Easy Oven Fried Chicken….
When was the last time you sank your teeth down into a juicy, golden, crispy piece of oven fried chicken??
Well we’ve been doing that a lot around my house and I think we have officially given fried chicken the boot!
Don’t get me wrong now I do love some southern fried chicken but I hate working with hot grease, the time it takes from start to finish and the smell of my kitchen afterwards. That is why I’d only make it a few times a year.
My husband actually prefers oven fried over deep fried. He says he likes that it doesn’t have that greasiness to it, it’s moister and that he doesn’t have to go to work with his clothes smelling like a grandma’s house for a week. LOL
I’ve played around with a few oven-fried chicken recipes and this one (a combination of my grandmothers and my regular fried chicken recipe) seems to be the one I’m sticking to for now. It fries so beautifully in the oven and never fails to get golden and crisp. I also like that it doesn’t make the kitchen smokey like some oven fried chicken recipes have.
It’s seasoned perfectly and smells soooo good when it’s cooking. I hope that you and your fam will enjoy this recipe as much as we do!!
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Watch me make this easy oven fried chicken from start to finish!
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken, cut up
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon white or black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2-3 dashes hot sauce, optional
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2-3 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Wash and dry the chicken.
- Sprinkle the chicken with paprika
- Combine the remaining spices in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle half of the spice mixture over the chicken and reserve the other half for the flour.
- Use your hands to distribute the seasonings all over the chicken
- Add flour to a separate bowl.
- Pour in the other half of the seasoning mixture. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- In a small bowl add in the egg, milk and a few dashes of hot sauce. Whisk to combine.
- Set a plate aside to place the chicken on once you’re done dipping them.
- First dip the chicken into the egg mixture with one hand. Let excess drip off.
- With the other hand place the chicken in the flour and coat. Using different hands keeps the flour from becoming clumpy.
- Shake off the excess flour and place the chicken on the plate.
- Let chicken sit for 5 minutes. Recoat in flour if desired.
- Generously grease a grill pan rack with vegetable oil.
- Place the chicken on the grill rack.
- Mix butter and olive oil and drizzle over chicken.
- Bake for 40 minutes. Broil for the last 3-4 minutes to crisp up the skin more if desired.
- Let chicken rest before serving.
There is a fabulous rub and BBQ sauce from a little place called Head Country in Ponca City, OK. They sell online. The rub is great on most everything but I make additions as needed. My wife has a great oven wings recipe using it. Head Country is one of those great little holes in the. Wall.
We tried this recipe tonight and it turned out great. My wife isn’t a fan of breaded chicken but she really enjoyed this. I didn’t have poultry seasoning so I substituted vegetable seasoning. We used a pack (8) of boneless skinless thighs and double dipped in flour.
We look forward to making this again.
I’ve been making your oven fried chicken for years and it’s always a huge hit! I prefer it over chicken cooked in oil.The seasonings are the perfect blend for fried chicken and soooo delicious! It always turns out crispy, crunchy & full of flavor…never soggy or bland. Monique, I just want you to know that since discovering you years ago, my cooking skills have gone from lame to fame. Thanks to you my family is now always here at the dinner hour, anxious to eat and enjoy whatever is cookin from , what my little one calls you, “that Diva Lady”! 🙂
I love the way you make your food once I’m done it comes out to be really good so I say thanks for the advise and I hope you have a wonderful c
I looked at a lot of recipes for oven fried chicken before settling on this one. I love that you include a video, and I could tell you really know how to cook chicken! Unlike other recipes, you bake the chicken on a rack, which seems important to prevent soggy chicken. I didn’t have Cajun seasoning, so had to leave it out, but the chicken was still well seasoned. Great idea to let it rest 5 minutes after coating in flour mixture and then coat it again. I turned it once in the oven and drizzled some butter/olive oil over the second side since I had some left over. I took your advice and turned on the broiler to brown it up nicely. My chicken turned out very tasty, moist and crisp on the outside. Hubby liked it, and I will definitely make it again. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe!
I bow down to your culinary greatness Monique! My mouth and fingers are covered with oven fried chicken juice. YUM!!! Trying hard not to get it all over my keyboard. This one is going into the regular meal rotation in my household.