Oven-Fried Chicken

Oven Fried Chicken

• 3lbs chicken pieces, rinsed and patted dry*
• ½ cup melted butter (I only use about half this amount and can’t tell a difference)
• ½ cup flour, heaping
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons paprika

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Mix together flour, salt, pepper and paprika (I do this in a Ziploc bag). Dip chicken pieces in melted butter and then coat evenly with flour mixture.

Place in a single layer on a greased shallow baking pan (skin side down – if you’ve left the skin on).

Bake 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn chicken pieces over and continue baking an additional 30 minutes.

Serves 4

*The original recipe calls for the skin to be left on, but I usually remove the skin. It’s good either way!