Oven-Fried Chicken with Potato Wedges

Name: Oven-Fried Chicken with Potato Wedges
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1/2 cup flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon paprika; 3 to 4 pounds bone-in chicken pieces (about 8 pieces); 2 tablespoons butter; 1 1/2 pounds potatoes (about 5 medium); 1 tablespoon canola oil; Salt

December 9, 2011

This is an easy way to make tasty fried chicken without any of the mess. I like chicken legs, so whenever they are on sale I buy one of those huge packages with about twelve in it and make them all. It is never a problem to get rid of leftover fried chicken.

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