Un-Fried Chicken

No matter how many times you have made a recipe, you can always learn. Last night, I learned not to use boneless chicken with this recipe. I am also threw with Purdue bags of boneless chicken breasts from Costco. They are doing something to them and at their thickest, they are ¼” thick. They go from raw to shoe leather in a heartbeat.
Following is Rosie Daley’s Un-Fried Chicken from In the Kitchen with Rosie. Makes 12 pieces.
Ingredients:
Light vegetable oil cooking spray
6 chicken drumsticks, skin removed, keep in the refrigerator until ready to use
3 whole chicken breasts, halved and skin removed
(I have also done this for parties using 5# mini legs from the chicken wings)
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt or Kiefer
For the Breading:
1C dried Italian bread crumbs
1 C all-purpose flour
1 T Old Bay seasoning
½ t garlic powder
½ t Creole seasoning
1/8 t black pepper
Dash Cayenne pepper
½ t dried thyme
½ t dried basil
½ t dried oregano
Directions:
1. Keep the chicken very cold in the refrigerator until you have the breading ready. When making a whole recipe, I used to add the yogurt to the chicken in a baggie and let them sit together overnight.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
3. Line a baking sheet with non-stick aluminum foil and spray well with the oil.
4. Combine all the breading in another baggie. Remove 2 pieces at a time and put in the coating bag and shake to coat thoroughly. Repeat until all 12 pieces are coated and in case of the breasts, placed on the baking sheet bone side down. Spray the chicken lightly with the vegetable oil.
5. Place the baking sheet on the bottom shelf of the oven and bake for 1 hour, turning the pieces every 20 minutes to allow even browning.
I have never had a failure with this recipe until last night with the skinny boneless chicken breasts. One hour would have turned them into shoe leather. The short time they required to cook, did not allow the crust to brown. Possibly a quick cook under the broiler would have been the way to not overcook the chicken and get the crust desired. But by the time the chicken were turning into shoe leather, it was too late to think of broiling them.  Maybe next time, as I still have more of these breasts to use up, I will try the broiler.
I served these horrible chicken breasts with mashed potatoes and green beans. Jim and Max ate the chicken. Jim gets mad at me when I will not eat bad food. However, if the only other person in this family who likes it is the dog, what does that tell you?