Crispy Fried Chicken Recipe

One of my favorite dishes to make and then to eat is fried chicken.  It is very important to me that my chicken to be very crispy and perfectly seasoned.  The best way to do this is to double coat your chicken and then fry it until your chicken is perfectly fried.  Below you will find my instructions on how to make some perfect fried chicken.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons of freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons of paprika
3/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of onion powder
1 (4 lb.) chicken, cut into 8 pieces, with the backbone and wing tips removed
1 cup of buttermilk
1 large egg
4 cups of flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon of kosher salt
1 tablespoon of freshly ground black pepper
Peanut oil

Instructions:

To begin with you will first need to season your chicken.  To do this you will first want to prepare your seasoning so take a small mixing bowl and then add in salt, black pepper, paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, and onion powder into the bowl and then give your seasonings a quick whisk to mix them together.  Now take your pieces of chicken and season them on all sides.

You will now want to take a large mixing bowl and add your buttermilk, egg and 1/2 of a cup of water into the bowl and then whisk your ingredients together.   You now should take a large mixing bowl and add 2 cups of your flour to that bowl and then set it aside.  Now take another large mixing bowl and add in the remaining 2 cups of your flour, cornstarch, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of  pepper and then mix them together.

You should now take each piece of the chicken and then dredge your chicken into the bowl with the flour in it.  Next dip your dredged chicken into the bowl with the egg/buttermilk mixture.  Lastly, you will then place your piece of chicken and dredge your chicken into the mixing bowl that has the seasoned flour mixture in it.  Place your coated chicken on a paper towel and then repeat the process on each piece of chicken until all pieces have been coated.

It is now time to fry your chicken so place your oil into a 10 inch cast iron skillet so that your oil is at a depth of 3/4 of an inch.  You will need to place a deep fry thermometer into your skillet.  Heat your oil over a medium high heat until it reaches a temperature of 350 degrees F.   You are now ready to fry.

To fry your chicken, place 4 pieces of chicken in the skillet.  You will want to fry the chicken, turning the chicken with tongs every 4 minutes and making certain to adjust the heat to maintain a steady temperature of approximately  325 degrees until your chicken is a deep golden brown color.  You will want to fry your chicken about 16 minutes, which means you will need to turn your chicken four times.

When the chicken is done you will want to remove your chicken from the skillet using tongs and place them on a wire rack.  You will want to repeat the above frying instructions for the remaining pieces of chicken.  Let your chicken cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.