Oven Fried Chicken is as delicious and crispy as pan-fried, and it's a whole lot easier and healthier, too! While the chicken bakes, you can be preparing the rest of the meal. Perfect for a delicious dinner or picnic! Make this in the air fryer for an even healthier option!
My mother doesn't like to cook but she always managed to put a good, healthy dinner on the table for our family of six. One of her Sunday specialties was Oven Fried Chicken.
Even before all the research about low-fat and frying, she loved cooking the chicken in the oven because it was much cleaner and quicker (and cooler) than frying on top of the stove.
I have adapted this recipe from hers. The change I made is adding the egg wash and bread crumbs because I wanted a crispier chicken. Everything else is all my mom's.
If you want to leave out the egg wash and bread crumbs, the chicken will still be delicious, a little less crispy and a bit healthier!
This is a Gr8 recipe to make for a big family dinner because while the chicken is cooking for an hour, you can make all the other dishes and put a beautiful family dinner on the table.
Or make this ahead and pack a picnic! This is classic picnic food. And don't forget the Chocolate Chip Cookies!
How to Fry Chicken in the Air Fryer!
I recently made this in my air fryer and it came out delicious.
Simply leave out the melting of the butter and oil and begin the recipe at the flour and egg wash and breading.
Place the pieces, skin side UP, in your air fryer basket in a single layer leaving a little room between each piece so the air can circulate.
Cook for 20 minutes at 400°F; then turn over, spray with cooking oil spray, and cook another 15 to 20 minutes until a thermometer inserted into the meatiest part registers 165°F.
My appliance is the Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven. It has a fairly large basket and it fits a little more than half a chicken. So when frying pieces of a whole bird, I do two batches.
Also, in the Cuisinart, there are two levels for the basket, place it in position 1, the lower level.
Each air fryer is a little different, so you'll have to watch and smell to make sure the chicken isn't burning.
And taking the temperature of the meat after cooking is important, nothing's worse than undercooked poultry!
More Chicken Recipes
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Mom's Oven Fried Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons butter, leave out if air frying
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil, leave out if air frying
- 3½ pounds chicken pieces
- ¾ cup flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika, see note
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup fat-free milk
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
For Air Frying
- Spray cooking oil
Special Equipment:
- 3 pie plates or shallow bowls
- 11" x 7" glass casserole dish., You can use metal but you may need to adjust the cooking time. Not required for air frying.
Instructions
Oven Fried Chicken
- Preheat the oven to 425ºF.
- In a pie plate mix together the flour, salt, paprika, and black pepper.
- In a second pie plate, lightly beat the 2 eggs and whisk in the milk to make the egg wash.
- Put the bread crumbs into a third pie plate.
- Put the butter and olive oil into the glass pan and put into the oven to melt the butter, about 5 minutes, be careful not to burn it!
- Rinse and dry the chicken pieces.
- Once the butter is melted, carefully remove the pan from the oven.
- Dredge a piece of chicken in the flour mixture to completely cover.
- Roll the chicken in the egg wash.
- Finally, dredge in the bread crumbs to fully coat the piece of chicken.
- Lay the chicken, skin side down, in the glass pan.
- Repeat until all the chicken is coated and in the pan.
- Place the pan back into the oven and cook for 45 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven, turn each piece of chicken over.
- Return pan to the oven and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
- When chicken is done remove from oven.
- Remove the chicken from the pan and you will have yummy drippings to make some gravy!
Air Fryer Fried Chicken
- In a pie plate mix together the flour, salt, paprika, and black pepper.
- In a second pie plate, lightly beat the 2 eggs and whisk in the milk to make the egg wash.
- In a second pie plate, lightly beat the 2 eggs and whisk in the milk to make the egg wash.
- Put the bread crumbs into a third pie plate.
- Dredge a piece of chicken in the flour mixture to completely cover.
- Roll the chicken in the egg wash.
- Finally, dredge in the bread crumbs to fully coat the piece of chicken.
- Lay the chicken skin side UP in a single layer on the air fryer basket. Leave a little bit of space between each piece, don't overlap or crowd.
- Cook at 400ºF for 15 to 20 minutes, until well browned. (Each air fryer is a bit different.)
- Turn the chicken over, give it a spray with cooking oil, and cook at 400ºF for an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until a thermometer inserted into the meatiest part registers 165ºF.
- Sadly, there are no drippings with this method for gravy.
Notes
- Spice It Up! If you want to make your chicken spicier, substitute cayenne pepper for the paprika.
- If you don't want the chicken as crispy, leave off the egg wash and bread crumbs. Just dredge in the flour mixture and cook as instructed.
Anna
So happy you enjoyed the chicken recipe! Thanks for being a GR8 Friend and leaving a comment!
Brandy
This dish was delicious! The chicken was so crunchy and tender! Typically oven fried chicken isn't so crispy in a glass dish.....but not this one! Will make again for sure!
Anna
So happy you chose to make this chicken tonight, Diana! Thanks for your Gr8 Friendship and support!
Diana Wilkinson
i am having so much fun with your blog! Thank you ladies. My chicken looks and tastes amazing