This recipe takes delicious to another level with its Cajun flavor paired with pineapple salsa to tickle your guests’ tastebuds. Plus, this one’s super simple to make!
Ingredients
- For the chicken:
- 8 chicken pieces (on the bone)
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 200g cornflakes
- 100g cake flour, seasoned
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 60ml (¼ cup) sunflower oil
- For the salsa:
- 1 pineapple, peeled, core removed (and discarded) and diced
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- 1 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
- ½ red onion, peeled and finely chopped
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Season the chicken pieces. Place the cornflakes in a food processor and blend to a fine crumb. Dust a chicken piece with the flour, dip into the egg and, finally, coat in the cornflake crumbs. Place on a baking tray. Repeat with the remaining chicken pieces. Drizzle over the oil and bake in the oven until cooked through, 45 minutes.
2. For the salsa, mix together the pineapple, lime zest and juice, coriander and red onion and season to taste. Remove the chicken from the oven and serve topped with pineapple salsa.
Shared by Food&Home. (Recipe and styling by Sarah Dall. Photograph by Myburgh du Plessis).
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Feature Image: Myburgh du Plessis
