Buttermilk Oven Fried Chicken with Coleslaw

By dbisnet

Ingredients

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

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from find.myrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation
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°.