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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Best Fried Chicken


2 chickens ( 3lbs each), cut up into pieces
1 quart buttermilk
2 cups flour
1 Tbsp salt
1 Tbsp pepper
Vegetable oil for frying

Place the chicken in a large bowl and pour the buttermilk over. Cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight. This is important!!! Don't skip or shorten this step! Preheat oven to 350.
Combine the flour, salt and pepper in a bowl. Take the chicken out of the buttermilk and coat each piece in the flour mixture. Pour the oil into a large stockpot to the depth of 1 inch deep and heat to 360. Working in batches, place some of the chicken in the hot oil and fry for 3min on each side until the coating is golden brown. Don't crowd the pieces. Chicken will not be done, it will finish cooking in the oven. Remove chicken from pan and place onto a metal baking rack set on a sheet pan. Fry all the chicken, place all chicken on rack. Bake for 30-40min until done.

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