Honey-Brined Fried Chicken Breasts

Name: Honey-Brined Fried Chicken Breasts
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black pepper; 59 milliliters buttermilk; 4 servings cayenne pepper to taste; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons garlic salt; 59 milliliters honey; 59 milliliters kosher salt; 1 teaspoons onion salt; 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves; 4 servings vegetable oil for frying; 710 milliliters cold water

Honey-Brined Fried Chicken Breasts might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One serving contains 336 calories, 28g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. A mixture of pepper, chicken breast halves, onion salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

Mix cold water, kosher salt, and honey in a large bowl; stir until salt dissolves.

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Add chicken breasts, and weigh them down with a plate to keep them completely submerged. Cover entire bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

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Wrap

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Remove bowl from refrigerator; drain and dry chicken.

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Whole Chicken

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Pour buttermilk over chicken in a large bowl. Set aside at room temperature for 15 minutes.

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Buttermilk

Whole Chicken

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Combine flour, black pepper, garlic salt, onion salt, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl.

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Cayenne Pepper

Black Pepper

Onion Salt

All Purpose Flour

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Coat each chicken breast in flour mixture until well covered on all sides; place flour-coated chicken breasts on a cooling rack to dry for 15 minutes.

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Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cook chicken breasts until browned and no longer pink in the center, about 10 to 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

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Vegetable Oil

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Transfer chicken to a cooling rack; allow to cool for 5 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Servings:

1teaspoon

black pepper 59milliliters

buttermilk 4servings

cayenne pepper to taste 237milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoons

garlic salt 59milliliters

honey 59milliliters

kosher salt 1teaspoons

onion salt 4

boneless skinless chicken breast halves 4servings

vegetable oil for frying 710milliliters

cold water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. 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. The Steppe Cellars Dry Riesling with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 18 dollars per bottle.