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Southern Oven-Fried Chicken


Title: Southern Oven-Fried Chicken
Categories: Poultry, Main dish, Low-fat
Yield: 6 Servings

5 Slices white bread, cubed
1/4 c All-purpose flour
3/4 ts Salt
3/4 ts Pepper
3 Chicken breast halves,
-skinned
4 Chicken thighs, skinned
3 Chicken drumsticks, skinned
1/2 c Nonfat buttermilk
Vegetable cooking spray

Directions: Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add bread cubes.
Process 30 seconds. Sprinkle crumbs on ungreased 15 x 10 x 1-inch
jelly-roll pan.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring
occasionally. Combine breadcrumbs, flour, salt, and pepper in a large
zip-top heavy-duty plastic bag; set aside.

Combine chicken pieces and buttermilk in another large zip-top heavyduty
plastic bag. Seal bag, and shake to coat chicken with buttermilk. Place
chicken, 2 pieces at a time, in breadcrumb mixture; seal bag, and shake to
coat. Place chicken on a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan coated with
cooking spray.

Lightly coat chicken with cooking spray; bake at 400 degrees for 25
minutes. Carefully turn chicken over; coat with cooking spray. Bake an
additional 25 minutes or until done.

Nutritional Info: CALORIES 254 (26% from fat); PROTEIN 28.5g; FAT 7.2g
(sat 1.9g, mono 2.5g, poly 1.9g); CARB 16.8g; FIBER 0.6g; CHOL 80mg; IRON
1.8mg; SODIUM 507mg; CALC 57mg

Reprinted from Cooking Light website - http://www.CookingLight.com

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #278

Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 18:42:21 -0700

From: Julie Bertholf