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By midweek I am a little busy, and not as creative or up for cooking an intricate meal. Rather than pick up pizza or fast food, I have found a few recipes that only take a few moments of prep, but allow my family to have a delicious home-made meal.
I am excited to share with you today my personal recipe for chicken. I was not sure if I should call this baked chicken or oven fried chicken, because it isn’t really either. It is kind of in between so I am calling it lightly fried chicken. It is super simple and easy to make.
All you need is frozen (or thawed) chicken fryer pieces, I prefer dark meat, but any fryer pieces would work. Olive Oil (or vegetable oil) and seasonings and an oven. You will have a delicious meal of chicken, and I will even suggest some easy sides.
To start, line a cookie sheet or other pan with tin foil (this will make for easy clean up later on).
Pour a generous amount of olive oil (or vegetable oil) on your pan and spread it out using a basting brush (or even paper towels). Spread your seasonings across the bottom. I personally use Johnny’s Seasoning Salt, McCormick’s Poultry Seasoning, and Durkee’s Fried Chicken Seasoning. You can use fresh seasoning if you want, but remember, I am usually making this when I need something quick and easy.
Put your fryer pieces on your pan/cookie sheet. Spray (or coat with a basting brush) the tops of the chicken with olive oil. Season the tops. Place in an oven at 400° F for 90 minutes for frozen or 60 minutes for thawed chicken. Be sure to cook chicken until a meat thermometer shows the internal temperature at 180°.
If you have time, I like to make fresh vegetable sides. Our favorite is oven roasted red potatoes because we can throw them in the oven with the chicken, but if nothing else, get a bag of frozen vegetable steamers and make them your side.
Serve with a roll, fresh bread, and maybe some lemonade. Completely delicious! Will you be trying out this chicken recipe?
Ingredients
- Chicken (Fryer pieces, thawed or frozen)
- Olive Oil (or other vegetable oil)
- Seasonings
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400° F
Line a cookie sheet or other pan with tin foil for easy clean up. Spread olive oil on tin foil. Spread seasonings on the bottom of pan.
Place thawed or frozen pieces of chicken on pan, spray or coat the top of the pieces with olive oil. Season top of fryer pieces.
Bake in oven for 90 minutes if frozen, 60 minutes for thawed chicken, or until chicken reaches 180° F internally.
For an easy side, chop/cube some red potatoes and cook with the chicken, sprinking garlic on the potato pieces.
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