Incredible Oven Fried Chicken

"This recipe is the most flavorful home made fried chicken I have ever had. Also great picnic food."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 50mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Whisk buttermilk, oil, hot pepper sauce, mustard, garlic, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl.
  • Add the onion and then the chicken turning to coat each piece with the marinade.
  • Cover; chill at least three hours or up to one day turning the chicken occasionally.
  • Combine breadcrumbs, cheese, flour, thyme, paprika, cayenne and 1 tsp salt in a large baking dish.
  • Remove the chicken from the marinade and roll in the breadcrumb mixture.
  • Set chicken on a rack to dry for about 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
  • Place chicken in large baking dish and pour butter over the chicken.
  • Bake until crisp and brown, approximately 50 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. With half cup butter is this any fewer calories than fried?
     
  2. Will this work with boneless/skinless chicken?
     
  3. do you remove the skin from the chicken or leave it on?
     
  4. do you remove the skin from the chicken or leave it on?
     
  5. Is the onion only for flavor?
     
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Reviews

  1. Great recipe! Cut the cicken into 10 instead of 8. Just replaced half the drizzle butter with olive oil. Just make sure the bread crumbs and parmesan don't come out of green cans!
     
  2. This is delicious! I only used 6 pieces of chicken and cut back a little on the hot sauce and butter, we really enjoyed it, thanks for posting. =)
     
  3. 100 stars! Oh my gosh! Minxkat1 I am so happy you posted this recipe! I have been looking for this recipe for so long! My dear departed Aunt Betty used to make this dish for me all the time when I was a kid and I would always be waiting anxiously while it baked for dinner to be served! The aroma of this chicken baking is indescribably wonderful! And it is even more delicious to eat! I was just a kid when she first introduced this dish to me and I never forgot it. She gave me a special recipe card for it but . . . sadly it was lost & found & lost again forever. I could not remember all the ingredients and mistakenly looked for a recipe with keywords "Crispy Baked Parmesan Chicken" and never found it anywhere. Then today I saw the word Dijon in another recipe and BINGO! A light went on! So then when I used that as a key word another recipe came up & while it was close I was not satisfied. I kept looking and . . . viola! your recipe here came up!!!!!! And it is EXACTLY my Aunt Betty's recipe to the T! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! ;-) Hurray!!!
     
  4. this was awesome... i've got other "oven fried" recipes... but this one beats them all.
     
  5. I make a similar recipe, but use NO oil to soak the chicken. Instead, I use spray oil just before putting it in the oven. Seems healthier to me.
     
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Tweaks

  1. It was WOW WOW's all round between the flavour of the marinade imparted to the chicken and the crumb mix (I used panko crumbs and finely grated cheddar cheese instead of parmesan) other wise made as per recipe baking at 175C fan forced for 45 minutes for one of the best oven fried chickens we have had. I used bone in thighs and drumsticks. Thank you Minxkat1, made for Name that Ingredient tag game.
     
  2. This was wonderful. Did a 24 hour soak of chicken parts with a substitution of plain yogurt for the buttermilk. I baked some with breading, some without. (Added a little season salt to the breading). All turned out great. I think I will skip the breading in the future (or maybe just sprinkle the pieces with parm and seasonings) in the future as DH is low carb.
     
  3. Great recipe! Cut the cicken into 10 instead of 8. Just replaced half the drizzle butter with olive oil. Just make sure the bread crumbs and parmesan don't come out of green cans!
     
  4. Our family is made up of both vegetarians and meat eaters. For the meat eaters I made this using 2 Tablespoons of fresh Thyme instead of 2 teaspoons dried and boneless skinless breasts for the chicken. Other than that, I followed the directions but did have to bake just a couple of minutes longer. For the vegetarians, I made the marinade and crumb mixture the same. I used Quorn cutlets, still frozen, dipped them in the marinade and then into the crumb mixture. No need to let them dry like the chicken, just drizzle with the butter and pop them in the oven until golden brown. Even though they were frozen, they were done 5-10 minutes before the pan of chicken. Please note, it is very important that you use the Quorn still frozen. If you let it defrost before using, it will dry out in the oven, and if you let it soak in the marinade all you will have left is mush.) Both the vegetarian and regular versions got five stars from the entire family!! That is rare indeed! We will absolutely be making this one again!
     
  5. This was very good. The mix of flavors was unique and tasty. I soaked it overnight, and made a few changes. I had to use seasoned breadcrumbs made from some croutons that I had on hand. I also used cooking spray instead of butter, and added more cayenne (we like it spicy). My husband and son really loved it. We will have this again.
     

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I am from Western Canada and have been cooking since I can remember. When I was 17 I moved to Florida for awhile to take care of an ailing Grandparent. It was there I feel I really 'learned' to cook, as I was his primary caregiver for a year. I have always loved trying new recipes, and I 'read' cookbooks like others read novels.
 
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