Southern Style Oven Fried Chicken | I Heart Recipes w/ Rosie Mayes

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Greek yogurt adds creaminess with fewer calories.

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour offers more fiber.

cornmeal

🥗Healthier: ground oats

💰Cheaper: corn flour

Ground oats provide a similar texture.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, canola oil is cheaper.

Brine chicken legs and thighs overnight in a sugar and salt solution.

Mix hot sauce and 1 egg together until well combined.

Pour the hot sauce and egg mixture over the chicken, ensuring it's nicely coated.

Set the chicken aside after coating it with the hot sauce mixture.

In a cookie sheet, combine all-purpose flour, plain breadcrumbs, seasoning salt, poultry seasoning, garlic powder, and onion powder.

Use a fork to mix the flour and seasonings together until well combined.

Coat each piece of chicken in the flour mixture, ensuring it's nicely coated on both sides.

Set the coated chicken aside to remove excess flour.

Oil a cooling rack to prevent the chicken from sticking.

Place the coated chicken on the oiled cooling rack set over a cookie sheet.

Saturate the chicken with peanut oil using a spritz bottle, coating both sides.

Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C) after cooking another dish at 350°F (177°C).

Bake the chicken until golden and crisp.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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