It was as good and crispy as it looks! I got the recipe from my sister who's been following the Atkins diet. I'm living a "less carb" lifestyle and have been craving crispy chicken so I decided to give it a try. The recipe was actually really simple. I always oven-fry my chicken so the breading was the only thing I did differently. I cooked it in a large cast iron skillet. It's important to note that chicken really only crisps in the oven in a dark-colored pan. A broiler pan works as well.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of bone-in skin-on chicken breasts (about 2 large breasts)
- Seasoned Salt
- Ground Black Pepper
- Garlic Powder
- 4 ounce bag of pork rinds (I used Clancy's Original from Aldi)
- 2 eggs
- Canola oil
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut each chicken breast in half and liberally season with seasoned salt, black pepper and garlic powder.
- Finely crush pork rinds. I put them in a zip lock bag and rolled them with a rolling pin but you can use whatever gets the job done. Remove any uncrushed pieces and enjoy. The hard, crunchy pieces are the best part! Pour in a bowl.
- Scramble the eggs in a second bowl.
- Pour about 1/2 an inch of canola oil into the cast iron skillet (or pan of your choice). Make sure the bottom of the pan is completely covered.
- Make an assembly line of seasoned chicken, scrambled egg, crushed pork rind, then oiled pan. Dip the chicken in the egg, thoroughly coat with pork rind, then place in pan.
- Bake in the oven for about 20-30 minutes each side until golden and crispy.
Thank you for this recipe! I made it just as you said except I added celery seed to the list of seasonings. I used Old Bay as seasoned salt. This is the best fried chicken I've ever made in my life and believe me, there have been many, many attempts. Thank you again!
ReplyDeleteI used the hot and spicy variety by Clancy's. Smells amazing right now!! Thanks for the idea. YUM!
ReplyDeleteSuper tasty low carb alternative - I put my cut up fryer in my giant roasting pan - got the whole chicken fried at once.
ReplyDeleteI have made this several times. It is well received each time. I love the strips with Ranch. So gooooood. Honey Mustard also but to many carbs.
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