Oven Fried Chicken

Ingredients

    3lbs chicken pieces, rinsed and patted dry*
    ½ cup melted butter (I only use about half this amount and can’t tell a difference)
    ½ cup flour, heaping
    1 teaspoon salt
    ¼ teaspoon pepper
    1 ½ teaspoons paprika

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Mix together flour, salt, pepper and paprika (I do this in a Ziploc bag). Dip chicken pieces in melted butter and then coat evenly with flour mixture.

Place in a single layer on a greased shallow baking pan (skin side down – if you’ve left the skin on).

Bake 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn chicken pieces over and continue baking an additional 30 minutes.