Roasted Garlic Oven-Baked Chicken

By newbaucher

Add a little comfort to your dinner with home-style chicken. Pouch potatoes create the crispy garlic chicken coating everyone loves.

Ingredients

• 1/2 package (7.2-ounce size) Betty Crocker® roasted garlic mashed potatoes (1 pouch)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3 - to 3 1/2-pound cut-up broiler-fryer chicken
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 425°F. Spray rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with cooking spray.
2. In shallow dish, stir together potatoes (dry) and red pepper. In another shallow dish, beat egg with fork or wire whisk until foamy; stir in buttermilk.
3. Dip chicken pieces into egg mixture, then roll in potato mixture to coat. Place in pan. Drizzle with butter.
4. Bake uncovered 30 minutes. Turn chicken; bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until coating is golden brown and juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).