This baked sourdough fried chicken recipe is another simple recipe to make from scratch. These crispy, juicy oven-fried chicken pieces have a delicious butter-garlic bread crust using sourdough starter batter. This is another nourishing, quick homemade chicken recipe to add to the list of your most loved dinner recipes.
Turn leftover sourdough starter into a sourdough discard batter for chicken. This recipe is great for a potluck, picnic, or lunchbox.
Use whole thawed chicken pieces seasoned in simple salt, pepper, garlic, and onion powder seasoning, ready to go in the fridge. Then, make a quick sourdough batter while the oven is heating up. Pop the sourdough chicken into the oven to fry. While the chicken is frying in the oven, make a quick fresh salad or oven-fry some vegetables alongside the chicken. After about 45 minutes, it is ready to serve.
Serve it with simple vegetable-loaded soups. Or get inspired by these soup recipes:
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Ingredients
- Chicken. Use a whole chicken cut into 8 pieces, removing skin and fat.
- Sourdough starter. You may use an active sourdough starter or any discard that you are not using!
- Egg. It helps to bind the sourdough to the chicken.
- Butter. Adds flavour to the dish.
- Garlic and onion powder. Usual flavour enhancers.
- Baking soda. It helps to make the sourdough fluffy.
- Salt & black paper to taste.
Note: This is an overview of ingredients used to make this recipe. A full this and quantities can be found on the recipe card at the end of this post or by clicking the 'Jump to Recipe' button at the top.
Instructions for making Sourdough Oven Fried Chicken.
Step 1. Season the chicken. In a large bowl, pat dry the chicken pieces and then season them with onion and garlic powder, and salt and black pepper to taste. Then, refrigerate the seasoned chicken pieces for at least 30 minutes for the chicken to build flavour.
Preheat the oven to 400 °F/200 C, when ready to oven-fry the chicken.
Step 2. Prepare the batter. Prepare the sourdough starter batter in a bowl by mixing the sourdough starter with egg, butter, and baking soda. Season the batter with salt and pepper as needed.
Step 3. Coat the chicken. Next, take each chicken piece one by one and incorporate them well inside the batter.
Lay them on a greased sheet pan, and leave enough room between them so they crisp up better.
Step 3. Bake in the oven uncovered for 45 minutes or until crispy and golden brown on both sides. ENJOY!
Tips
- Ideally, remove the chicken skin and fat.
- Bone-in oven-fried chicken pieces turn out tasty and juicy and will take longer to fry. Please adjust the cooking time.
- Season the chicken pieces with dry ingredients and let them sit in the fridge for up to 2 days. Then, oven-fry them as needed.
- Add your favourite herbs. Cilantro, chives, parsley, oregano, basil, mint, dill, or rosemary are fabulous.
- Customise the sourdough chicken flavour with your favourite spices such as cumin, ginger, pepper, or turmeric.
- Make sure not to overbake sourdough chicken so that it does not get dry.
- Serve sourdough chicken with a bowl of vegetable soup or a simple sauce/dip made with chopped herbs, lemon juice butter.
- Add finely chopped nuts or seeds to the sourdough starter batter.
- If you prefer a thick sourdough starter crust (bread crust) on your chicken, coat the chicken pieces with more sourdough starter batter.
- Oven-fried chicken in cast iron cookware results in a better golden-brown crust on both sides of the chicken pieces.
- For extra crispiness, broil/grill the sourdough chicken for a minute at the end.
Substitutes
- Substitute chicken. Fish fillet or bone-in beef cuts are great alternatives.
- Or oven-fry vegetables such as potatoes, onion, cauliflower, carrots, asparagus, winter squash, and summer squash. Or oven-fry fruits such as apples, peaches, plums, bananas, mango, and pineapple and serve them as a vegan side dish.
- Replace the sourdough starter. Bread crumbs, flour, or rolled oats are other options. Or make it keto-friendly and use coconut flour, almond flour, or other nuts flour.
- Substitute onion and garlic powder. Leeks, chives, garlic, or shallots are possible substitutes. Make sure to chop them finely.
- Omit egg. You can omit eggs if you like.
- Substitute butter. Use ghee, avocado oil, olive oil, or coconut oil instead.
Equipment
15.5 x 10.5-inch cast iron sheet pan or similar.
Storage and reheat
Cooked Sourdough starter fried chicken can be stored in an airtight container or ziplock in the fridge for up to 3 days. It can be heated slowly in the oven or microwaved, and it can be frozen for up to 3 months.
What to Serve with Sourdough Starter Fried Chicken
- Serve with veggies. Serve oven-fried sourdough starter fried chicken with oven-fried potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, pineapples, asparagus, or zucchini.
- Or fresh salad. Fresh spring mix salad is another option.
- Sauce/ Dip. Serve it with a simple sauce of chopped herbs+, lemon or lime juice+ butter.
