cybercat wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.


A backpedal lame...

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Greg