This is my favorite recipe to use for ‘Fried’ Chicken. SO GOOD! :)
Jean Anderson’s Oven Fried Chicken is perfect for a crowd. It is a little messy to make (I usually end up breading my hands, too), but it is worth the mess, and you will become very popular.
Makes 4 to 6 servings
Hands on Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Prep Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Ingredients
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups fresh bread crumbs* (see method below)
1 cup (1 ½ ounces) freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano** (see Cook’s Notes below)
2 teaspoons Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
One 3 1/2-pound chicken, cut into 10 pieces (or all thighs, wings, or breasts if desired)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Combine the butter and garlic in a small saucepan. Heat over medium-high heat until the butter has melted. Pour into a large bowl and cool to room temperature.
Mix the bread crumbs, cheese, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Dip each chicken piece, one at a time, into the melted garlic butter. Transfer to the bread crumb mixture and turn until coated on all sides.
Arrange the chicken in one flat layer on a large baking sheet. Drizzle on any of the remaining melted butter. Bake until lightly browned and just cooked through, 50 to 60 minutes.
*Homemade Bread Crumbs
You can buy bread crumbs at a supermarket, but it’s so easy to make your own that it’s ridiculous not to! You can use them right away or freeze them. If you freeze them, you need to dry them out in a 350 oven for about 5 minutes.
Makes about 2 1/2 cups
**Grating Parmigiano-Reggiano
When you grate Parmigiano-Reggiano you will get a different yield (volume) if you grate it on a microplane or on the fine side of a 4 sided grater. A microplane produces a fluffier, airier end result, roughly double the volume of what you would have gotten on a box grater. So, for this recipe, which calls for 1 ½ ounces of grated cheese, you will end up with 1 cup if you grate it on a microplane and ½ cup if you grate it on a box grater.
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