Oven-Baked Chicken Leg Quarters

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A tasty oven baked chicken leg quarters recipe featuring bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and parsley.

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Serves: 6

Ingredients

 * 6 chicken leg quarters, skinned and trimmed of fat
 * Skim or low-fat milk
 * 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
 * 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
 * 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes, crumbled
 * 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
 * Vegetable oil spray

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Place chicken pieces in shallow bowl or pan; cover with milk. Let soak for 15 minutes or longer in refrigerator.

3. In a shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, cheese, parsley flakes, and pepper.

4. Dip soaked chicken pieces, one leg at a time, in breading mixture, coating on all sides.

5. Set the coated pieces on a greased baking pan, preferably non-stick. Lightly spray chicken with vegetable oil spray.

6. Place baking pan in oven for 45 minutes.

Contributed by

 * Chicken, Leg Quarters, Frozen by the US Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe