Marinating in Milk

Christine's Blog mentioned a recipe she'd gotten from Tracey of Tracey Grgic Potter. 

I have to tell you that I've tried several recipes that I got from other blogs and haven't been very successful.  I'm not a very adventurous cook or baker.  However, I liked the fact that this was supposed to taste like KFC, but healthier because it is baked.

I was dubious to be honest (about whether it could cook/fry in so little oil), but I wrote to Tracey about what she meant by Flour with meal.

She replied:  RE: Chicken. It's wholemeal plain flour, you could just use white plain flour or even a gluten free flour. 

I used unbleached flour because I was all out of whole wheat flour.  I decreased the oregano which I probably shouldn't have because the taste was a bit milder than what we usually prefer.

We sprinkled some McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal Chicken seasoning for a little extra flavor.  We also used some Kraft Spicy Honey sauce to dip it in for more flavor.  For islanders, maybe some tonkatsu sauce would be good too.


 Here is the recipe straight out of Tracey's blog.

TASTES LIKE KFC

{Baked Fried Chicken}

 adapted from Our Life Uncommon's Baked Fried Chicken

{    } = Additions I've made when cooking it a second time 

1. Place thawed Chicken {Thigh Fillets halved} in a bowl of milk. 

Let soak for 20-30 min.

2. In a large bowl mix:

1/2 tsp. Salt, 1 T Season All, 3/4 tsp Pepper, 1 c. Flour {W/meal}, 2 tsp. Paprika.
{Add 1T Oregano - It's even better! }

3. Preheat oven to 200.c  Add 1T Olive Oil and 1tsp butter on a cooking tray.

Place tray in pre-heated oven to melt butter
{Omit Butter and replace with 1T Oil - Doesn't effect the taste}

4. Spread melted butter/oil around the tray, make sure that there are no dry spots.

5. Shake excess milk off of chicken and completely coat each piece with the seasoning mix. 

Place each piece of chicken on to the tray.

6. Cook for 40 min or until cooked through.
{Turn Chicken at 20 min mark - for crisper coating}

I was very pleasantly surprised that the chicken turned out to be very, very good.  What surprised us even more was how very tender and moist it was.  I checked online and apparently marinating the chicken in milk tenderizes it.  We had no idea!  The fun thing is you can add more seasoning of your choice in the coating.

Oh yes!  I'm definitely making this again!  Thank you to Tracey and Christine for passing on this great recipe.