Fried Chicken

Name: Fried Chicken
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 480 milliliters buttermilk; 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 2 whole free-range, organic chickens; 750 grams all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps garlic powder; 4 Tbsps ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp onion powder; 5 Tbsps salt; 16 servings Vegetable oil, for frying the chicken

Fried Chicken is a Southern main course. One serving contains 427 calories, 23g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes. A mixture of onion powder, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious.

Instructions

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Cut the whole chickens into 4 breasts, 4 thighs, 4 legs and 4 wings and set aside.

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Chicken

Chicken Wings

Preheat your oil, in either a heavy pan on the stove or a deep-fryer, to 325 degrees F.

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Frying Pan

In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper until thoroughly mixed. Set aside.

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Cayenne Pepper

Garlic Powder

Black Pepper

Onion Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Pour the buttermilk into another bowl large enough for the chicken to be immersed in the buttermilk.

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Buttermilk

Chicken

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Prepare your dredging station.

Place your chicken in a bowl. Next to that, your bowl of buttermilk, and next to that, your dry mixture.

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Chicken

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Bowl

Take your breasts, lightly dust them with your flour mixture, then dip them in the buttermilk until they are coated, and then place them in the flour mixture.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Dip

Take the breasts that are in the flour mixture and aggressively push the flour mixture into the wet chicken. Make sure that the chicken in very thoroughly coated, or you will not achieve the crust and crunch you are looking for. Gently place the breasts in your hot oil.

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Chicken

Crust

All Purpose Flour

Cooking Oil

Next, repeat the dredging steps with your other pieces of chicken in this order: thigh, leg then wing.

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Chicken

When you place the last wing into the fryer, you should have 16 pieces of chicken in the oil. Set a timer for 15 minutes.

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After 15 minutes, take a probe thermometer and check the temperature of a breast. If it reads 180 degrees F, all of your chicken is done. (Keep in mind that it will continue to cook after it has been removed from the fryer.)

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