The flour makes the chicken crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It also holds spices in some recipes. It doesn't necessarily look prettier. Abby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Specks Craig" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:04 PM Subject: [CnD] Help
When is accurate to use flour and does is make the chicken look prettier to the sighted eye? In the recipes below the first two recipes don't have flour but the last one does have flour. I'm a lousy cook but am getting better thanks to the group. Help! Mona Potato Chip Chicken Yields: 12 Ingredients: 1 20-ounce bag potato chips, crushed 1 16-ounce container sour cream 3 pounds chicken tenderloins 3 tbsp garlic powder 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place sour cream in a medium bowl. Dip chicken tenderloins in sour cream, then coat with potato chips. Place coated chicken on a greased cookie sheet. Bake chicken for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees F. and bake for 10-12 minutes. While chicken is baking, melt butter; add garlic powder. Return oven temperature to 450 degrees F. and brush garlic butter over each piece of chicken and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until chicken is golden brown. FRENCH'S CRUNCHY ONION CHICKEN Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups of FRENCH French Fried Onions 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast 2 egs, beaten Directions: Crush French Fried Onions in plastic bag. Dip chicken into egg: then coat in onion crumbs. Bake 20 minutes at 4000F until cooked through In any recipe, simply replace breadcrumbs with French Fried Onions. Crispy Onion Baked Drumsticks Yields 6 Ingredients: 3 cups French fried onions 6 large chicken drumsticks 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 large eggs, beaten Directions: Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Place French fried onions into a plastic bag. Crush with hands or rolling pin. Transfer to a pie plate or wax paper. Coat drumsticks with flour; shake off excess. Dip drumsticks into beaten eggs, then coat in crushed onions. Place drumsticks on baking sheet. Bake 45 minutes or until no longer pink near bone. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
