Lisa's Favorite Fried Chicken

24h
Prep Time
12-15m
Cook Time
1d 12m
Ready In


"This may be more of a method than a recipe, you could of course add in some of your favorite seasonings, you will need to start this a day ahead the chicken has to stay in the water for 24 hours and you will need a large deep cast-iron frypan"

Original is 4 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (535.3 g)
  • Calories 691.6
  • Total Fat - 10.8 g
  • Saturated Fat - 2.6 g
  • Cholesterol - 952.6 mg
  • Sodium - 14424.4 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 67.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 10.8 g
  • Sugars - 0.6 g
  • Protein - 82.5 g
  • Calcium - 105.7 mg
  • Iron - 14.2 mg
  • Vitamin C - 14.8 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.6 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Soak chicken in salt water to cover (about one quart with 1/2 cup salt) in refrigerator for 24 hours.

Step 2

Combine in a bag: 3 cups flour 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning, 1 tablespoon paprika and pepper.

Step 3

Remove the chicken from the brine. Coat WET pieces in bag 2 or 3 at a time. Allow to sit on a rack for 20-22 minutes.

Step 4

Fill a large deep cast-iron frying pan with 3 inches of oil and heat on medium high until a 1 inch cube of bread dropped in turns golden brown in one minute (about 360 degees F).

Step 5

Fry chicken pieces until golden brown, starting with the largest pieces (about 12-15 minutes on both sides, wings will take a shorter time to cook). Reduce heat if chicken browns too quickly)

Step 6

Keep warm in 200F oven as remaining pieces are prepared..

Tips


No special items needed.

1 Reviews

Chef shapeweaver

Before writing my review I have to say " I'm so pleased to be the first one to rate this recipe ".:)Since I was just using 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts the recipe was made as follows,1/4 cup of salt was dissolved in 2 cups of water added the chicken and soaked overnight.Then 2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning,2 teaspoons sweet paprika,1 teaspoon pepper and 1 1/2 teaspoons of garlic powder were added to 1 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour.I used about 1/2 cup of an all vegetable shortening, and I fried the chicken in a cast-iron skillet. I must tell you, both my SO and I really enjoyed the taste. Thanks for posting a recipe that I will use again. " Keep Smiling :) "

4.0

review by:
(21 Aug 2012)

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