The Sleepy Cook: Oven Fried Chicken

I recently became one of the last people in the world to get on the Pinterest train, and my only regret is that I didn’t join sooner. Okay, maybe I also regret all of the time that I waste “pinning” things, when I should actually be getting stuff done, but if I weren’t on Pinterest, I would find some other way to waste my time.

The first time I got on Pinterest, I saw where people kept pinning this recipe, so I decided that I needed to try it, and I’m sure glad that I did. I definitely wouldn’t say that it tastes exactly like real fried chicken, but it’s so good that you won’t care.

Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees, then measure out 2 1/4 cups broken bagel chips.

Put them in a food processor, and grind them up until they're teeny tiny. Then pour it in a bowl.

Measure out 1 1/3 cups rice cereal (like Chex), then grind it up in the food processor, and pour it in the bowl with the ground up bagel chips.

Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the bowl.

Add 2 teaspoons kosher salt,

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper,

1/2 a teaspoon paprika,

and 1/2 a teaspoon black pepper.

Then, stir it up really well.

Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and place a rack on top, and spray very well with nonstick spary. I know that you aren't supposed to use coated racks, but that's what I always use, and it works just fine.

In another bowl, mix together 1/2 a cup of light mayo with 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard. I was really really worried about this part. Mayo really skeeves me out, and I was worried that the chicken would be all mayonnaisey, but we couldn't even taste it. However, I did have to go to take a shower after touching the mayo. Yuck!

Put a piece of chicken in there, and cover both sides. I used thin cut chicken breasts, and it turned out really well.

Then, put the mayo coated chicken in the bowl with the bagel chip/cereal mixture, and cover on both sides. Place the coated chicken on the rack, and coat the other 3 chicken breasts.