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Fried chicken

Time for brine: 24h

Cooking time : 45minutes

Ingredients:

Brine:

  • 1L milk
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • 4-5 garlic cloves crushed with a garlic press
  • salt
  • pepper

Breading:

  • flour
  • 3-4 eggs
  • mustard
  • honey

  • spices (paprika, salt, pepper, coriander, cumin, oregano)

  • oil, neutral (canola, sunflower, etc.), for deep-frying

  • 5 chicken legs, separated in half, drumsticks and boneless thighs

Preparation:

Set the chicken drumsticks and thighs in a container, cover with the brine and refrigerate for 24h at least.

Take the chicken out of the brine and wipe with a cloth. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes, if the chicken is too cold when puting it in the hot oil it will not cook evenly. Prepare the breading recipients, what you should have is 3 containers:

  • one with flour and spices mix
  • one with beaten eggs, mustard and honey
  • one with flour wnad spices mix

In the breading process you’ll have to pass the chicken through each of the containers, covering well, this is what will make a great crust on your fried chicken. I use ziploc bags for the flour mixes in the breading process(put the chicken piece inside and shake well to cover all over with the flour mix) and a deep dish for the egg mix, you should do what you feel is easier for you.

Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed cast-iron skillet or a Le Creuset casserole, it will maintain the oil at the temperature you want.

When the oil has reached 350°F (check with a thermometer), start frying your chicken pieces. Constantly check the temperature of the oil, it should be of 350°F in order to cook well. Check also the chicken pieces internal temperature, when it reaches 165°F, the chicken is done(takes about 15-18 minutes).

Set the fried chicken to cool on a wire rack and enjoy. Fried chicken

My test:

This is the first time I tested the full fried chicken recipe, with the brine and everything and it was a success. Of course I used milk and lemon for the brine because you can’t really find buttermilk in stores in France, so it’s a good replacement. You can play with your spices, your egg mix. I really enjoyed this fried chicken recipe, I highly recommend it.

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