Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Oven Fried Chicken Recipe
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Oven fried chicken is a healthy alternative to the deep fried chicken and pan fried chicken recipes you might be more familiar with. It is possible to cook succulent and juicy chicken in a crunchy coating in the oven instead of in the deep fat fryer or in a skillet.
A lot of people cannot tell the difference between conventional fried chicken and oven fried chicken, so if you want to cook something tasty but with fewer calories and less fat, oven fried chicken might be a good choice.
How to Flavor Your Chicken Perfectly
You might want to try the Indian trick of soaking chicken overnight before you cook it. The Indians would use yogurt but buttermilk is great for soaking the chicken. This not only gives your chicken a wonderful flavor but the buttermilk softens the flesh, giving the chicken an amazing texture. If you like soft, tender chicken, you might like to marinate it in buttermilk overnight because the results are really good.
You might like to use seasoned flour on the chicken. Perhaps you have already tried this before, when making a country fried chicken recipe or something similar. For a plain coating, you can just use salt and pepper with the flour. For spicier results, try red pepper flakes, chili powder or cayenne pepper.
For a herbal flavor, try adding dried herbs to the flour instead of the spices. Thyme, basil, rosemary or marjoram work well, or you could try Herbes de Provence or mixed herbs for a combined herb flavor. Maybe you have already experimented with spice and herb combinations when making chicken fried steak or another tasty dish.
Dip the chicken in beaten eggs or a combination of beaten eggs with milk if you want to add more taste. Not only does this add flavor but it gives your flour or breadcrumb coating something to stick to. Not every oven fried chicken recipe will call for eggs or milk but they do go well with most recipes.
How to Cook the Chicken
If you want to know how long to cook the chicken, the oven fried chicken recipe you are using will advise you. Of course, the cooking time and oven temperature will vary from recipe to recipe and the size of your chicken pieces will also affect the cooking duration.
When making oven fried chicken, you can either saute the chicken in a skillet on the stove before baking it or you can warm some oil in a baking pan in the oven and add the chicken to that. The heat in the oven will be similar to the heat in a skillet so the chicken will cook evenly and all the way through.
Check the chicken is cooked properly before serving it because underdone chicken can be dangerous. You can use a sharp knife to pierce the chicken and check whether the juices that come out are clear or pink. If they are clear, the chicken is done.
Oven fried chicken is really flavorful and, served with mashed potatoes or French fries, your family are sure to love it. It is an easy dish to make and if you follow the above tips, it should come out great.
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