Not Fried, Fried Chicken, Fresh Veggies and Dip |
Most kids love chicken drumsticks. This recipe takes a few minutes to prepare and will be a hit with everyone at the table. Add some fresh veggies and dip and call it dinner!Ingredients
Not Fried, Fried Chicken Coating
- 1 cup flour
- 1 small pouch of tomato cup-a-soup (3/4 oz or 21 g)
- 1/2 small pouch of dry Italian dressing mix (3/4 oz or 21 g)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt, coarse kosher salt or sea salt
- 2 tsp pepper (fresh ground is best)
- 2 egg whites
- 12 chicken drumsticks (1 1/2 - 2 lbs or 675 - 900 g) cooking spray I like Pam.
- 1 lb or 450 g celery, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, etc. or use precut fresh veggies, approx 4 cups
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing, fat-free
- multigrain bread or bread sticks (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Pour the following ingredients in a medium
size bowl to make a coating mix; flour, tomato
cup-a-soup, dry Italian dressing mix, baking
powder, paprika, salt and pepper.
Separate egg whites from yolks and place
whites in a bowl. Discard yolks.
Roll raw drumsticks in egg white, then coating
mixture.
Spray baking pan with cooking spray.
Place coated drumsticks on pan in lower
central rack of preheated oven. Set timer for
50 minutes.
...while chicken is cooking...
- Rinse veggies you have on hand, cut and arrange on a plate. Serve with ranch dressing.
- Some people might want a starch with this.Our family likes it just this way. If you want a starch, I suggest a nice loaf of multigrain bread or bread sticks.
