Baked Fried Kentucky Chicken

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

• Ready In: 1 hr 50 mins
• 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*.