Day 2: Spicy Oven Fried Chicken

Another recipe from Dianna. She is the most wonderful friend in the whole world; and when I decided to challenge myself again, she went through all her recipe books and copied close to 30 recipes with 400 calories or less for me. She did most of the leg work for this challenge. She included a note with the stack of recipes saying that some were her family's favorites, some she thought sounded like me, and some she wanted to try but hadn't yet. Tonight was a McLear family favorite which I hoped would become a Fraser family favorite as well.

The MAIN reason for choosing the fried chicken for tonight's meal is that I still had thighs in the fridge that I did not use for the cacciatore last night. I planned accordingly and chose two meals this week that required chicken thighs. I'm starting to catch on.

Dianna emailed me her scanned copy of the recipe so that I did not have to type it out which is why the formatting is different than usual. If it is too difficult to read, let me know and I will type future recipes out instead.

Kitchen Play by Play: I had to skin the chicken again...GROSS. Bones needed to be in for tonight's recipe though. I used Franks Red hot sauce and cornflakes instead of almonds to cut a point off the recipe. I let the chicken soak in the sauce for about 30 minutes. My cooking spray was olive oil based. Total time in the kitchen was about 10 minutes. Really easy. Sweet potatoes and corn finished the meal.

The finished product

The Verdict:

Nicole: Yummy. SUPER crunchy. Chicken was juicy and delicious. I thought it had a small kick but nothing crazy. I would maybe even add more hot sauce next time. I give it a 4.5. Great alternative to "real" fried chicken.

Paul- gives it a 4. "It was like I was at a restaurant. Crispy coating and tender, juicy chicken."

Austin- only had a bite. He was too interested in the corn.