Oven-Fried Chicken That's As Good As Fried
Serves: 6
Branson Greenfelder
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
44
Spice
52
Sweetness
48
Sourness
35
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.6
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees
2
Mix eggs, mustard, thyme, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish
3
Put Melba toast crumbs in another shallow dish
4
Set a large wire rack over an 18-by-12-inch foil-lined jelly-roll pan
5
Using one hand for dry ingredients and the other for wet, lay chicken pieces, 4 at a time, in egg mixture; roll to coat
6
Then lay 1 piece at a time in Melba crumbs
7
Press a mix of crumbs into top of chicken
8
Turn piece over and repeat, pressing crumbs into other side
9
Gently shake off excess
10
Set chicken on rack
11
Spray top portion of chicken pieces evenly with oil
12
Bake until chicken is nutty brown and juices run clear, 30 minutes for drumsticks and 35 minutes for thighs
13
Serve immediately
14
Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees
15
Mix eggs, mustard, thyme, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish
16
Put Melba toast crumbs in another shallow dish
17
Set a large wire rack over an 18-by-12-inch foil-lined jelly-roll pan
18
Using one hand for dry ingredients and the other for wet, lay chicken pieces, 4 at a time, in egg mixture; roll to coat
19
Then lay 1 piece at a time in Melba crumbs
20
Press a mix of crumbs into top of chicken
21
Turn piece over and repeat, pressing crumbs into other side
22
Gently shake off excess
23
Set chicken on rack
24
Spray top portion of chicken pieces evenly with oil
25
Bake until chicken is nutty brown and juices run clear, 30 minutes for drumsticks and 35 minutes for thighs
26
Serve immediately