Potato-Dipped Oven Fried Chicken

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

•  instant potato flakes, for about 4 servings
• 2  tablespoons  grated parmesan cheese
• 1  tablespoon seasoning salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1  egg
• 3  lbs chicken drumsticks or 3  lbs chicken thighs
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1⁄4 cup margarine

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In shallow dish or pie plate, mix dry potato flakes with cheese, seasoned salt and pepper.
3. In another shallow dish, with fork, beat egg with 1/4 cup water just until mixed.
4. With tongs, roll chicken in egg mixture, then coat with potato flake mixture; set on wire rack to dry 10 or 15 minutes.
5. In 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly roll pan, melt butter in oven.
6. With pot holders, remove pan from oven and tilt pan to spread butter evenly over pan.
7. Arrange chicken in pan, turning pieces over to coat with melted butter.
8. Bake chicken 40 to 50 minutes until fork-tender.