Oven ‘fried’ chicken and purple slaw

Name: Oven 'fried' chicken and purple slaw
Total time: 1 h
Yield: serves 3
Ingredients: dried breadcrumbs 75g; hot smoked paprika 2 tsp; ground turmeric ½ tsp; garlic salt 1 tsp; celery salt ½ tsp; dried oregano 1 tsp; plain flour 2 tbsp, well seasoned; egg 1 large, beaten; skinless chicken thigh fillets 4 large, halved and excess fat removed; oven french fries to serve; hot sauce to serve; red onion ½, thinly sliced; red cabbage ¼, finely shredded; carrots 2, shredded; white wine vinegar 1 tbsp; mayonnaise 2 tbsp

1 hour
serves 3
Easy

Juicy chicken, gently spiced with a super crisp coating – you’d never guess this healthier, oven-baked bird wasn’t fried

By Janine Ratcliffe

June 5, 2019 at 4:57 pm

Ingredients

dried breadcrumbs 75g
hot smoked paprika 2 tsp
ground turmeric ½ tsp
garlic salt 1 tsp
celery salt ½ tsp
dried oregano 1 tsp
plain flour 2 tbsp, well seasoned
egg 1 large, beaten
skinless chicken thigh fillets 4 large, halved and excess fat removed
oven french fries to serve
hot sauce to serve

PURPLE SLAW

red onion ½, thinly sliced
red cabbage ¼, finely shredded
carrots 2, shredded
white wine vinegar 1 tbsp
mayonnaise 2 tbsp

Method

Step 1

To make the slaw, toss all the veg with the vinegar and lots of seasoning.
Step 2

Toss the breadcrumbs with the paprika, turmeric, garlic salt, celery salt and oregano in a shallow bowl. Put the flour and egg in 2 separate bowls.
Step 3

Dust the chicken in the flour, then the egg and then the spiced breadcrumbs. Put on a rack over a baking tray.
Step 4

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Bake the chicken for 35-40 minutes or until crisp, golden and cooked through. Toss the mayo with the slaw and serve with the chicken, oven fries and hot sauce.