Oven Fried Chicken
- 1 12 cups buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided
- 1 whole young roasting chickens, cut into 8 pieces
- 1 12 cups breadcrumbs
- 34 cup flour
- 34 cup cornmeal
- 34 teaspoon chili powder
- 14 teaspoon paprika
- The night before: Mix buttermilk with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Marinate chicken in the buttermilk mixture overnight in the refrigerator.
- The next day: Combine the bread crumbs, flour, cornmeal, chili powder, paprika, and remaining salt and pepper in a large bowl.
- Mix well.
- Remove chicken from the marinade and roll in the breadcrumb mixture.
- If its very wet, place chicken on a cooling rack set over a cookie sheet and allow to dry in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 hours.
- (See Note, below.)
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the chicken directly on a cookie sheet and bake 30 to 45 minutes, to an internal temperature of 165 degrees (check a few pieces with an instant-read thermometer).
buttermilk, kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, young roasting chickens, breadcrumbs, flour, cornmeal, chili powder, paprika
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/oven-fried-chicken-260681 (may not work)