Every once in awhile, I like to throw in a post on "real food" just to confuse people. "But this is a baking blog" you might say. Well, yeah, but there are occasions where I actually cook. Just to break up the monotony of take out or microwaving meals. This is a super simple recipe that I made up, mostly inspired by the fact that I wanted to use up the last of my buttermilk and since the panko crumbs on the banana fritters were so good, I thought they'd be good on oven-fried chicken too. Many versions of this use crushed cornflakes but I didn't have cornflakes and I did have panko crumbs left over so it was a no-brainer to substitute. It also had the added advantage that I didn't have to crush cornflakes into crumbs since panko crumbs are already..... well, crumbs.
Because it's cooking, I felt free to not measure like I do with baking so you'll have to bear with the loosy-goosy directions. Thanks to the panko crumbs, these had a crispy coating without the mess and calories of frying.
Combine for the initial coating (makes enough for at least 4-6 pieces of chicken)
1 cup bread flour (you can also use all-purpose flour, I just used bread flour because I had some)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon all-spice
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
(feel free to substitute in any other spices - I just used these because they were what I had)
Roll chicken pieces in flour mixture until evenly coated. Dip in 1 cup of buttermilk in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, roll to coat in panko crumbs (use as much as needed to cover chicken completely). Place in shallow baking pan and bake in a 350 degree oven until done and outside is golden brown and crisp (30-40 minutes).
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