Lemon-Ginger Fried Chicken

Name: Lemon-Ginger Fried Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 bone-in chicken thighs, skinned; 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 2 bone-in chicken breast halves, skinned; 2 chicken drumsticks, skinned; 59 milliliters fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth; 237 milliliters 4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about; 2 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger; 2 teaspoons minced garlic; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground red pepper; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 lemon, thinly sliced; 237 milliliters fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons); 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 1 teaspoon paprika; 59 milliliters peanut oil

The recipe Lemon-Ginger Fried Chicken could satisfy your Southern craving in roughly 45 minutes. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 569 calories, 35g of protein, and 31g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a rather cheap main course. A mixture of chicken breast halves, ground pepper, chicken drumsticks, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the ground ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert.

Instructions

Place rind, juice, and next 5 ingredients (through drumsticks) in a large zip-top plastic bag; seal and shake to coat. Marinate in refrigerator 1 hour, turning bag occasionally.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Juice

Shake

Beef

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Ziploc Bags

Sift together flour and next 3 ingredients (through red pepper).

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Red Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Place flour mixture in a large zip-top plastic bag.

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All Purpose Flour

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Ziploc Bags

Remove chicken from marinade bag, reserving marinade.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Sprinkle salt and black pepper evenly over chicken.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Add chicken, one piece at a time, to flour mixture; seal bag and shake to coat chicken.

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Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Remove chicken from bag, shaking off excess flour mixture. Reserve remaining flour mixture.

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Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Place chicken on a wire rack; place rack in a jelly-roll pan. Cover and refrigerate 1 1/2 hours.

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Whole Chicken

Jelly

Roll

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Frying Pan

Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 35

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Return chicken, one piece at a time, to flour mixture; seal bag and shake to coat chicken.

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Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Remove chicken from bag, shaking off excess flour mixture. Discard remaining flour mixture.

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Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add chicken to pan; cook 3 minutes or until golden, turning once. Arrange chicken in single layer in a shallow roasting pan.

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Whole Chicken

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Combine broth and reserved marinade in a small bowl; carefully pour broth mixture into pan.

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Marinade

Broth

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle chicken evenly with sugar, and top with lemon slices.

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Whole Chicken

Lemon

Sugar

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until golden and a thermometer registers 165.

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Servings:

1teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 2

bone-in chicken thighs, skinned 2Tbsps

brown sugar 2

bone-in chicken breast halves, skinned 2

chicken drumsticks, skinned 59milliliters

fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 237milliliters

4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2teaspoons

minced peeled fresh ginger 2teaspoons

minced garlic 2teaspoons

ground ginger 1teaspoons

ground red pepper 1teaspoon

kosher salt 1

lemon, thinly sliced 237milliliters

fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons)1teaspoon

grated lemon rind 1teaspoon

paprika 59milliliters

peanut oil

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. You could try Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.