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amish oven fried chicken & gravy

~Amish Oven Fried Chicken~

This is an easy, amazingly delicious, recipe for Amish oven fried chicken. It’s full of flavor, crispy, and the drippings make the best gravy on the planet. It’s wonderful hot or cold. We love this served with fresh tomato salad, macaroni salad, buttery country biscuits, and peach pie for dessert! Now you have a delicious picnic menu you can refer to whenever you like.

for the chicken:

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup butter

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons black pepper

2 teaspoons paprika

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon dried marjoram

8-9 pieces of chicken, bone-in, skin-on

Place oil and butter in a big jellyroll pan. Put in preheated 375 degree oven. Mix flour and seasonings in a big paper bag or mixing bowl. Remove pan with oil and butter in it as soon as the butter is completely melted. Roll chicken pieces in the butter mixture and then dredge in the flour mixture. Once all of the chicken pieces are coated, place them skin-down on the jellyroll pan. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 45-50 minutes. Turn chicken pieces over and bake for another 10 minutes, or until chicken is browned well, crispy and bubbly. Use pan drippings to make gravy for mashed potatoes, fries or biscuits. Serve chicken hot or cold. Perfect for a picnic!

Enjoy!

~Melissa

 

 

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  1. Sure beats Shake & Bake…Thank you as well as not everyone grills outside and I think all magazines and websites thinks everyone does.

        1. Basil, thyme, oregano and savory are all good substitutes for marjoram, according to Food.com. Marjoram is an herb of the mint family that has oval, 1-inch-long green leaves. The herb has a mild, sweet, oregano-like flavor.

    1. Let me know what you think after you try them. I love the combination of flavors. Enjoy! 🙂 oh, and thanks so much for sharing my recipes on your page!

    1. It’s a great chicken recipe to make up and bring along on your picnic cold the next day 🙂 And that SALAD! oh my…enjoy.

  2. Thank you so much…I grew up in the South where fried chicken was almost a religion…but I’m here to say that I had fried chicken in Lancaster that made me wanna slap my mama (jk)…if this comes out as good…holy moly! This and some fried green tomatoes….

    1. Hi Mama J! Thanks for visiting! So happy you like the recipe! 🙂 mmmmm…. fried green tomatoes always sound good to me. XO

  3. I made both the chicken & the salad for dinner tonight. We haven’t eaten yet but it sure looks amazing & yummy!!!

  4. I love Cooking from quilt country. I think I’ve made almost every recipe in the book. Love Amish fried Chicken.

    1. I think you’ll really like this recipe, Guin 🙂 SO easy and SO delicious…everyone always asks me for the recipe! XO Thanks for visiting! enjoy.

  5. Geezee peeeezeee, Meeeweesah! This is fabulous! Love love fried chicken, and I’m gonna be making! Thank you for sharing all of your fabulousness!! xo

    1. Hello there my honey bunny, Alweeeee! 🙂 So pleased you like the recipe! this is a favorite “picnic basket” lunch in our house! I make a bunch in the summer! Thank you for stopping by! Enjoy, XOXOXO ~Melissa

  6. We are having these two dishes for supper, along with the browned butter mashed potatoes, and making some corn bread to go along with it. Heading out to get the chicken, tom’s and cheese in just a few. My mouth is watering already!

    1. ooooohhhh! sounds like an awesome menu. 🙂 thanks for letting me know! makes me so happy to hear people are enjoying my recipes! xoxo ~Melissa

  7. I didn’t do so good with this recipe because I OVER-DREDGED the chicken. The flavor was awesome. It would have been superb if I didn’t screw it up in the dredging and I over-cooked the chicken as well. So I will DEFINITELY TRY THIS AGAIN! I can’t wait. I bet if I had done it right this time, it woulda had my hubs begging me to make it again tonight!

    1. Well, darn. I’m sorry it didn’t work the first time. this is one of those recipes that’s definitely worth a second try 😉 XO

  8. I also made this particular Tomato Salad recipe and I did it by the letter and it came out soooo tasty! Never made one before. This is now going to be a regular! Loved it and so did the fam!

    1. Ooohhh! I’ll be over for the picnic, Bonnie 🙂 what shall I bring? hee hee… thanks for visiting, and enjoy that menu! It’s my favorite way to prepare fried chicken…and that salad is the perfect accompaniment. xo

  9. Melissa, where do I buy the spice, herbs de la Provence? I can’t wait to make this and also the chicken.. I’ve always been proud of my southern fried chicken but this looks much easier. Thanks for these recipes, actually I think Lena sent them to me. Bye for now. Hope all is well with you.

    1. Hi Dawn! Well… on the plate with the chicken… is just more chicken 🙂 Now that I look at it again it does look like it could be a bread item, or something else fried. LOL… sorry for the confusion. xoxo

  10. Will be making this tomorrow. I’m not the best at frying chicken so this will be a great take on fried chicken.

    1. I think you’re going to love this, Guin. It’s every bit as good as the stuff you’d fry in a skillet, but so much easier! Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by 🙂

    1. Hi Kellie 🙂 I just use the pan drippings and add whole milk or half & half. I bring it to a gentle boil and add a little cornstarch… whisk until thickened. Salt and pepper to taste 🙂 You could thicken it with a browned roux if you like. See the below instructions on how to make one. Enjoy! ~M

      How to make a roux:
      In a small saucepan, combine 2 Tablespoons butter and 2 Tablespoons flour. Using a wire whisk, over low heat, slowly heat the roux while stirring constantly. It’s done when it turns golden brown and smells nutty. Vigorously stir your browned roux into the boiling gravy until thickened. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

  11. Just tried this chicken recipe tonight. After trying many many oven-baked/oven-fried drumstick recipes, this is my absolute favorite!

  12. I have used recipes I have found online for many different types of food and/or meals but I rarely leave a comment. I had to tell you, “Thank You!!” I followed the recipe EXACTLY as written and I have already deleted any other ‘oven friend chicken recipe I had bookmarked. This was simply amazing and everyone raved about it. I made some ‘box’ stuffing with this and had some left over oil/butter in the pan from the chicken and put some of that in with the stuffing instead of some of the water and butter it called for. Incredible! Marjoram adds such a great aroma and flavor to the breading, I’ll never use another fried chicken recipe again. Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! 😉