Thaddeus L Olczyk > wrote in
:

> Google "Wendy's Spicy Chicken Recipes"and you will basicly find
> the sasme recipe:
>
> 1) Make mixture of flour, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika,
> cayenne pepper, pepper, salt.
>
> 2) Make a mixture of Franks Red Hot Sauce and water.
>
> 3) Take a chicken breast coat with mixture, dredge through diluted hot
> sauce, coat the chicken with mixture again.
>
> 4) Deep fry breast.
>
> Now I have a basic problem with deep frying the chicken. I would like
> a healthier alternative. So I would like to bake instead of frying the
> chicken.
>
> Two problems:
> 1) The powder does not stick and cook as well.
> 2) The chickien comes out tasting like it was marinaded in vinegar.
>
> Both problems probably come from the same source. The diluted hot
> sauce probably is not dense enough for the powder to stick well. The
> vinegar in the hot sauce leaches into the chicken while baking.
>
> So I would like to make a substitute.
>
> The first thing that I think of is mixing eggs with cayenne powder
> garlic (the principle ingredients of Franks aside from water and
> vinegar ) and using that. I'm single though so I would probably
> wind up throwing away most of the egg ( plus the cholesteral, but
> I'm not too worried about that since I probablyh use so little egg ).
>
> So can someone suggest an alternative?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Thaddeus L. Olczyk, PhD
> Think twice, code once.


How about instead of dredging in the Franks hot sauce, baste the chicken
with it while it cooks?

Andy