2 1/2 – 3 lb. fryer chicken pieces
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Wash chicken and pat dry with paper towels.
Put butter and oil in 13x9 casserole dish. Place dish in oven just long enough to melt the butter. Remove from oven.
Mix together flour, paprika and pepper in a bowl. Dredge chicken pieces through the flour, one at a time, and place in casserole dish.
Bake chicken 30 minutes. Remove from oven, rotate chicken pieces, and bake an additional 20-30 minutes, or until the thickest chicken pieces are fork-tender.
Adapted from Look What’s Cooking. Fired chicken doesn’t have to be “fried” in a pan; “frying” it in the oven, according to these recipes directions, will create chicken that is crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, just the way “fried” chicken should be.