Best Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken
Whoever said you can’t have crispy fried chicken on a keto diet never tried this! You will really feel like you have landed on the perfect indulgence, if you have been missing this meal in your diet.photo credit: taste & tell
Yield: 16
Calories: 205kcal
Equipment
- Large glass baking dish
- Pie plates (2)
- Aluminum foil
- Platters (2)
Materials
- 2 lbs chicken drumsticks skin on
- 2 Cage Free Organic Eggs
- ¼ cup mayonnaise or buttermilk
- 1 tbsp Sea Salt
- 1 tbsp Coarse-ground Black Pepper
- 2 cups Gluten-free, Pork Panko or Keto Bread Crumbs
- ½ cup Whey Protein for dredging
- 1 tbsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 tsp Dried Oregano
- 2 tsp Dried Basil
- 1 tbsp Sea Salt
- 2 tsp Coarse-ground Black Pepper
- 6 tbsp Butter
Instructions
- Marinate chicken drumsticks in salt, pepper, eggs and buttermilk, turning regularly to thoroughly coat (at least an hour).
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place a large glass baking dish (big enough for all drumsticks) with six tablespoons of butter to melt. Watch for butter to melt but not brown.
- While oven is preheating, butter is melting and chicken is marinating, prepare a batch of chicken breading by combining half of all remaining spices with 1 cup of bread crumbs in a resealable plastic bag. Do the same with the remaining dry ingredients. Reserve whey protein for dredging in a pie plate.
- After chicken is done marinating, place all pieces on two platters (divided evenly), pouring egg and buttermilk mixture in the remaining pie plate.
- Dredge first batch of chicken drumsticks in whey protein, shaking off excess powder before dipping back in egg mixture (coating both sides). Next, drop into first bread crumb bag two drumsticks at a time. Make sure all sides are coated and place on foil-lined counter in preparation for butter coating. Continue with second batch.
- Remove glass dish with melted butter from the oven and carefully coat all sides of each breaded drumstick, placing drumsticks in a single layer in the dish. Hot butter is best for this step.
- Place baking dish in oven and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees before turning over and finishing at 400 degrees.