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Fried Chicken

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By: Cindy Lam Lorimer
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 23 minutes
Servings: 5

Ingredients 

Rub mix:

  • 6 chicken breasts, bone in, cut in half (optional to remove skin if you prefer no skin)
  • 2 Tbsp garlic powder
  • 2 Tbsp kosher salt
  • 2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 Tbsp paprika
  • 2 Tbsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 Tbsp onion powder

Brine:

  • 1 quart buttermilk
  • 2 Tbsp vodka
  • 2 Tbsp yellow mustard

Dredge:

  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 2 ½ cups cornstarch
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 2 Tbsp kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp paprika
  • 1 Tbsp cayenne pepper
  • ½ Tbsp celery seeds
  • 1 Tbsp dried thyme

Ingredient:

  • cooking oil, to deep fry

Instructions

  • Pat chicken dry with paper towel.
  • Trim off any loose fat and cut and remove the rib part of the chicken breast, the piece that doesn’t have really any meat on it. Cut chicken breast in half.
  • Mix rub ingredients together. Rub it all over the chicken and place on rack on baking pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix all brine ingredients together. Add rubbed chicken to the brine along with any remaining rub mix. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
  • In a large shallow dish, whisk together the dredge mix and set aside.
  • Prepare a baking pan with a cooling rack to place the dredged chicken on top.
  • Remove brined chicken from fridge and place on rack on baking pan.
  • Pull out one chicken piece at a time and let the brine mix fall off the chicken as much as possible. Then dredge the chicken, one at a time. Make sure the chicken is fully coated with the dredge mix and that there is no wet area on the chicken.
  • Place dredged chicken on pan rack.
  • Once all chicken pieces are dredged, place them in the fridge for 30 minutes to let it sit and set.
  • Fill a deep fryer or pot with cooking oil, no more than halfway. Heat oil to 300 degrees and fry chicken for 20 minutes, occasionally turning the chicken, until light golden brown. Try not to overcrowd them, that way your crisp will be extra crispy. If doing more than one batch, then make sure to bring the oil temperature back to 300 degrees before repeating the process.
  • Place fried chicken on a baking pan with rack and let it cool for 10 minutes.
  • Then refry them, but this time you will need to bring the oil temperature to 375 degrees and then fry them for 3 minutes. You can test to make sure the chicken is fully cooked by putting a thermometer into the chicken. If it reaches 165 degrees for chicken breasts, then it’s cooked.

Notes

When working in batches to fry the chicken, keep the dredge in the fridge until you are ready to fry. That way the dredge is not “melting” off the chicken.

Nutrition

Serving: 1portion | Calories: 886kcal | Carbohydrates: 110g | Protein: 70g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 194mg | Sodium: 6431mg | Potassium: 1575mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 3757IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 448mg | Iron: 6mg

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