Baked Fried Kentucky Chicken

Submitted by sweetcakes

"This needs to be refrigerated at least a couple of hours to marinate."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 lbs broiler-fryer chickens, cut up
• 2 (1 ounce) packages Italian salad dressing mix
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 2 cups oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups pancake mix
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sage
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Wash and dry chicken. Make a paste of Italian dressing, salt, margarine, flour, and lemon juice.
3. Brush to coat chicken evenly. Refrigerate for several hours.
4. Heat 1 1/2 inches of oil in a large skillet. Mix pancake mix, sage, paprika and pepper. Dip chicken in milk and then in pancake mixture, coating well.
5. Lightly brown, about 4 minutes on each side and place in a single layer in a shallow baking dish and seal with foil.
6. Bake for 1 hour at 350*. Uncover and bake 10 minutes more at 400*.