As much as I enjoy finding interesting places to eat, I also love cooking as well! So I decided to give my wallet a break and make dinner on my own of oven-fried chicken, and baked macaroni and cheese!
Setting up for chaos
Getting ingredients together
My chicken is already for winter, look at their nice "coats"! :P can you call that a joke??
Milk, butter, and a whole mess of cheese!
...And some more cheese
So much goodness in one oven!
It look even MORE awesome in person!
Baked Mac&Cheese is far greater than regular mac&cheese.
I added peas to seem some what healthy :P
This was such a great dinner! Curious about how I made the fried chicken??? Ok Ok I'll share...By the way, this does have a tiny bit of a kick..but still on the tame and mild side.
Oven-Fried Drumsticks
(I used thigh meat, breast meat also works)
Ingredients
serves 4-5
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2cup all-purpose baking mix
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon Itailian seasoning
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
10 drumstricks
1)Preheat oven to 450 degrees fahreneit. Pour the vegetable oil evenly over bottom of 15x10-x1 inch baking pan.
If you do not want to make that much, keep the coating mix the same, and just use 1/8 cup of vegetable oil in a smaller baking pan. Be sure the pan does have a 1in. height though.
2) Combine the baking mix paprika, Creole seasoning, seasoned salt, garlic powder, italian seasoning, and black pepper in a large bowl. Mix well. Pour into a paper bag.
You can totally use a zip-lock bag instead...I think its easier
3) Add the chicken drumsticks, a few at a time, to the bag and shake the coat. Arrange on the prepared baking pan.
When they mean "a few at a time", they mean it! Once I tried to coat my chicken all at once...it was not a pretty site, nor did it taste that good...learned my lesson
4) Bake chicken, turning once, untill juices run clear when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish. Serve Immediately,
I set the timer for 15 mins. and as soon as it went of I flipped the chicken over and set it for another 15mins. as soon as the timer went off the chicken was done. Also, if the chicken reaches a temperture of at least 165 degrees fahrenheit...that way you don't have to dig at it and questioning if it is safe to eat.
But what if I don't have creole seasoning???
The reciepe card also explained what was in it, and here it is!
"Creole seasoning contains: black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, oregano, and sometimes thyme and paprika"
As far as making it for yourself, I put 1 teaspoon of each in the same bag and mixed it together. Not sure if that is exactly right, but it tasted good so I'm going to assume it is.
If you are curious about how I made the macaroni and cheese...well maybe I will keep that one to my self... :P
Just kidding, I don't have a receipe for that, I just boiled some noodles, drained them, melted velveeta, butter, shredder cheddar, and milk on top of them. Mixed that together, poured it in a baking pan, put more cheese on top, and baked it for 15mins.
Hope you all have a lovely week!
P.S always try to go through your junk mail because you never know what treasure you may find in it!
This receipe came from a "Great American Home Baking" receipe.
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