Fried Chicken
This was a cool discovery. I can fry chicken!
Servings Prep Time
4people 50minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30minutes 12hours
Servings Prep Time
4people 50minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30minutes 12hours
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Mix spices in a small bowl.
  2. In a large bowl, toss in chicken pieces and douse with 1/3 spice blend (I cheated and used Bayou Blast). Cover with buttermilk. Let sit for 4-12 hours. Then dump into a colander to drain.
  3. Add vegetable shortening and canola oil to cast iron pan and gently melt.
  4. In a medium bowl, mix flour and 1/3 spice mix. Take chicken and dredge through dry mix. Set on wire rack to dry for 10 minutes.
  5. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and milk. Add 1/3 spice mix to egg wash. Turn oil up to medium heat, the goal is 315°F.
  6. Take floured chicken and dunk in egg wash and re dredge through flour mix. Set on wire rack to dry for 10 minutes.
  7. Add chicken to oil and fry for 11 minutes on each side.
Recipe Notes

Smaller pieces were perfect at 9 minutes. Larger pieces should go 11 minutes each side. Be conscience of piece size.