Oven Fried Ranch Chicken
This oven fried chicken is absolutely yummy. Best part of it is, it uses very little fat, unlike most oven-fried chicken recipes.
Servings: 4 -8
Calories: 641kcal
Ingredients
- 1 whole frying chicken cut into pieces
- 1 cup flour or baking mix such as Bisquick
- 1 envelope dry ranch salad dressing mix
- 2 tbsp butter/margarine OR olive oil
BRINE
- 2 quarts water
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup kosher coarse salt
Instructions
- Prepare brine by mixing all ingredients. Place chicken parts in a deep bowl or a large plastic container with a lid (such as Lock & Lock). Pour brine over chicken; cover. Place in refrigerator for 2-4 hrs--no longer. If you want to brine overnight, I suggest using buttermilk instead, as I learned the hard way when I forgot about the chicken and ended up with very salty chicken!!!
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place butter or olive oil in a 13 x 9 baking dish. Place pan in oven to melt butter or heat oil. Once heated/melted, distribute across the bottom of the pan.
- Prepare coating mix by mixing flour and dressing mix in a large plastic bag. Place 2 pieces at a time in the bag and shake well to cover chicken. Place in baking pan skin side down.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 35 min; turn chicken skin side up and bake an additional 15-20 min or until chicken is golden brown and juices run clear.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 641kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 158mg | Sodium: 7806mg | Potassium: 393mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 442IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 3mg