I call this chicken semi- fried as I don’t fry it the whole way through. I love the taste of fried chicken….but fried greasy food does not sit well in my tummy. The way I prepare it, the oil is not being soaked up by the chicken, I use just enough oil to lightly brown the skin.
I simply brown the skin so it gets crispy and fried like texture while its baking.
So here goes to make my semi- fried chicken!
What you will need:
- whole chicken cut up
- 3/4 cup buttermilk*
- salt and pepper
- splash of tabasco sauce or buffalo wing sauce or sriracha
- 1 and 1/2 cups flour approx
Seasonings for the flour, approx amounts:
- salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp seasoning salt
- 1 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp celery salt
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- dash of ground ginger
- dash of ground cloves
In a large bowl add the chicken, combine chicken with buttermilk salt and pepper. Let it marinate for a few hours in the fridge.
Combine flour with seasonings, I don’t really measure this part I just throw it in there but I posted approx measurements for those that need them.
Dip chicken in the flour mixture.
Heat some oil in your skillet make sure its hot, pan fry chicken skin down until nicely brown takes about 3-5 minutes, transfer onto a baking sheet, and bake at 375 to 400 uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until chicken is done.
*If you don’t have buttermilk, combine the same amount of milk and add in 2 tbsp of vinegar or lemon juice.
Here is another version that we enjoy a lot as well.
What you need:
- skinless boneless chicken thighs or whole chicken pieces
- plain yogurt
- Panko crumbs or bread crumbs
Seasonings:
- Montreal chicken spice
- seasoning salt
- garlic salt
- black pepper
- paprika
Combine the Panko crumbs and seasonings set aside, dip chicken pieces into yogurt, then bread the chicken with the seasoned crumbs.
Pan fry with a little oil and cook until it becomes golden, transfer to baking sheet with parchment, bake at 375 for 1 hour or until chicken is done.
Or you can just bake it in the oven without pan frying it at all. Both ways are delicious.
sounds easy enough, my husband hates fried chicken be cause of all the grease, never thought about half frying and half baking. I dont have coconut oil can I use regular vegtable oil?