This baked chicken fingers recipe guarantees the most perfectly crispy chicken every single time! Chicken breasts are baked with a cornflake coating for an easy appetizer or main dish. Perfect for game day entertaining.

Close up of Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers on parchment

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When it comes to game day entertaining, chicken fingers are always on my list! Here’s the good news, you can skip the frying but still have amazing crispy chicken!

How to Make This Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers Recipe

Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!

  1. Preheat oven to 400F
  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  3. Place cooling rack onto baking tray
  4. Spray cooling rack with non-stick cooking spray and set aside
  5. Cut chicken breast into strips and set aside in a large bowl.
  6. In a medium sized mixing bowl add crushed cereal, flour, salt and pepper, paprika, sugar and parmesan
  7. In a different medium sized mixing bowl add two eggs, whisked
  8. Add chicken strips into the mixing bowl containing the whisked egg and mix. Make sure all chicken strips are coated in the egg mixture
  9. One-by-one dip each chicken strip into the cereal mixture from the other bowl. Ensure chicken is fully coated in the mixture
  10. Place chicken strips onto the cooling rack. Make sure none of them are touching and are evenly spread out
  11. Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through
  12. Enjoy!
Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers served in a board with dip
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Coated chicken ready to eat

Cornflake Chicken Strip Recipe

The trick to getting these baked chicken fingers perfectly crispy is the cornflake coating. It’s a great way to add flavor and texture to the chicken without the need for frying. The ingredients in the chicken coating are:

  • Cornflakes
  • Flour
  • Egg
  • Salt and pepper
  • Sweet paprika
  • Parmesan

Once baked, the chicken strips are perfectly golden brown, juicy and crispy.

What do you serve with Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers?

These fingers can be served as a main or as an appetizer. Serve as a main with salad, veggies or a potato side dish. For an appetizer, I like to serve them with a selection of dips like;

Chicken fingers served with a creamy dip
Chicken strips served on a board

What’s the best chicken to use for chicken fingers?

I like to use chicken breast for this recipe, you simply need to cut it into strips before breading it. You can also use chicken tenders if you can get them and they can be slightly ore expensive. Use chicken that i free run / organic if you can and one that hasn’t been raised on antibiotics.

Top Tips To Make Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers

  • Be sure to spray your rack with cooking oil so the chicken doesn’t stick.
  • When dredging the chicken, try and keep one hand wet and one dry so you don’t get to messy.
  • When placing the chicken fingers on the rack, make sure that they aren’t touching.
  • Serve immediately and enjoy!
A chicken finger being dipped into a creamy sauce
Close up of a stripped being dipped into sauce

These crispy baked chicken fingers are so delicious! It’ll be your kids favorite dinner, but you’ll want to sneak a few for yourself too. And if you serve them up at a party, make sure you have plenty of dipping sauces!

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Recipe Card

Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers

4.58 from 42 votes
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 45 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Author: Becky Hardin
crispy baked chicken fingers on a dish
This baked chicken fingers recipe guarantees the most perfectly crispy chicken every single time! Chicken breasts are baked with a cornflake coating for an easy appetizer or main dish. Perfect for game day entertaining.
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Ingredients 

  • 2 Chicken breasts
  • 1 cup corn flakes crushed
  • 1 cup all flour
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 400F
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  • Place cooling rack onto baking tray
  • Spray cooling rack with non-stick cooking spray and set aside
  • Cut chicken breast into strips and set aside in a large bowl.
  • In a medium sized mixing bowl add crushed cereal, flour, salt and pepper, paprika, and parmesan
  • In a different medium sized mixing bowl add two eggs, whisked
  • Add chicken strips into the mixing bowl containing the whisked egg and mix. Make sure all chicken strips are coated in the egg mixture
  • One-by-one dip each chicken strip into the cereal mixture from the other bowl. Ensure chicken is fully coated in the mixture
  • Place chicken strips onto the cooling rack. Make sure none of them are touching and are evenly spread out
  • Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through
  • Enjoy!

Video

Calories: 628.4kcalCarbohydrates: 61.99gProtein: 63.25gFat: 12.34gSaturated Fat: 4.27gCholesterol: 237.48mgSodium: 1169.99mgPotassium: 979.75mgFiber: 2.63gSugar: 2.81gVitamin A: 1037.31IUVitamin C: 5.65mgCalcium: 171.62mgIron: 8.49mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Meet Becky Hardin

Becky Hardin is a wife and mother living in Saint Louis Missouri. She founded The Cookie Rookie in 2012 as a creative way to share recipes. Now, she is a trusted resource for easy cooking around the world, being featured in Taste of Home, The Kitchn, ABC’s Home and Family, and more. Here at The Cookie Rookie she is the editor in chief of all recipes and continues to enjoy sharing her passion for cooking for busy families. She has since founded two additional food blogs, Easy Chicken Recipes and Easy Dessert Recipes.

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Shelley
Shelley
February 1, 2023 3:15 pm

The recipe says 2 chicken breasts. I guess we have to cut them up into tenders? How many 8 maybe?

Samantha Marceau
February 1, 2023 4:21 pm
Reply to  Shelley

We would cut them into about 6 per chicken breast! You can see an example in the video!

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
May 3, 2022 12:39 pm

I am sorry it didn’t work out for you!

Beth R.
Beth R.
February 11, 2020 1:58 pm

Making this tonight. I noticed that sugar is mentioned in step 6, but not in the ingredients. Then in the video, it shows you adding mozzarella, but the ingredients say Parmesan. I’m so confused….

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
February 13, 2020 1:26 pm
Reply to  Beth R.

I am fixing the recipe now! Thanks for catching that!

Beth
Beth
February 11, 2020 10:39 am

Quick question. Directions, step #6 mentions sugar, but the ingredients do not.

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
February 13, 2020 1:25 pm
Reply to  Beth

So sorry!! I’m fixing the recipe now! Thank you for bringing that to my attention!

Patty J D
Patty J D
January 3, 2020 12:20 pm

I will likely make this recipe soon; I love that there are only two coating steps! My current recipe has flour, then egg, then the coating. Too much work! Also looking forward to using corn flakes. I haven’t tried that before either. And I like the idea of using a cooling rack to cook on – genius! FYI the ingredient list says one egg but the instructions and video say two. No big deal, I’ll start with one and add one if needed. Also, the video graphic says mozzarella, not parmesan.

Toni
Toni
January 3, 2020 10:06 am

My family really loved it!! Such a huge hit at my house!5 stars

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
January 3, 2020 7:33 pm
Reply to  Toni

I’m so glad you all loved them so much!

Beth
Beth
January 3, 2020 9:51 am

These are perfectly crispy! We loved them!5 stars

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
January 3, 2020 7:33 pm
Reply to  Beth

Yay! That makes me so happy! I’m so glad you all loved them!

Rachael Yerkes
Rachael Yerkes
January 3, 2020 9:46 am

love these so much!5 stars

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
January 3, 2020 7:34 pm
Reply to  Rachael Yerkes

Thank you, Rachael!!