Oven-Fried Chicken That's as Good as Fried
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 package (5 1/4 ounces) plain Melba toast, pulsed to sand-and-pebble texture
- 4 drumsticks and 4 thighs, skin removed
- Spray bottle filled with vegetable oil or vegetable-oil cooking spray
- 1.
- Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix eggs, mustard, thyme, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish.
- Put Melba toast crumbs in another shallow dish.
- Set a large wire rack over an 18-by-12-inch foil-lined jelly-roll pan.
- 2.
- Using one hand for dry ingredients and the other for wet, lay chicken pieces, 4 at a time, in egg mixture; roll to coat.
- Then lay 1 piece at a time in Melba crumbs.
- Press a mix of crumbs into top of chicken.
- Turn piece over and repeat, pressing crumbs into other side.
- Gently shake off excess.
- 3.
- Set chicken on rack.
- Spray top portion of chicken pieces evenly with oil.
- Bake until chicken is nutty brown and juices run clear, 30 minutes for drumsticks and 35 minutes for thighs.
- Serve immediately.
eggs, mustard, thyme, salt, freshly ground black pepper, melba, thighs, vegetable oil
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/oven-fried-chicken-thats-as-good-as-fried-106381 (may not work)