Oven-fried chicken is a healthier alternative to traditional fried chicken, with a crispy coating achieved through a small amount of oil and oven heat. It allows for a wider variety of coating options and choice of oils, and can be left alone while cooking.
Oven-fried chicken is a cooking method that gives the chicken a crispy, crunchy outer coating similar to traditional fried chicken. Oven-prepared chicken contains less fat and calories than oil-fried chicken. The outer coating of oven-fried chicken is sprayed or sprayed with a small amount of oil. The overall heat of the oven and the small amount of oil combine to provide a crispy outer coating. Depending on the ingredients, oven-fried chicken contains about one-third less fat than hot-fried chicken.
One of the benefits of oven fried chicken is the control over which oil is used to achieve the crispy outer coating. Traditional fried chicken is usually cooked in canola, corn, or vegetable oil. Cooking chicken in the oven opens up the choice of cooking oils. Butter and olive oil, for example, aren’t suitable for frying on the stovetop but work well for baking. These lighter oils add distinctive flavors not possible in traditional fried chicken.
The coating ingredients for Classic Fried Chicken are limited. Most stir-fried chicken recipes call for the chicken pieces to be dipped in flour or a flour-based batter before being cooked in hot oil. Oven Fried Chicken offers a wider variety of coating options. Chicken pieces can be topped with crushed cornflakes, toast crumbs, or crushed crackers. You can use instant potato mix, and there are prepackaged coating mixes as well.
It takes longer to cook oven fried chicken than it does to cook traditional fried chicken. Chicken fried in hot oil on the stove is subjected to high temperatures. These high temperatures cook both the outer coating of the chicken and the chicken meat in a short period of time. When chicken is cooked in the oven, the meat cooks first and the outer coating flakes off towards the end of the cooking time. Although traditional fried chicken requires much of the cook’s time to monitor and turn the chicken pieces, oven fried chicken can be left alone.
There are a variety of recipes for oven fried chicken. Some call for the chicken to be immersed in liquid before being covered in the coating. This process uses liquid to help the outer coating adhere to the chicken. The liquid can be beaten egg, melted butter or milk. Spices such as garlic powder, paprika or thyme are added to the outer coating ingredients before the chicken pieces are coated with the batter.
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