Sweet Tea-Brined Fried Chicken

Name: Sweet Tea-Brined Fried Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 2 kilograms cut-up whole chicken; 237 milliliters self-rising white cornmeal mix; 4 garlic cloves, halved; 1 teaspoon ground red pepper; 473 milliliters ice cubes; 59 milliliters kosher salt; 1 lemon, thinly sliced; 1 Tbsp cracked black pepper; 473 milliliters self-rising flour; 1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons table salt; 2 family-size tea bags; 8 servings Vegetable oil

The recipe Sweet Tea-Brined Fried Chicken is ready in roughly 45 minutes and is definitely a super dairy free option for lovers of Southern food. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 812 calories, 43g of protein, and 45g of fat. It works well as a main course. Head to the store and pick up self-rising flour, cracked pepper, onion, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a 3-qt. heavy saucepan; add tea bags.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; cover and steep 10 minutes.

Discard tea bags. Stir in brown sugar and next 5 ingredients, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cool completely (about 45 minutes); stir in ice. (

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Brown Sugar

Tea Bag

Sugar

Ice

Mixture should be cold before adding to chicken.)

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Whole Chicken

Cut chicken breasts in half crosswise.

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Chicken Breast

Place tea mixture and all chicken pieces in a large zip-top plastic freezer bag; seal.

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Chicken Pieces

Tea

Place bag in a shallow baking dish, and chill 24 hours.

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Baking Pan

Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Drain chicken well.

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Whole Chicken

Whisk together flour and next 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Spoon 1 cup flour mixture into a brown paper bag or large zip-top plastic freezer bag.

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

Place one piece of chicken in bag; seal and shake to coat.

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Whole Chicken

Shake

Remove chicken, and transfer to a wire rack. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken, adding more flour mixture to bag as needed.

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Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

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Wire Rack

Let chicken stand 30 minutes to form a crust.

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Whole Chicken

Crust

Pour oil to depth of 1 1/2 inches into a cast-iron Dutch oven; heat over medium heat to 32

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Cooking Oil

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Fry chicken, in batches, 15 to 22 minutes or until browned and done, turning occasionally.

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Whole Chicken

Drain on a wire rack over paper towels.

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Wire Rack

Note: If using a 12-inch-wide (2 1/4-inch-deep) cast-iron skillet, pour oil to depth of 1 inch.

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Servings:

2Tbsps

freshly ground black pepper 118milliliters

firmly packed light brown sugar 2kilograms

cut-up whole chicken 237milliliters

self-rising white cornmeal mix 4

garlic cloves, halved 1teaspoon

ground red pepper 473milliliters

ice cubes 59milliliters

kosher salt 1

lemon, thinly sliced 1Tbsp

cracked black pepper 473milliliters

self-rising flour 1small

sweet onion, thinly sliced 2teaspoons

table salt 2

family-size tea bags 8servings

Vegetable oil

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 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.