Oven Fried Chicken

4.54 from 50 votes

This Crispy Oven Fried Chicken is baked to perfection, juicy on the inside and wonderfully crispy on the outside. This is such a quick and easy chicken recipe, ready in around 30 mins. A delicious and healthier take on fried chicken.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time35 mins

marinade2 hrs

Total Time45 mins

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 799kcal

Author: Becky Hardin

Ingredients

6 chicken drumsticks
1 cup Greek yogurt
1 tsp kosher salt
1 cup all-purpose white flour
2 tbsp paprika
½ tsp onion powder
½ tsp garlic powder
2 tablespoons melted butter

Instructions

For marinade:

In a large bowl add yogurt and salt
Mix well with a spoon
Add drumsticks in bowl and coat with yogurt mixture
Cover bowl with cling film
Marinate for 2-4 hours in the fridge

For Oven Fried Chicken:

Preheat oven at 180C/350F
Line a baking sheet with baking paper and place a cooling rack on top of it
Spray the cooling rack with non-stick cooking spray
In a separate large bowl add flour, paprika, onion and garlic powder. Mix well
Remove drumstick from marinade. Pat slightly with tissue paper to remove excess marinade
Place drumstick in bowl with flour and coat it thoroughly with flour mixture
Place drumstick on oven rack
Repeat process with all drumsticks
Melt butter in microwave for 10 second intervals
Drizzle melted butter over drumsticks
Bake for 35 minutes until golden brown and thoroughly cooked
If drumsticks brown a bit too much, carefully remove baking sheet from oven, cover drumsticks with aluminum foil and continue baking

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Notes

Start the baking process with the skin side down, this gives it the longest time to render the fat out in direct contact with the hot pan ensuring that you end up with crispy skin.

Use a baking pan for this dish not a baking sheet, there will be butter in the pan and chicken fat that renders out during cooking.

You can coat the chicken and let it sit on a baking sheet while you’re waiting for the oven to preheat.

Once you remove the baking dish from the oven remove the baked chicken from the baking pan to your plates or a baking sheet to keep it from sitting in the cooling butter as it will start to become soggy.

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