Colm O'Gorman: Rise and shine with corn-crusted chicken — with hot sauce and corn ribs
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We never had cornflakes in our house when I was growing up. My mother hated processed foods; Weetabix was as far as she was prepared to go when it came to breakfast.
Processed breakfast cereals she declared were nutritionally useless. “You might as well eat the box they come in”, she proclaimed, ignoring the claims of the manufacturers and our eager little faces as we gazed longingly at the colourful boxes on supermarket shelves.
I still do not eat cornflakes for breakfast, but I love to use them as an ingredient when making crunchy coated chicken in my air fryer.
This is a fabulous recipe. So good in fact, that I reckon Mam might forgive me if she was still with us.
Golden, crisp, crunchy, corn-crusted tender chicken thighs, seasoned with spices and served over creamy mashed potato with a sweet, spicy, tart hot sauce.
I have these with corn ribs on the side. The corn is also cooked in my air fryer and tossed in melted butter and Tajin — a delicious Mexican seasoning that is available online or from specialist spice stores.
If you cannot get hold of any, you can make a home-made version by blitzing the zest of a lime, two teaspoons of chipotle pepper flakes and a teaspoon of flaky sea salt in a spice grinder.
The homemade variety will be considerably spicier than the shop-bought version, so taste first, and adjust the amount you use to suit your own tastebuds.
Corn-crusted chicken with hot sauce and corn ribs
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Servings
4Preparation Time
15 minsTime Cooking
20 minsTotal Time
35 minsCourse
Mainingredients
Chicken: crusted
Skinless, Chicken Thighs 400g Boneless
Cornflakes 100g
Powder Onion Tsp ½
½ Granules Garlic Tsp
Paprika 1 Tsp Smoked
Sea Tsp Salt ½
Plain 75g Flour
1 Large Egg
hot Sauce:
60ml Hot Frank's Equivalent Or Sauce,
Tomato 3 Ketchup Tbsp
2 Tbsp Runny Honey
corn Ribs:
The Of 4 On Ears Corn Cob
Few Sprays A Of Olive Oil
Butter 20g
2 Mix Spice Tsp Tajin
Serve: to
Mashed Creamy Potatoes
Few A Spring Chopped Onions
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