Oven Fried Chicken by Nourished Kitchen

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Oven-fried Chicken Drumsticks

http://nourishedkitchen.com/oven-fried-chicken-drumsticks/

Prep Time: 4 hours, 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 6 hours, 5 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Brining the chicken drumsticks for a few hours before baking ensures that the meat is tender and moist, while the skin crisps in the oven. Pack them away for picnics, or serve with mashed potatoes, gravy and buttered vegetables.

Ingredients

For the Brine
• 3 tablespoons sea salt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 12 chicken drumsticks (find pasture-raised chicken drumsticks here)
• 1 dried guajillo chile pepper or other dried pepper
For the Breading
• 1 cup high-extraction flour (available here). sprouted flour (available here) or nut flour (available here)
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (you can find organic cayenne here)
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika (available here)

Instructions

1. Whisk 3 tablespoons sea salt and honey with about 2 quarts warm water to create a brine. Place chicken drumsticks into a large mixing bowl, cover with brine, and drop in a guajillo chile pepper. Cover, and transfer to the refrigerator where the chicken drumsticks should marinate for 4 hours. Drain off the brine, discard the chile, and pat the drumsticks dry.
2. Heat the oven to 350 F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Whisk the flour with salt, nutritional yeast, thyme and cayenne pepper. Dredge the chicken drumsticks in the seasoned flour until well-coated, then arrange them in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutesr, turning once, then increase the oven temperature to 425 and continue baking a further 15 minutes.