Spicy Baked Picnic Chicken

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Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix, divided
  • 0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 0.25 cup all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 teaspoon onion powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a broiler pan with cooking spray.
  2. Whisk buttermilk, 1 teaspoon taco seasoning, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.
  3. Mix remaining taco seasoning, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, flour, onion powder, salt, and black pepper together in a separate bowl.
  4. Dip chicken in buttermilk mixture; press into bread crumb mixture to coat. Place chicken on the prepared broiler pan.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in center and coating is crispy, 30 to 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into centers should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).