Better Then Fried Baked Chicken~KFC copy cat recipe

Better Then Fried Baked Chicken~

 This recipe was on my Facebook wall and this is what the author had to say:

" I am pretty sure that I have discovered the KFC secret recipe! It is DEAD ON! It is also baked...not fried and there isn't any skin! So you get to enjoy the taste of the seasoning, instead of pulling it off because of the slimy skin & added fat & calories!"

 This is super easy and you are TOTALLY going to love it!

 Place thawed chicken breast tenderloin strips in a bowl of milk. Let soak for 20-30 min.

 Mix in a Gallon Size Ziploc or Large Bowl:

 1/2 tsp. Salt

 1 T Season All

 3/4 tsp Pepper

 1 c. Flour

 2 tsp. Paprika

 Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut 1/2 stick of butter into a few pieces and place in a 9x13 pan. Melt butter in pre-heated oven.

Spread melted butter around the bottom of the pan. Lightly spray the pan, if needed, to make sure that there are no dry spots.

  Shake excess milk off of chicken and completely coat each piece with the seasoning mix. You can either shake the chicken in the bag, until coated, or dip each piece in the bowl until coated.

 Place each piece of chicken in the pan.

Cook for 20 min. Turn each piece of chicken and continue cooking for 20 more minutes, or until cooked through.

 ENJOY!!!

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I used boneless chicken breasts for this recipe and they were very good. I will definitely make this recipe again. It isn't dead on for KFC like the author states but it is very good. After all KFC says they have 7 herbs and spices and this recipe doesn't...haha

                                         Gather the ingredients
                                    Not in the picture the chicken, milk,
                                  pepper and flour but figured you
                                      knew what they looked like

 

 Take the butter and cut it into several pieces and place in a 13 x 9 baking dish. While the oven is pre heating put the baking dish in the oven and melt the butter. 

Marinate the raw chicken

in the milk for 30 min. or so, place the dry ingredients in a separate zip bag and toss to blend. After the chicken has marinated in the milk take the chicken out of the bag..shake off the access and drop in the bag of flour mixture. Toss to coat then put the chicken in the 13 x 9 baking dish that has the melted butter in it. Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 min. turn the chicken over and bake for 20 more min. or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees.

                                 Very easy and tasty oven fried chicken.
 

 

S’mores Cookie Bars

http://chocolatechocolateandmore.com/2013/03/smores-cookie-bars/

I found this recipe on Pinterest and thought I would have to try it. The above link will take you to the original recipe and she has pictures there too. don't let this list of ingredients intimidate you. They are very easy to make.

S’mores Cookie Bars

Yield: 16 bars

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup mini marshmallows plus a few extra for the top
• 1 regular sized milk chocolate Hershey Bar

 

 

Instructions

1. Line a square baking pan with parchment paper. Combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Place in bottom of prepared pan and press down to form a crust.
2. Cream 1/2 cup softened butter, add in sugars and cream again till fluffy. Add in egg and vanilla. Mix again. Combine Flour, baking soda and salt, then add to butter mixture. Once all combined, fold in chocolate chips and marshmallows. Spoon Cookie dough on top of cookie crust as evenly as possible. Don't worry about spreading perfectly. Dough will spread as it cooks to fill in any gaps. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes.
3. While bars are cooking, break candy bar into sections and place in freezer. 8-10 minutes before bar is done cooking, sprinkle remaining marshmallows on top, just to decorate. Return to baking for remaining time. Remove pan from oven and carefully place broken candy bar pieces on top. Let cool completely before cutting.

 

 Gather the ingredients to make

sure you have everything you need

 

Mix it all up

 

 Put it in a 8x8 baking dish

 

                                 Bake for 10 minutes then sprinkle some

                        marshmallows on top and bake for 10 more minutes 

                     After it's done baking add the Hershey Bar pieces on top

 

The only hard part about this recipe is waiting for them to cool so you can try them!
UPDATE: These bars baked a lot longer than the 20 min. in my oven. They looked done so Jonathan put the chocolate pieces on top and we waited patiently for them to cool and then when I cut them I realized they were raw! So, I covered the dish with foil so I wouldn't burn the chocolate and baked them and baked them and then baked them some more. Since they were covered in foil I knew they would take longer. SO, PLEASE CHECK FOR DONENESS before you top them with the Hershey bar pieces!! I kept sticking a knife in them and then finally I took them out of the oven and left them covered in foil over night. This morning when I checked them they seemed to be done and they were tasty. They are VERY rich so I would cut them into 16 pieces like the recipe calls for.

 

Chicken Crescent Rolls

Chicken Crescent Rolls

 2 cans of low fat refrigerator crescents ( I only used 1 can~Renee)

 1 can of healthy low sodium cream of chicken soup(26oz)

 1 cup fat free cheddar cheese

 2 boneless skinless chicken breast

 I boil my chicken breast then shred, roll out each individual crescent, place about a Tbsp of shredded chicken in center and roll it up.

 Bake on 350 for about 5 minutes until just starting to turn golden. Pour Cream of chicken over the top bake an additional 10 min top with cheddar cheese and bake for 10 more minutes.

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This is how I made the recipe. I took 2 smallish (yes, it's a word!) sized chicken breasts and boiled them in a pan on the stove with water and some salt. When they were done they looked so plain that I shredded the meat with 2 forks and then sprinkled some seasoning I had left from one of those  Italian seasoning packets you can get at the store to make salad dressing to add some flavor but you don't have to. You can add whatever seasoning you like. I followed the recipe and rolled these up and put them in the Pam sprayed baking dish with about a Tablespoons worth of shredded chicken in them. You could certainly use chicken from one of those Rotisserie Chickens from the deli at the grocery store to make this recipe even easier to make!

 

I only used one can of regular crescent rolls.

Next time I will use the can that says:"Bigger crescent rolls".

I baked them for about 5 min. then added one can of cream of chicken soup. (not diluted) These baked for about 15 min or so until

the crescent rolls looked almost done.

Then I sprinkled the one cup of Cheddar Shredded cheese on top and baked for about 10 more min. The crescent rolls will look nice and golden brown and not white and doughy. Then you know they are done.

 

 

These were very good. I will definitely make them again. We were very hungry so this was just enough for the 3 of us for one meal.