"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:33:32 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>
>> I preheated the oven to 400 F, put just a thin coating of olive oil in a
>> ceramic baking dish, them mixed up:
>>
>> 3/4 cup flour
>> 1 tablespoon rosemary
>> 1 tablespoon thyme
>> 2 tablespoons paprika
>> 1 teaspoon cayenne
>> a goodly amount of salt.
>>
>> Washed six chicken legs and coated them well, even pulling back the skin
>> and
>> packing the flour mix underneath.
>
> Flour under the skin? That sounds like a recipe for glue.
>
> What happened to the stuff under the skin?
>

It added to the nice, crispy, chewy breading. I think the key is to use more
flour mix than I have in the past, and to make sure the pieces are dry on
the outside before you put them in the oil. They were more "oven-fried"
than baked. Had I baked them at a lower initial temp, it would have been
like glue.