cornmeal, salt, chili powder and oregano. Thoroughly coat chicken with mixture and shake off excess. Place chicken in pan and cook uncovered for 30 minutes. Turn each piece. Cook for another 30 minutes. Make sure chicken is thoroughly cooked and voila!
*This is a variation of a recipe I found in Betty Crocker Country Cooking (2009, General Mills) that I altered to suit my family’s taste. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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I like that it is crunchy!!!! I might do away with the chili powder though (tummy doesn’t like spicy!!) What do you think I could substitute the chili powder with??
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Maybe you could just take the chili powder out altogether and not substitute anything for it.
I think it would still be really good.
Or, do you think you could handle some black pepper if you want just a little spice?
Dawn
Love the look of it and can almost smell it
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Thanks!
Dawn
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Sounds easy enough, great that’s its not fried!
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I love that it’s baked and not fried and CRUNCHY! Huge fan of crunch skin on my chicken. Thanks for sharing!
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My mom used to use cornmeal to bread all the time. I never tried it but this sounds good. Thanks
I’m always looking for new ways to serve chicken, as chicken can be found on sale cheap. I really likd cornbread so this recipe will suit me and the family well. Thanks for the recipe its easy to make. I like that its crunchy too . You could add some spice to it with some old bay. Cant wait to try it .
This sounds so good! thanks for the recipe
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This recipe sounds really good and maybe even easy enough for me to do. lol Thanks for the great information!
Love the corn meal coating idea!!
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This sounds good. I like that it’s baked and not fried. I’m not fond of fried foods too much. I can’t wait to try this soon.
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This sounds great and it’s perfect for my daughter who is allergic to battered chickens (Gluten Intolerance)
I will have to try this my family loves chicken fried,baked you name it!!
Your recipe does sound really good and easy enough to follow, i think im gonna give it a try.
This is a good idea. I always have cornmeal around. I will be cooking this soon in different inventive ways. I like to make up recipes as I go along.
This sounds good … will have to try it next time we have chicken. Did you use bone-in chicken breasts or boneless?
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I used boneless, but you could probably use whichever you like.
Dawn
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I never thought of using corn meal to coat my chicken. I’ll have to try this =D
I am always looking for new ways to serve chicken. Thank you for the recipe.
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This sounds so good, thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
This looks delicious and I’d love to try it with extra spice and roasted potatoes. It is so cold today I think I’ll give the oven a nice looong pre-heating!
We here at my house all love chicken in so many ways. This sounds delicious and I will be making it for my family. I personally like corn bread alot . Thanks for the recipe.
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No prob! Hope you enjoy it!
Dawn
I like that it’s oven fried. We generally stay away from deep frying foods. I love hot spicy food.Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks for this tasty,easy recipe!! I’m like most of the others, I really like that it’s crispy but not fried. We love spicy so I’m thinking of using some crushed red pepper in the coating
Thanks again!
Sharon
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Oh I bet it would be awesome with the crushed red pepper. I might try that, too, if you don’t mind me stealing your idea.
Hey you’re not “stealing” from me, it’s your recipe hahaha!! I fixed this thursday night and it was delicious!! the red pepper gave it a nice zing! Thanks again so much for the recipe, my husband loved it!
~smiles~
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Yay!!!
That sounds and looks good. I’ll have to try it. I would add different type of pepper to spice it up.
Good recipe -I have never used cornmeal but I can imagine it will make the chicken crispy in the oven. I am trying to stay away from fried foods to bring my cholesterol down and this looks healthy and delicious.
great idea for alternative to fried chicken thanks for the recipe