Potato-dipped Oven Fried Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• instant potato flakes, for about 4 servings
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 egg
• 3 lbs chicken drumsticks or 3 lbs chicken thighs
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 in shallow dish or pie plate, mix dry potato flakes with cheese, seasoned salt and pepper.
• 3 in another shallow dish, with fork, beat egg with 1/4 cup water just until mixed.
• 4 with tongs, roll chicken in egg mixture, then coat with potato flake mixture; set on wire rack to dry 10 or 15 minutes.
• 5 in 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly roll pan, melt butter in oven.
• 6 with pot holders, remove pan from oven and tilt pan to spread butter evenly over pan.
• 7 arrange chicken in pan, turning pieces over to coat with melted butter.
• 8 bake chicken 40 to 50 minutes until fork-tender.