Usually when you taste an amazing chicken recipe, your first thought is that it must be so hard to make. That is so far from the truth. Our Ranch Chicken is simple and easy with very little prep time.
The crispy outside coating with seasoning adds so much extra flavor. Take that first cut into the ranch chicken and you will see how moist the chicken is on the inside.
This recipe is one of our family favorites. When our mom made this chicken for us while we were growing up, there were never any leftovers. It is so easy to make and tastes amazing.
And if you love our Ranch Chicken, be sure to try our delicious Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos and our Easy Baked Crack Chicken! They are kid approved!
Try our Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Recipe with Potatoes and Carrots HERE!
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Good Substitute for Chicken Breast in this Ranch Chicken Recipe:
No chicken breasts on hand? Don’t even worry. You can also use other cuts of chicken and this recipe will still taste just as great.
We have often used chicken breast tenders or chicken cutlets. They are thinner than your regular chicken breasts, so the cooking time will need to be reduced. Keep a close eye on them.
If your chicken breasts are really thick, slice them in half lengthwise so they are more like a chicken cutlet. They will also cook faster when sliced in half.
We have had some of our readers say that they have tried this coating mixture on their pork chops. The end result was amazing. So that is another option you could try if you are out of chicken.
We love having chicken for dinner. It’s a family favorite. Here are some popular family chicken recipes:
- Cashew Chicken
- Lattice Top Chicken Stew
- Copycat Chicken Madeira
- Baked Hawaiian Chicken
- Baked Honey Lime Chicken Tenders
- Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Chicken
Ranch Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup corn flakes, finely crushed
- ¾ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 ounce ranch dressing mix, 1 package
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix corn flakes, cheese, and dressing mix together in a bowl until blended.
- Dip thawed chicken in butter, then roll in corn flake mixture.
- Place coated chicken in 9 x 13 inch greased baking dish.
- Bake for about 40 – 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
Notes
- If the chicken breasts are really thick, cut them in half so they will cook all they way through with no pink in the middle.
Nutrition
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It is! I LOVE Ranch Chicken!!!!!
I use broken potato chips versus the corn flakes. The chicken is so moist. My son and friends love it, we call it potato chip chicken. Thanks!
This is what’s for dinner Tonight!!
This is what’s for dinner Tonight!!
I’ve been making this for years… got it out of my SIL’s ward cookbook. I rarely use the butter and instead I soak the chicken pieces in buttermilk or plain yogurt for an hour or two before preparing the recipe – then I just pull out the pieces and dredge it in the cereal/ranch/cheese mixture…. it’s a great recipe. Oh and one other tip – I usually cook it on a cookie sheet – I can get more chicken on it – and I line the sheet with aluminum foil so clean-up is a breeze!
Tried this tonight and it was excellent! Everyone gobbled it up, including my 2 younger daughters. Definitely a dish that will be on my meal planning rotation. Thanks for a great recipe.
Does Grated Parm means the stuff out of the can??
You can use the kind on the plastic tube container or it also can be found in the cheese section of the store. It is bagged and already shredded. That’s the kind of parmesan cheese we use, already shredded. You will love this recipe! So easy and the chicken is moist!
Can this be made with different cheese? I don’t have any Parmesan, but I have shredded Mexican blend cheese.
It will give it a totally different taste and texture to the outside coating. We have only used parmesan, so not sure how it would turn out.
Sorry… but I am a bit confused on what type of Parmesan cheese.
Did you use the one in the “plastic container” OR the bag of “shredded” cheese?
You mentioned in ingredients “grated” but in the comment above, you said “shredded” — could you clarify/correct what you used on the recipe.
Thx… love your page/site! 🙂
Hi Sandy,
So sorry to confuse you. I use the bagged shredded cheese. Some packages say grated and some say shredded. I have used the Parmesan cheese in the plastic container that is also kind of shredded. But I like bagged the best. I hope this helps you. Let me know if you have anymore questions. 🙂
This was so moist and juicy. My whole family loved it. Thank you.
I am in Australia and we don’t have a Ranch dressing mix. We have ranch dressing in a bottle which is a liquid. Is the mix a dry ingredient or a liquid.
thanks
Jean
It is a dry mix. It is right next to the dressing on the store aisle.
Have googled and found that it is a dry mix, also found a couple of recipes to make it.
I have bought the liquid and think will soak chicken in that and then do the rest and add what seasonings I have that are in the mix.
Can someone please tell me how much 1 packet of ranch dressing mix is???
It is a 1 ounce envelope packet. Hidden Valley makes it as well as store brands. They all work great!
We had this for dinner last night (family of 8). It smelled so good while it was cooking and the chicken was nice and fork tender. I did slice the chicken breasts in half so they would cook faster. I cooked everything the max. amount of time and the underside of the chicken was mushy. The flavor was really good so I’ll make it again, I’ll just flip the chicken part way through so both sides are crispy. Or maybe I could bake it on a wire rack. Also, I found pre-crushed Corn Flakes at my grocery store! I didn’t even know that was a thing! It made this recipe even easier 🙂
Hi Melanni. We are so glad you liked the Ranch Chicken. It is such an easy recipe. We haven’t tried flipping them over part way through the cooking time. Good to know about the pre-crushed Corn Flakes. We didn’t know that was a thing either! 🙂
What kind of corn flakes just the box of cereal?
Yes. We’ve used Kellogg’s and store brand and they both work great!
Do you mix the packet as a dressing or use it dry?
I’ll be making this recipe soon. Hope it works well in our toaster oven, as it’s too hot to heat the whole oven!
I don’t have cereal in the cabinet. Has anyone used another coating such as panko or ritz crackers?
My husband and I love this chicken recipe!
I loved this recipe… I made it 2x the first time as stated and the second time instead of using butter I coated chicken in wet ranch dressing and followed all other directions it was supper moist and loved the extra ranch. So I used both wet and dry ranch and was so good and moist!
Thanks for sharing this great tip!