Oven Fried Onion Chicken

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://mothermayhave.com/2009/12/07/oven-fried-onion-chicken/

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Ingredients

1 carrot (roughly chopped)

1 celery stick (roughly chopped)

1 onion (roughly chopped)

2 inches whole cloves garlic (cut half)

1/4 cup salt

10 ounces – 12 French fried onions (finely crushed)

1 1/2 cups of flour

4 tsps. Adobo or other all-purpose seasoning

Brine chicken overnight or for at least 8 hours in cold water, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, sugar and salt.

When ready to cook chicken, preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine flour, cornstarch, and 2 tsps. Adobo in a large, sealable bag.

Crush French fried onions in another large, sealable bag.

Whisk seltzer water and 2 tsps. Adobo in another bowl.

Shake the chicken in the flour remove, then dunk in the seltzer before removing and shaking in the crushed French fried onions.

Place on a greased (or cooking sprayed) cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.

Drizzle olive oil over each piece of chicken.

Bake for 35 – 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 175 degrees – 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

[From] a kid-friendly menu but not one that children may be entirely familiar with, taking foods that kids usually love and giving them a twist.

6 servings

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 5:49pm