Tonight, MikeDub said to me "I love parmesan crusted chicken. I wish we could do the same with bleu cheese," at which point a culinary experiment began... The result was a fantastic, yet simple baked chicken dish. Enjoy!
Bleu Cheese Encrusted Baked Chicken
The Crust
1 c. flour
Bleu cheese crumbles (just less than 1/4 cup)
Chopped almond slivers
Salt and Pepper
Encrusting
• Remove most of the skin from about eight chicken drumsticks using a kitchen knife. Although the skin is "nature's oven bag" for keeping the moisture in baked chicken, this dish doesn't need it at all.
• Beat two eggs
• Dip the chicken in the egg, and then quickly into the Crust mixture
• Coat with egg and Crust again, if desired.
• Bake on a lightly greased pan at 375 ºF for 30 minutes
• Flip the chicken. You may need to free the drumsticks from the bottom of the pan using a spatula, so that the Crust doesn't peel clean off!
• Bake about 20–30 minutes more (cooked chicken internal temperature=165 ºF)
• Serve and enjoy!
