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