Monday, April 13, 2015

Oven Fried Chicken

I'm always looking for ways to make a dinner salad a little more exciting. This oven fried chicken was an incredible addition! I threw it over some spinach and fresh veggies with honey mustard dressing and it was a big hit!
Oven Fried Chicken
Recipe and picture from www.foodnetwork.com

Nonstick cooking spray, for spraying the rack and chicken

2 1/4 cups broken bagel chips or Melba toast


1 1/3 cups rice-corn crispy cereal, such as Crispix


1 tablespoon canola oil


2 teaspoons kosher salt


1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

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1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika


1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper


1/2 cup light mayonnaise


1 teaspoon Dijon mustard


4 bone-in, skinless chicken pieces, about 6 ounces each (I used boneless skinless and they worked just fine.)


Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Set a rack on a foil-lined baking sheet. Spray the rack generously

with cooking spray.

Finely grind the bagel chips and cereal together in a food processor. Transfer the crumbs to a gallon-


size plastic bag. Add the oil, salt, cayenne, paprika and ground pepper and toss to mix thoroughly. 

Whisk the light mayonnaise and Dijon mustard together in a medium shallow bowl.

Add the chicken to the mayonnaise mixture and turn to coat all the pieces evenly. Drop the chicken


into the plastic bag, seal and shake until each piece is evenly coated. Place the coated pieces on the

prepared rack. Spray the chicken pieces evenly with cooking spray.

Bake until the coating crisps and browns and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest


part of the pieces registers 160 degrees F, 35 to 40 minutes.

Transfer to a platter and serve hot or at room temperature.