7 October, 2020
Home fried chicken
I rarely purchased bone-in chicken pieces and usually just cook with boneless chicken breast. Only time I would buy bone in chicken would be for a BBQ. During the Corona Virus scare, with limited options in the store my mother brought me chicken quarters. This recipe is so very tasty and easy to make. It takes some time for it to cook and make sure you focus on the oil temp while cooking.
Ingredients
Chicken pieces, thawed. If you buy it quartered you cut the pieces to separate. Trim the fat off, leave skin on.
Dry
2 cups flour
2 tblsp garlic powder
1 tblsp baking powder
1 tblsp onion powder
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Extra spices as you see fit. Smell the dry mix and add pieces as you like. I added dill today.
Wet
1 cup milk
2 tblsp franks hot sauce
3 eggs
Directions
3 or 4 inches of cooking oil in a pot, heated to 350. Do your best to maintain 350 temp. I used vegetable oil today and it worked great.
i use a digital cooking thermometer to constantly check the oil temp. As you drop in new chicken you raise and then lower as it cooks slowly.
Mix all dry ingredients in one bowl and all wet ingredients in another bowl.
Dredge your chicken in the wet, you can soak it if you like. Then dredge in the dry coating well.
Quick tap to knock off any shake and carefully place in oil, dropping away from your hand.
For dark meat pieces it can take 14 minutes, for white meat it might take 10 minutes. Also varies based on piece size. Today’s pieces were large and took a good 16 minutes for the thighs to cook.
Flip so the browning is done evenly.
After time use the digital thermometer and verify the temp next to the bone where chicken is the thickest is at least 165.
Remove with draining took and place on wire rack over pan to drain any oil shake.
Note: the pieces often take a long time and you can only do a few at once so start that early vs side plates. Also have a plate cover plan while you finish. After a few minutes on the draining rack and pan you move to the plate with cover to maintain heat.
Many recipes call for some seasoning and buttermilk instead of eggs and regular milk. If you use buttermilk then skip the eggs from the recipe.