Oven-Fried Ranch Chicken

Oven-Fried Ranch Chicken
The recipe Oven-Fried Ranch Chicken could satisfy your Southern craving in approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 70g of protein, 61g of fat, and a total of 1041 calories. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up paprika, seasoned salt, betty cornbread & muffin mix, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cornbread mix you could follow this main course with the Cornbread-Apple Cobbler as a dessert.

Instructions

1
In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, mix buttermilk, dressing mix and chicken. Seal bag; turn bag several times to coat chicken. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
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2
Heat oven to 425F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. In shallow dish, mix breading ingredients.
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3
Remove chicken pieces one at a time from buttermilk mixture. Dip chicken in breading, turning to coat completely; shake off excess.
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Place chicken, bone side down, in pan. Lightly spray top of chicken with cooking spray.
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Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (170F for breasts; 180F for thighs and drumsticks).
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6
Garnish with parsley sprigs.
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Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.
Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling
Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling
DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 50 m.
Servings4
Health Score12
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