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Southern Fried Chicken

Name: Southern Fried Chicken
Total time: 5 h 9 min
Yield: Serves 4 (8 pieces)
Cuisine: Southern US
Ingredients: 480 ml buttermilk; 1 tbsp hot sauce; 8 pieces skin-on, bone-in chicken legs and small thighs; 125 g self-rising flour; 2 tbsp cornstarch; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 1 tsp paprika; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 L peanut oil, for frying

Chicken legs and thighs soaked in hot-sauce buttermilk, coated in a seasoned flour crust and fried until crisp outside and juicy inside. Keeping the oil at a steady temperature is the whole trick.

YieldServes 4 (8 pieces)
Hands-on45 min
Total5 h 9 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Soak

480 mlbuttermilk
1 tbsphot sauce
8 piecesskin-on, bone-in chicken legs and small thighs

Coating

125 gself-rising flour
2 tbspcornstarch
1 tspsalt
1 tspgarlic powder
1 tspcayenne pepper
1 tsppaprika
1 tspblack pepper

Frying

1 Lpeanut oil, for frying

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Peanut
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Nightshades (any)
Bell (sweet) pepper
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Black and white pepper
Paprika
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Chili heat (capsaicin)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Heat
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat

Texture

Crisp
Crunchy

Equipment

Stovetop
Deep fryer

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Needs advance prep
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: moderate
Carbs: moderate
Fat: high
Fiber: low
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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