Oven Fried Chicken

Do you make it?

Seems like a fall kind of dish to me.

Maybe it's because you turn the oven on!

And even though I'm still picking garden veggies,

there was frost on the ground this morning!

The best part is that you get that fried chicken yumminess without

having to watch a skillet full of hot oil on the stove!

While it's sizzling away in the oven, you can look at the leaves turning!

You can watch kittens play on the back porch

 and butterflies resting in the trees!

And for an hour, you can enjoy the aroma!

Then it's time to eat!

Oven Fried Chicken

Drizzle oil and a little butter in baking pan and set aside.

Dredge pieces of chicken in mixture of flour,

which has been generously seasoned with garlic powder, 

onion powder, salt, pepper, paprika, and thyme.

Lay pieces, skin side down, in the pan and bake

60 minutes at 375, turning over half way through.

I turn on the broiler during the last 10 minutes to get

a really crispy skin.  

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I also made fried chicken gravy by skimming off the fat and 

adding half-and-half and some chicken broth to the drippings.

Whisk smooth over low heat.  Taste to adjust the seasonings.

Heaven over mashed potatoes.  

Yum.

♥