Blue Corn Fried Chicken with Ancho Honey and Buttermilk-Bacon Smashed Potatoes

Name: Blue Corn Fried Chicken with Ancho Honey and Buttermilk-Bacon Smashed Potatoes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps ancho chile powder; 3 Tbsps butter; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 710 milliliters buttermilk; 1 kilograms whole chicken cut up; 118 milliliters cooked bacon, crumbled; 473 milliliters blue cornmeal, seasoned with salt and pepper; 4 larges eggs, mixed with 2 tablespoons of water and seasoned with salt and pepper; 237 milliliters honey; 4 servings Ancho-Honey Sauce; 4 servings Peanut oil; 907 grams red bliss potatoes, skin on and boiled; 4 cloves roasted garlic, smashed to a paste; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour seasoned with salt and pepper

Blue Corn Fried Chicken with Ancho Honey and Buttermilk-Bacon Smashed Potatoes might be If you have bliss potatoes, salt and pepper, ancho-honey sauce, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the buttermilk you could follow this main course with the Buttermilk Pie as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place chicken in a large baking dish, add buttermilk, turn to coat. Cover and place in refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

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Buttermilk

Whole Chicken

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Baking Pan

Heat 1-inch of the peanut oil in a cast iron skillet to 350 degrees F.

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Peanut Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove the chicken from the buttermilk, pat dry and season with salt and pepper. Dip each piece of chicken in the flour and pat off excess. Dip in the eggs then cornmeal. Slowly add the chicken pieces to the hot pan skin-side down in batches. Cover the skillet and reduce the heat to medium high and cook for 7 minutes, remove the cover, turn the chicken over and continue to cook for 6 to 7 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Pieces

Buttermilk

Cornmeal

Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Dip

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Frying Pan

Drain on paper towels and transfer to a platter.

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Paper Towels

Drizzle with the Ancho Honey Sauce.

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Honey

Sauce

Mix all ingredients together until blended.

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and smash, don't puree.

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Bowl

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Servings:

2Tbsps

ancho chile powder 3Tbsps

butter 237milliliters

buttermilk 710milliliters

buttermilk 1kilograms

whole chicken cut up 118milliliters

cooked bacon, crumbled 473milliliters

blue cornmeal, seasoned with salt and pepper 4larges

eggs, mixed with 2 tablespoons of water and seasoned with salt and pepper 237milliliters

honey 4servings

Ancho-Honey Sauce 4servings

Peanut oil 907grams

red bliss potatoes, skin on and boiled 4cloves

roasted garlic, smashed to a paste 4servings

Salt and freshly ground pepper 710milliliters

all-purpose flour seasoned with salt and pepper

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 56 dollars per bottle.