Oven Fried Bacon Wrapped Chicken

By AshleyRuss

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 8 bacon slices
• 8 skinned and boned chicken thighs
• 1 cup cornmeal*
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Prep: 20 min., Bake: 1 hr. You can buy the thighs already boned at the supermarket. This recipe is adapted from Appalachian Home Cooking: History, Culture, and Recipes by Mark F. Sohn (University Press of Kentucky, $26).

Preparation
Arrange bacon slices on paper towels on a microwave-safe plate in microwave oven. Top with paper towel. Microwave at HIGH 30 seconds to 1 minute or just until bacon is limp and heated through. (Do not fully cook bacon.)

Wrap each chicken thigh with a piece of bacon; secure with a wooden pick, if desired.

Combine cornmeal and next 3 ingredients in a bowl. Dredge chicken in cornmeal mixture. Arrange on a wire rack coated with cooking spray in a lightly greased broiler or roasting pan.

Bake at 350º for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until chicken is done.

*Cornmeal mix may be substituted for cornmeal.

Southern Living, MARCH 2006