"The first time I prepared this dish using the required ingredients with cornmeal, and an overnight soak in buttermilk as indicated, my end result was only fairly good. I say fairly because in spite of the acceptable taste and crispiness, some of the "crispy" crust would break off like plaster from an old building. The KFC Colonel would hardly have approved. The crust should accompany the chicken, right? My second time around I substituted Panko bread crumbs for cornmeal. Since Panko is so amazing with jumbo fried shrimp Japanese style, I figured that same delicate crispy crunch might work as effectively on chicken. OMG, was I correct! Panko instead of cornmeal in my opinion. You won't be sorry!