Baked "Fried Chicken"

Yes, you can make fried chicken by using your oven! There is no extra fat or grease involved, and it's just as good as the greasy kind, but healthier!

You can coat your chicken with any type of recipe you like. I do a typical coating of flour mixed with some paprika and season salt, then the chicken is dipped in milk, lastly coated in a store bought extra crispy seasoned chicken fry mix. Layer your cookie sheet with foil with a rack on top so the extra oil/grease that falls naturally falls away from the chicken will be collected in the foil, and will help keep the chicken from sitting in its own fat. I baked it at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes to an hour depending on how large the pieces were. Most online recipes say to coat the outside of the skin with some butter or fat in the last coating process, but a healthier tip is about halfway through the baking process, "baste" the outside of the chicken with it's own grease so the outside can continue to "fry."

This oven fried chicken was served with white rice and a spinach salad. A little guilty, but mostly healthy!

I have a secret: I like my fried chicken with ketchup! Classy, right?