Crunchy Coating for Chicken, Fish, or Pork
Two Cups of Crunchy Coating Mix

  1 cup cornmeal
  1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
  1/2 cup fine cereal flake crumbs
  1 tablespoon garlic powder
  1 tablespoon dry parsley flakes
  1 tablespoon dry savory leaves
  1 tablespoon crumbled dry sage
  1 teaspoon salt
  1/2 teaspoon pepper
 
 Mix together well and store in jar with tight lid.
 
 YIELD: about 2 cups of coating mix
 
 For oven-fried chicken:
 
  2 tbsp butter
  2 tbsp oil
  1 cup coating mix
  2 eggs
  1 tbsp water
  1/4 cup flour
 
 Heat oven to 400F. Put butter and oil in shallow pan (10x15-inch 
jelly-roll pan is ideal) and place in oven until butter melts. meanwhile 
put coating mix in a shallow bowl. Mix the eggs and water and put in 
another shallow bowl. Put flour in a third bowl. Rinse chicken pieces 
and pat dry. Roll each piece in flour, then dip in egg mixture and then 
coat thoroughly with coating mix. Place each piece on baking pan 
then turn so that buttered side is up. Arrange pieces so they do not touch. 
Bake at 400F for 1 hour (turn pieces after half-hour).
 
 YIELD: serves 4 (one whole chicken or an assortment of pieces)
 
 For oven-fried fish:
 
 Use firm white fish and cut into serving size pieces. Proceed as above but
 bake at 450F for about 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
 
 YIELD: serves 4-6 depending on size of fish pieces
 
 For oven-fried pork:
 
 Use thin pork chops. Proceed as for chicken. Bake at 400F for about 
30 minutes.
 
 YIELD: serves 6
 

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