Written by Robbie Ferguson, on January 10, 2008

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Take a cheesy-cheese bun and stuff it with chicken, and you'll have an idea of the delicious taste combination in my Breaded Parmesan Chicken.

Ingredients:

• 10 Chicken Drumsticks
  
• 1 Cup Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  
• 1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese (I just use the freeze-dried stuff here)
• Sea Salt (about 1 tsp)
• Fresh Crack Pepper (about 2 1/2 tsp)
• 2 Large Eggs (Whites Only)
  
• 1/2 Cup Room-Temperature Water

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 375°F.

Remove the skin from your chicken.  Do not omit this step, as the fat run-off from baking the skin will affect the dough.  Not to mention, I'm a firm believer that if the skin isn't needed, remove it.  In this recipe, the breading takes the place of the skin.

Whisk all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.  Add egg whites and water.  Fold and mix with a wooden spoon until the mix becomes a dough-like consistency.

Cover your baking sheet with Parchment Paper.  Wet your hands and rub the water evenly over the surface of the parchment paper.  It should be moist, not wet.

Flour your hands (to reduce sticking) and roll each drumstick, one at a time, in the batter.  You'll have a thick batter coating.  Now, with one hand, hold the drumstick by the skinny end over the batter bowl, and with the other hand, loosely wrap your fingers around the section closest to the hand you're holding the chicken with.  Run your fingers down the chicken once, removing the excess batter into the bowl and ensuring an even coating.  If it's not perfect, don't worry.  It may take some practice to get the coating just right; but be mindful that if there is too much batter, the chicken won't taste quite as nice and may lose some shape during the baking process (as some of the batter will pool around the chicken during the early stage of cooking).  Place each piece, as you go, on your parchment paper.  Leave at least 1/2-inch between each chicken piece to avoid them cooking together.

Place your baking sheet of battered chicken into your preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes.

The chicken will be a golden brown, with a crispy, cheesy breading. 

Hope you enjoy! 

Published in : Recipes, Baked--Not Fried