- Soups. Serve it with a simple healthy vegetables-loaded soup you love. Or get inspired by my soup recipes: Best gluten free potato soup, Vegetarian broccoli cheddar soup
How to Cook Perfect Sourdough Fried Chicken
- The key to crispy, juicy sourdough starter fried chicken is the preheated oven at 400 °F/200C and the ingredients you use.
- The bone-in chicken, well-dried chicken, rested chicken in salt for a couple of hours, bready crust, and baking duration are other important factors.
- Adding egg and baking soda to the sourdough batter makes the chicken extra crispy and juicy.
- Chicken with the skin results in a crispier texture, but I remove the fat and skin unless it is an organic chicken.
I hope you get to try this amazing baked sourdough discard fried chicken for yourself. It only takes one bite to realize how simply delicious it is.
FAQ
Make sure to pat dry the chicken to start with. Also, the addition of egg to the sourdough batter mixture helps it to stick to the chicken better.
Pairing
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Recipe
Best baked sourdough fried chicken
Ingredients
- 3 lb of chicken whole chicken cut into 8 pieces, skin and fat removed
- 1 cup of sourdough starter. You may use sourdough discard too.
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- 1 tablespoon of garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons of onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Season chicken. In a large bowl, pat dry the chicken pieces and then season them with onion and garlic powder, and salt and black pepper to taste.3 lb of chicken, 1 tablespoon of garlic powder, 2 tablespoons of onion powder
- Let the chicken rest. Then, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the seasoned chicken pieces for at least 30 minutes for the chicken to build flavor.
- Heat up the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 °F/200c when ready to oven-fry the chicken.
- Prepare the batter. Prepare the sourdough starter batter in a bowl by mixing the sourdough starter with egg, butter, and baking soda. Season the batter with salt and pepper as needed.1 cup of sourdough starter. You may use sourdough discard too., 1 egg, 3 tablespoons of butter, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, Salt & pepper to taste
- Bread the chicken. Next, take each chicken piece one by one and incorporate them well inside the batter. Lay them on a greased sheet pan. Leave enough room between the, so they crisp up better.
- Bake in the oven uncovered for 45 minutes or until crispy and golden brown on both sides.
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Notes
- Ideally, remove the chicken skin and fat.
- Bone-in oven-fried chicken pieces turn out tasty juicy, and will take longer to fry. Please adjust the cooking time.
- Season the chicken pieces with dry ingredients and let them sit in the fridge for up to 2 days. Then, oven-fry them as needed.
- Add your favourite herbs. Cilantro, chives, parsley, oregano, basil, mint, dill, or rosemary are fabulous.
- Customise the sourdough chicken flavour with your favourite spices such as cumin, ginger, pepper, or turmeric.
- Make sure not to overbake sourdough chicken so that it does not get dry.
- Serve sourdough chicken with a bowl of vegetable soup or a simple sauce/dip made with chopped herbs, lemon juice, and butter.
- Add finely chopped nuts or seeds to the sourdough starter batter.
- If you prefer a thick sourdough starter crust (bread crust) on your chicken, coat the chicken pieces with more sourdough starter batter.
- Oven-fried chicken in cast iron cookware results in a better golden-brown crust on both sides of the chicken pieces.
- For extra crispiness, broil/grill the sourdough chicken for a minute at the end.
- Substitutes
- Substitute chicken. Fish fillet or bone-in beef cuts are great examples.
- Or oven-fry vegetables such as potatoes, onion, cauliflower, carrots, asparagus, winter squash, and summer squash. Or serve oven-fried fruits such as apples, peaches, plums, bananas, mangoes, and pineapple as a vegan side dish.
- Replace the sourdough starter. Bread crumbs, flour, or rolled oats are other options. Or make it keto-friendly and use coconut flour, almond flour, or other nuts flour.
- Substitute onion and garlic powder. Leeks, chives, garlic, or shallot are the possible substitutes. Make sure to chop them finely.
- Omit egg. You can omit eggs if you like.
- Substitute butter. Use ghee, avocado oil, olive oil, or coconut oil instead.
Nutrition
Note: The provided nutrition information is an estimate for the entire recipe, the calorie accuracy nutritional facts, unit and portion conversion are calculated by a third party app. and are not guaranteed.
Leila
First time making it. It turned out delicious! Great recipe!
Deliciousnutritiousfood
Thank you!
Leila
It turned out delicious!
Liam
I made this recipe for a party with chicken drumsticks. It was a win
Mary
Thanks for recipe, great blog
Sam
Good
Bob
Creative way to use sourdough, thank you!
Lily
Chicken plus sourdough? Why not!! amazing buttery bread crust, going to make it today too!
Dani
Healthy version and taste amazing
Sami
Best oven-fired chicken recipe.