I was sitting at my computer yesterday surfing food blogs and, as usual, the thought of dinner hour looming ever closer was haunting my thoughts. I easily and often find something to bake, but when it comes to cooking, a great meal is usually the result of a deep-seeded craving for a particular food. But when I don't feel a yen for anything in particular, my mind is a total blank.
Around noon, I found myself checking out Dinners for a Year and Beyond and what popped up before my very eyes? Oven Fried Chicken. Revelation !
This I just had to try. I ran right out, bought all of the ingredients - truth be told, I already had most everything in the kitchen - and put together the beautiful buttermilk marinade and left the chicken pieces bathing in this luxurious liquid. I blended the herbed parmesan breadcrumb coating. 30 minutes or so later, I preheated the oven, shook the marinade off of each chicken leg, rolled them in the breadcrumbs, lined them up on a baking sheet and baked.
45 minutes later they were cooked, the breading was crispy brown and the house was filled with a fabulous odor.
The chicken, which I served simply with fresh tagliatelle and jarred ratatouille, was indeed moist and delicately flavored and the coating was crispy and oh so delicious! The only changes I made were adding 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper to the buttermilk marinade in place of the hot pepper sauce and I added a rounded half cup of the parmesan cheese to the breading as well as a teaspoon of dried parsley.
This was so simple to put together and so delicious that, thanks to Dinners for a Year and Beyond, I now have a new chicken recipe that I will make over and over again! Cheers!
7 comments:
This looks like a great recipe, Jamie. Thanks for sharing.
And thank you too for your recent comment on my blog. It was so nice to hear from you. Please come back soon.
I'm a fried chicken kind of gal, even if it's oven baked :)
This looks delicious, I love to eat chicken like this. There's a similar recipe in the Everyday Food cookbook that I keep meaning to try.
Very nice. I think this would be a deep craving for me! Nice.
So glad I could help you out with figuring out what to make for dinner. It is a daily struggle to come up with a delicious yet healthy dinner.
Stop by for more recipes!!
Finally, fried chicken I could actually make! Will check to original post and give it a try next time I have a chicken-craving.
Yum, it looks just like fried chicken even though it came from the oven. I've got to try this.
Sam
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