The Best Oven-Fried Chicken

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1999

We found the secret to oven-fried chicken that is not just crispy but actually crunchy.

SERVES 4

TIME 1¼ hours

The Best Oven-Fried Chicken

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create an oven-fried chicken recipe with real crunch and good flavor as a quick weeknight alternative to the real thing, we dipped the chicken in egg beaten with Dijon mustard and dredged it in crushed Melba toast, which we found provide...

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