Oven-Fried Chicken

From EatingWell: Summer 2003, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook (2008), The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004), July/August 2012

Great news—crunchy, flavorful fried chicken can be healthy. We marinate skinless chicken in buttermilk to keep it juicy. A light coating of flour, sesame seeds and spices, misted with olive oil, forms an appealing crust during baking. And with only 7 grams of fat per serving rather than the 20 in typical fried chicken—that is good news.

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"I made this for the second time last night. Fried chicken is my favorite thing, and this tastes just like it. Be sure and put the foil on the baking sheet. I didn't have foil, so the bottom didn't get crispy. And I agree you have to...

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21 Reviews for Oven-Fried Chicken

05/18/2010

Anonymous

I don't know what serving size you are using. Is it two pieces? I may have missed that but the recipe is an excellent idea. My family will enjoy this and winters will never be the same!

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04/30/2010

Anonymous

The chicken was tasty. The top portion cooked nice and crispy, while the bottom half was soggy. I baked them on a rack too. Perhaps next time I can turn the pieces over half-way through the baking time to solve that problem. We like spicy chicken and will try adding another teaspoon of hot sauce.

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02/11/2010

Anonymous

The coating didn't get particularly crisp, but the chicken was moist and tasty. All in all we enjoyed it. I'll tweak the recipe to see if I can get it crispier, though.

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01/23/2010

Anonymous

After making so many flawless Eating Well recipes, this one hit the skids. My husband and I made it together, using boneless/skinless chicken thighs and breasts. We let it marinate for 30 mins. We tried using the shake and bake technique but it turned into a gummy mess in the bag. I instead whipped up a second batch of coating and dredged the chicken pieces instead. They never crisped up in the over (even after turning it up by 50 degrees 1/2 through baking. So, instead, there was a cooked flour coating liked they'd just been dusted. My husband attempted to eat them and we ended up throwing the entire batch out.

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