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Almond Oven-Fried Chicken

Becky Rosenthal
Created Dec 9, 2013
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Vintage is in! Especially when it’s a classic Betty Crocker recipe for crunchy oven-fried chicken with chopped almonds. The classics never go out of style.

Almond Oven-Fried Chicken

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 1 hr 25 min
  • Servings 6
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

  • 1 cut-up whole chicken (2 to 3 lb), skin removed
  • 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, stir together flour, salt, pepper and paprika. In separate small bowl, lightly beat eggs and milk. Place almonds in shallow dish or on sheet of waxed paper.
  • Step 
    3
    Coat chicken with flour mixture. Dip in egg mixture; roll in almonds. Let chicken stand 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    In shallow baking pan, melt butter and shortening in heated oven. Place coated chicken in pan.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake 30 minutes. Turn chicken; bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest pieces are cut to bone (at least 165°F).

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