One of my family's favorite recipes of mine is my Oven Baked Chicken. I learned how to make this dish from my Mother, but I have tweaked it over the years and perfected it. Not only is this dish delicious, but it has very few ingredients, which makes it clean and healthy. I like to pair this dish with Haricot Verts (French green beans), boiled on the stove, strained, and garlic, olive oil, and salt added to them for flavor. Seasoning is very important when you cook, and can take something bland to something amazing very quickly. I always season liberally when I cook, and don't usually measure seasonings either. Now, if you are just starting out cooking, it is a good idea to measure everything until you get comfortable enough to eyeball rough amounts of measurements.
Jenelle's Oven Baked Chicken
Ingredients:
4-6 Chicken Leg Quarters (or your favorite part of the chicken)
1/4 cup Mrs. Dash Original Seasoning
Salt to taste
Directions:
1. Preheat your oven to 400F degrees. Line a cooking sheet with tin foil
2. On the foil lined sheet, lay out each of chicken. Liberally sprinkle Mrs. Dash Original Seasoning on each side of the chicken, and lightly sprinkle salt on each side of the chicken. Rub the seasoning in to the skin
3. Arrange the chicken rib side down, and place in the oven for 1 hour.
This chicken is a delicious alternative to Fried Chicken. The skin gets nice and crunchy, and can satisfy that craving that you get for fried chicken without all of the calories and grease. The best part is that each chicken leg quarter has only 340 calories and almost 40 grams of protein!
Happy eating!
Jenelle
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