Oven-Fried Nashville Hot Chicken

Creamy Potato Salad and Steamed Green Beans
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Wine Recommendation

Chateau Ste. Michelle Chardonnay

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups whole milk buttermilk
  • 2 tsp hot sauce
  • 2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, halved lengthwise
  • 2 cups crushed cornflakes cereal
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika

Instructions

  1. Whisk together buttermilk and hot sauce in a large bowl. Pound chicken to an even thickness between plastic wrap using a meat mallet. Add chicken to buttermilk. Chill 4 hours or up to 2 days.
  2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Stir together cornflakes, flour, and thyme in a bowl. Remove chicken from buttermilk; sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in cornflake mixture, pressing gently to adhere.
  3. Place chicken on a lightly greased wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake 25 minutes or until chicken is done.
  4. Meanwhile, cook butter, honey, cayenne, and paprika in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts. Drizzle over chicken before serving.

Side Dish Ingredients

  • 2 lb russet potatoes
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ⅓ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 2 (12-oz) pkg frozen green beans

Side Dish Instructions

  1. Peel potatoes, and cut into 1-inch chunks. Bring potatoes and water to cover to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until potatoes are just tender. Drain.
  2. Stir together mayonnaise, sour cream, parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add potatoes, tossing to coat.
  3. Steam green beans according to package directions.

Nutritional Information

Main Side Total
Servings 6 6
Calories
413
330
743
Fat (g) 20 18 38
Sat. Fat (g) 11 4 15
Protein (g) 36 5 41
Carb (g) 23 36 59
Fiber (g) 1 5 6
Sodium (mg) 465 334 799
T. Sugs (g) 13 6 19
A. Sugs (g) 12 0 12

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