Braised-Baked Chicken

I made this chicken the other night, and it was really good!  I just sort of made up the recipe as I went along.  Well, it's not really a recipe recipe, but maybe you'll like it. :)

Ingredients: 

• Chicken pieces, with skin (just choose your favorite pieces!)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Thyme 
• Tumeric
• Garlic powder
• Oil or butter


Directions:

- Coat chicken pieces with salt, pepper, garlic powder, thyme, and tumeric.  Be especially generous with the salt and pepper.  You want just enough of all of them, though, that the chicken pieces are well coated.

- Place chicken pieces in oil or butter and braise until the skin is nice and brown - about one minute on each side.  

- After both sides have been nicely browned, transfer to a pan, cover with foil, and bake for about 45 minutes.  


- Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes, or until done.

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Don't worry about how yellow the chicken looks.  I uncovered it for the last bit of baking, and my first thought was, "Ew, gross!  That looks really nasty.  Great.  Oh well."  But it's the tumeric that makes it that color.  Never fear, though!  

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Enjoy ~ Make sure and leave a comment if you've tried a recipe!