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Oven-Fried Chicken Breasts

A baked chicken breast coated in a seasoned egg and honey mixture, finished with croûtons and cornflakes.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Oven-Fried Chicken Breasts

Oven400°F

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the coating

  1. Combine eggs, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and honey in a large dish.

  2. Dip each chicken breast into the mixture. Set aside.

  3. Combine salt, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.

  4. Season chicken liberally with the mixture.

  5. Combine croûtons and crushed cornflakes.

  6. Coat both sides of each chicken breast with the mixture.

  7. Coat each chicken breast with olive oil if desired.

Bake and serve

  1. Insert a probe thermometer into one of the breasts.

  2. Place the chicken in a parchment-lined baking pan (parchment lining optional).

  3. Bake at 400°F until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.

  4. Remove the chicken to a plate and let rest, covered, for 5 minutes.

  5. Serve warm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

459Calories
39 gProtein
23 gFat
25 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provide the lean protein that the coating and baking turn into the main dish.
Eggs
Bind the coating so the crumbs stick to the chicken.
Croûtons
Add crunchy crumbs that brown and crisp in the oven.
Cornflakes
Add crunchy crumbs that brown and crisp in the oven.
Honey
Adds sweetness and helps the coating brown in the oven.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavour of the coating.

The step that matters

Bake to 165°F internal temperature. Chicken must reach a safe internal temperature, and the probe shows this more reliably than colour or time. Resting covered for 5 minutes lets juices redistribute so the meat stays moist.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, egg, sauce, honey, garlic, pepper, olive):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Mangofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, egg, sauce, honey, garlic, pepper, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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