"Fried" Chicken

Name: "Fried" Chicken
Ingredients: 3 cups Italian-style breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp paprika; 2 tbsp garlic salt; 1 tbsp ground red pepper; 2 cups 1.5 percent buttermilk; 12 chicken pieces (6 breast halves, 6 thighs), skinless; Butter-flavored cooking spray

7 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

3 cups Italian-style breadcrumbs
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp garlic salt
1 tbsp ground red pepper
2 cups 1.5 percent buttermilk
12 chicken pieces (6 breast halves, 6 thighs), skinless
Butter-flavored cooking spray

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400F.
2

In a shallow bowl, combine breadcrumbs, paprika, garlic salt, and red pepper.
3

Pour buttermilk into a separate shallow bowl.
4

Dip chicken in buttermilk, then dredge in breadcrumb mixture.
5

Place chicken, meaty side up, in a large baking pan.
6

Generously coat chicken pieces with cooking spray.
7

Bake for 40 minutes or until done.
8

Check internal cooking temperature of chicken with a meat thermometer until breasts reach 170F and thighs reach 180F.