Healthy Fried Chicken

A paper lined basket with oven fried chicken pieces and a bottle of beer next to it

This healthy fried chicken is oven-baked and gives you all the comfort of crispy fried chicken, but with none of the deep-frying guilt. By baking it in the oven you get a crispy skin and juicy bite. It's way less work and perfect for a weeknight dinner!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword fried chicken, healthy, oven fried chicken

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Additional Time 5

Total Time 1 5

Servings Servings

Calories 496kcal

Author Laura Bashar | Family Spice

Ingredients

6 bone in chicken drumsticks
6 bone in chicken thighs
1 teaspoon paprika
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon black pepepr
½ cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon melted butter

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 425ºF.
In a small bowl whisk together paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.
In a large bowl toss chicken drumsticks and thighs together with half the seasoning mix (approx 2 ½ tsp)
In a resealable bag or a shallow bowl combine flour with remaining seasoning mix.
Place one piece of seasoned chicken at a time in the flour mixture and press to coat evenly.
Put chicken, skin side up, on a baking sheet or broiler pan.
Drizzle melted butter all over the chicken.
Bake chicken for 45-50 minutes until skin is crispy, and juices run clear.
Remove chicken from the broiler pan and let it rest 5 minutes on a plate lined with 2-3 layers of paper towels.
Place chicken on serving platter and serve hot or room temperature. Also tastes great cold, right from the refrigerator.

Notes

Serving Suggestions: Great for the dinner table or on a picnic blanket.

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