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Buttermilk Southern Fried Chicken
photo by Chef shapeweaver
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 907.18-1360.77 g frying chickens, cut up
- 473.18 ml buttermilk
- 236.59 ml all-purpose flour
- 9.85 ml salt (or to taste)
- 4.92 ml black pepper, Freshly ground (or to taste)
- 4.92 ml paprika
- 1.23 ml garlic powder (optional)
- 1.23 ml onion powder (optional)
- 0 to taste vegetable oil (for frying)
directions
- Wash chicken pieces thoroughly and pat dry.
- Place chicken in a long, shallow glass baking dish.
- Pour the buttermilk over the chicken, cover and refrigerate for a least 4 hours, turning once or twice. In a clean plastic or brown paper bag, combine the flour, salt, pepper, paprika, and if desired the garlic and onion powders.
- Drain the chicken and place two or three pieces of chicken in the bag and shake well to coat evenly.
- Repeat until all chicken has been coated with seasoned flour mixture. In a large, heavy skillet, heat about one-half of oil over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking.
- Add chicken (in batches if necessary) and brown on all sides, about three minutes per side. Place browned chicken on a warm platter until all pieces are cooked.
- When all the chicken pieces are browned, crowd them into the skillet, turn heat to medium-low, cover and cook, turning occasionally, until tender, about 35-40 minutes.
- Remove cover, turn heat to medium-high and cook six to eight minutes more or until skin is crispy.
- Serve at once. Serves 4.
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Reviews
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Aha! Someone stole my recipe! I've been using something close (the recipe, not the method) to this for some time now and it is my favorite. A couple of twists on the theme... 1. I use a packet of powdered chicken bouillon in my flour mix for more savory taste....especially if you are using the frozen chicken parts. 2. For one flavor variation of mine, I add about a tsp or less of curry powder to the flour mix...not enough for an East Indian taste, but as a nice spice. 3. Another flavor is to crush just a small amount (a big pinch) of anis (anisette) in a mortar&pestle and add that to the flour. This flavor is very popular here in the Caribbean...in fact I think this is one of the secrets of KFCs recipe. Sounds weird, but try it! 4. And, of course, MORE salt and black pepper! -Bill Vieques, PR
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This is a great fried chicken recipe. I made this last night for dinner and we enjoyed it very much. I was a bit leary about "crowding" the pieces after browning but it turned out great. And it makes fantastic gravy after frying. I will use this again adn again, thank you so much for sharing this with us.
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KC This was AWESOME chicken! If I could have given it more stars I would have. I used poultry seasoning instead of paprika, but followed the recipe otherwise. I used 1/2 tsp. each of the onion and garlic powders. The buttermilk bath (overnight) made the chicken so tender, and so juicy. I was amazed. Because I had to do it in batches, I also put it in the oven at 350* for 1/2 hour. It came out crispy, juciy and full of flavor. I also added a teaspoon of the seasoned flour to the pkg of gravy mix I made and everyone thought I made it from SCRATCH! :) My girlfriend doesnt even like gravy and she polished this off. This is definitely a keeper for us. Thank you so much for sharing.
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