My Oven "fried" Chicken And Biscuits

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 chicken pieces, preferably bone-in skin on breasts
• 1 1/2 cups biscuit mix
• 1/3 cup solid shortening
• 1/3 cup butter, not margarine
• milk
• salt
• pepper
• poultry seasoning

Recipe

• 1 important note: the timing for this recipe is based on using good sized chicken breasts with skin on and bone in; if using other parts, please adjust the timing.
• 2 put the 1/3 cup of shortening and 1/3 cup butter in 9x13-inch baking pan lined with foil. i use solid crisco.
• 3 put baking pan into cold oven and heat oven to 400°f.
• 4 meanwhile, put biscuit mix and seasonings in large plastic bag.
• 5 put one piece of chicken in bag and shake to coat.
• 6 do this for all pieces.
• 7 when 400°f is reached, remove the pan from the oven.
• 8 place chicken pieces "skin" side down in hot pan.
• 9 bake for approx 35 minutes.
• 10 meanwhile, using the bisquick left in the bag, add enough bisquick and milk to make a recipe of biscuits per directions on box.
• 11 you can make drop or rolled biscuits.
• 12 when the time is up on the chicken, remove the pan from the oven, turn the pieces over and crowd them over to one short side of pan.
• 13 on other side, place or drop biscuits close together in all those gorgeous juices.
• 14 put back into oven and bake for 15 or more minutes, until biscuits are done.
• 15 there is no need to butter these biscuits, they have soaked up all the juices etc from the baking pan!
• 16 enjoy!