Buttermilk Oven-Fried Chicken with Coleslaw (Cooking Light)

TamTastic

I know that "Japanese Panko Breadcrumbs" add a nice texture as well if you want to go that route instead!

Buttermilk Oven-Fried Chicken with Coleslaw


Cracker meal gives the coating more crunch; look for it on the baking aisle of your supermarket. If you can't find cracker meal, make your own by pulsing 10 saltine crackers in a food processor until they're finely ground. Or place them in a zip-top plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin.


Coleslaw:
4 cups packaged cabbage-and-carrot coleslaw
3 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt

Chicken:
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
4 (8-ounce) bone-in chicken breast halves, skinned
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cracker meal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter

1. To prepare coleslaw, combine first 6 ingredients; toss to coat. Cover and chill.

2. Preheat oven to 425°.

3. To prepare chicken, combine buttermilk and chicken in a shallow dish, turning to coat.

4. Combine flour and cracker meal in a shallow dish. Transfer chicken from buttermilk to a work surface. Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Working with one chicken breast half at a time, dredge chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess; set aside. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken and flour mixture.

5. Melt butter in a large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan, meat side down; cook 4 minutes or until golden brown. Turn chicken over, and bake at 425° for 32 minutes or until a thermometer registers 165°.


Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 3/4 cup slaw)

CALORIES 342 (0.0% from fat); FAT 8.8g (sat 4.5g,mono 2.2g,poly 0.8g); IRON 2.3mg; CHOLESTEROL 123mg; CALCIUM 95mg; CARBOHYDRATE 18.5g; SODIUM 672mg; PROTEIN 45.1g; FIBER 2.6g

Cooking Light, JANUARY 2009

keiko

I use to have a recipe similar to this. The buttermilk makes the chicken so tender and yummy! Thanks for the reminder of it. I'm looking forward to trying it again with the coleslaw.

arewethereyet

guess who's coming to dinner tomorrow night:drinker: