Crispy Chicken again
I made The Pioneer Woman’s Crispy Yogurt Chicken a while ago and it didn’t turn out crispy. Tasty? Yes. Crisy? Not at all. The coating was pretty mushy actually. I was determined to make it work though because I had heard so many good things about this chicken.
I saw this recipe come through my Google Reader and I thought it might be the answer to my hopes about the crispy chicken. Just to be safe, I also used chicken legs with the skin on instead of skinless breasts. And all the hard work paid off. This chicken was perfectly crispy and as tasty as the previous mushy incarnation. I’ll definitely make this again.
Crispy Chicken – adapted from PW and Mrs Sac’s Purple Kitchen
Chicken parts of your choice – I used legs with the skin on
1-2 cups fat free plain yogurt – I used Fat Free Greek yogurt
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
Lots of cilantrojuice of one lemon
2 cups of Rice Krispies or something rice based and puffy – I used Rice Krispies
1 cup bread crumbs – I used panko bread crumbs
Salt & Pepper
Cayenne Pepper – I omitted
Mix the yogurt, garlic, cilantro, and lemon together and toss your chicken with it to get it all coated. Let marinate for several hours (but if you have no time, you can skip the marinating and just move on to breading).
Crush the cereal in a food processor or blender (I just threw them in a plastic bag and crushed with my hands). When you have crumbs, add the bread crumbs and season with salt, pepper & cayenne to taste. If you’re out of cereal or crumbs, you can use all of one or the other, but the combo is nice and I really love the texture of the cereal in the final product so I’d be more inclined to use all cereal.
Roll the chicken in the coating and get a good thick coating on each piece. Place the pieces on a baking sheet lined with foil. ISpray your regular foil with cooking spray. Spray the tops of the chicken lightly with cooking spray or an olive oil mister.
Bake at 350 until cooked through and the coating is browned and crisp, about an hour for bone-in pieces, 30-45 minutes for boneless.
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I am obsessed with your crockpot chicken tacos and am sure this is going to be another favorite crockpot chicken recipe in our house!
P.S. I had a cake craving last night and jumped on your blog to look up cupcake recipes… you have 101 cupcake recipes?!!
beantownbaker — February 24th, 2011 @ 9:03 pm
Yea… about those cupcakes. I went through a phase at the beginning of my blog. And I’ve been blogging 3.5 years, so that’s really only about 30/year…
I think I would LOVE this recipe! Bret loves pulled chicken and I love slow cooker recipes!
Yum, my husband would totally love this!!
Sounds delicious and perfect for leaving in the pot before work and coming home to wonderfully cooked chicken. Can’t wait to try it!
I love this kind of stuff. We had beef dip sandwiches last night. SO GOOD. I bet we’ve love this too!
Sounds delicious, but I’m sure I’d have to just add one of those chiles 🙂
Yay! I love Pulled chicken sandwiches, I’m so glad you shared this recipe.
Nothing bad about pulled chicken. Nothing. Love all the flavors that the chicken was simmering in. Bet this was awesome!
This is the first time I’ve seen someone else use an Eating Well recipe! I like. 🙂 Also, this chicken looks fabulous and easy….nice work.
These look awesome and so easy to make! I love spicy pulled chicken and I love anything that you can just throw in the crockpot. Can’t wait to try them!
My husband and I made this last night for dinner and it was absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Has anyone tried freezing this? I dont eat meat, but I am thinking about making this for my husband but there is no way he could eat a whole pot to himself.
beantownbaker — May 7th, 2012 @ 10:10 am
Like most crockpot meals, this meat freezes just fine. I like to portion it out into individual sized portions prior to freezing so you can just grab one and go.
Hi! I made this last year and it was a huge hit. I want to make it again for a holiday pot luck, but when I looked at the recipe today, it seemed to have the directions listed twice, and no ingredient amounts. I was able to find the recipe at eating Well, but wanted to let you know that there may be something wrong here.
beantownbaker — December 1st, 2013 @ 6:46 pm
Thanks for the update. I am fixing the post now. Glad this recipe was a success for you!
love Pulled chicken sandwiches,