Baked Popcorn Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken thigh

  Broilers or fryers, meat and skin, cooked, stewed

  1 ½ unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) or 62g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 medium or 44g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 clove or 9g

• Basil

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp, ground or 1g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp, ground or 2g

• Thyme

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp, ground or 0.7g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Breadcrumbs

  Cooks' Ingredients, Dried, White - Waitrose

  300g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  ¼ cup or 57g

Directions

1. 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a cooling rack with nonstick spray and place on a baking sheet; set aside.
2. 2. In a large bowl, combine chicken, buttermilk, garlic, basil, oregano, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, to taste; marinate for at least 30 minutes. Drain well.
3. 3. Working in batches, dredge chicken in breadcumbs, pressing to coat. Place onto the prepared baking sheet; drizzle with butter.
4. 4. Place into oven and bake, turning pieces halfway through, until crisp and cooked through, about 20-25 minutes