Simple Aldi Recipes: Cornflakes Chicken

One of my oldest son's favorite meals is cornflakes chicken, a simple recipe that my mother taught me many years ago. My eight-year-old son is currently my chef's assistance, as I keep telling him that he will soon be off to college cooking for himself.

Luckily he likes to help out in the kitchen, in fact my biggest problem is almost too much help in the kitchen, as keeping track of three little ones while cooking can be quite a task.


Cornflakes chicken is very a very simple recipe, and it is definitely a favorite at my house. By using ingredients from Aldi and from my deal hunting at other stores, cornflakes chicken has turned out to become a very frugal meal as well.




Ingredients needed:
Chicken legs
1 cup Cornflakes
1 egg
Your favorite seasonings

1. Season the chicken and let it stand in the fridge for 30+ minutes.
2. Whisk an egg together in a bowl.
3. In a second bowl crunch up some regular cornflakes.
4. Prepare the baking pan. Put a piece of tin foil in the baking pan, add a baking rack and spray it with cooking spray.
5. Roll the chicken leg in the egg mixture, then roll it in the crushed cornflakes, and make sure that the entire chicken leg is covered.
6. Carefully place the chicken leg on the cooking rack.
7. Cook the chicken a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour, until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

You can use potatoes (mashed, boiled, roasted... any kind), rice or corn on the cob as sides. Tailor the sides to the current sales, and turn Cornflakes chicken into a very frugal dinner. I used a box of Zatarain's Black Beans and Rice, and then I added some steamed corn from a recent sale.

Cost of meal

Chicken drumsticks- Chicken drumsticks at Aldi $1.29/lb - $4.04 package, used 1/3 = $1.35
2 cups of cornflakes - Cornflakes at Aldi $1.39
1 egg - Dozen Eggs at Aldi $0.99 = $0.08
Corn - Birds Eye Steamfresh at Target $0.40
Rice & Beans: Zatarain's Rice & Beans at Publix $0.66

Total cost of the Cornflakes Chicken meal $3.88 for a family of four.


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