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The Best Oven Fried Chicken

The Best Oven Fried Chicken. In only about an hour you can enjoy all the flavour and crispy deliciousness of moist, juicy fried chicken without frying or a lot of added fat.

Oven Fried Chicken on a white serving platter with salad in the background.

The Best Oven Fried Chicken.

Looking for the best oven fried chicken recipe? In only about an hour you can enjoy all the flavour and crispy deliciousness of moist, juicy fried chicken without frying or a lot of added fat.

A really terrific alternative to take-out, especially served with my Unfried Crispy Wedge Fries.

Crispy Baked Wedge Fries

Crispy Baked Wedge Fries

My Oven Fried Chicken recipe is really just my standard fried chicken recipe in a simplified, fuss-free and lighter version. I make the seasoning mixture in large batches and keep it in the freezer or in airtight containers to reuse for later.

Very little of it goes to waste at our house because we use it for chicken nuggets for the kids, fried chicken fillet sandwiches and of course good old fried chicken.

One whole chicken on a white plastic cutting board cut into 8 pieces

One whole chicken cut into 8 pieces

The dredge mix below should make enough for about 2 whole chickens. Divide it in half and store the second half in an airtight container for next before you start coating the chicken if you don’t need that much.

Originally published on April 13, 2008.

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The Best Oven Fried Chicken.

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Oven Fried Chicken on a white serving platter with salad in the background.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings

The Best Oven Fried Chicken

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

The Best Oven Fried Chicken - In only about an hour you can enjoy all the flavour and crispy deliciousness of moist, juicy fried chicken without frying or a lot of added fat.

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds chicken
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 2-3 tbsp water or milk
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp onion powder
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp powered thyme
  • 1 tbsp powdered sage
  • 1 tbsp dried basil
  • 1 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp dried marjoram
  • 1 tbsp dry mustard powder
  • 1 tbsp powdered ginger
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp cayenne pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Combine all of the ingredients in the flour and spice dredge.
  3. Dip the chicken pieces in egg wash of 2 eggs beaten together with 2 tbsp water, then dredge thoroughly in the flour and spice mixture to coat the pieces evenly.
  4. Coat the bottom of a cookie sheet or large baking pan with the canola oil.
  5. Place the coated chicken pieces in the pan and lightly spray the tops with olive oil from a spray bottle.
  6. Bake at 375 degrees for 50-60 minutes depending on the size of the chicken pieces. I use a meat thermometer to make sure the internal temperature of the largest pieces reaches 165 degrees F.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

g

Amount Per Serving Calories 664Total Fat 40gSaturated Fat 10gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 27gCholesterol 278mgSodium 1375mgCarbohydrates 14gFiber 3gSugar 1gProtein 60g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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Louise Stewart

Monday 12th of February 2024

Delicious…satisfied our craving for fried chi!

Susan

Tuesday 30th of July 2019

Hi there!

I need an oven fried chicken recipe for a girl's weekend and wonder if this would stay crispy if I made it the night before?

Thank you!

Barry C. Parsons

Saturday 5th of October 2019

Bad idea to try to make crispy chicken in advance. It's just not the same warmed over.

Krystina

Sunday 14th of April 2019

I just made this with chicken drumsticks. Amazing!!!! The best recipe out there for chicken!! I added 1tbsp of cinnamon as well. A little sweet heat kick!!! Perfect, just perfect

STU

Tuesday 17th of April 2018

Hi Barry, I tried this recipe last night and my wife took one bite and said don't lose this recipe. I have to agree. I had everything except marjoram and mustard but made it anyway although I chickened out and cut pepper and cayenne by half ( wife is allergic to really spicy food). Next time I'll add the marjoram and mustard. Keep em coming!! Stu

Yolanda

Monday 16th of April 2018

Omg this chicken looks so good, have to try it for sure.

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