Spicy Fried Chicken
Recipe: #10589
September 21, 2013
Categories: Snacks, Chicken, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day July 4th, Labor Day, Sunday Dinner, Deep Fry, No Eggs, Bone-in Pieces, Spicy, Chicken Dinner, more
"This chicken is a knock-your-socks-off recipe, please don't let the hot sauce amount make you uneasy, a huge part of the heat is cooked off during frying process!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (677 g)
- Calories 798.9
- Total Fat - 13.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 4 g
- Cholesterol - 1231.5 mg
- Sodium - 1590.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 64.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 6.3 g
- Protein - 100.3 g
- Calcium - 152.3 mg
- Iron - 14.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 24.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Put the chicken in a large mixing bowl, add the hot sauce, buttermilk, salt, pepper, and garlic; stir to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for 8-24 hours, turning the chicken pieces several times.
Step 2
Remove the chicken from the refrigerator. In a deep cast-iron skillet, heat the vegetable oil to 360 degrees F.
Step 3
Combine the flour and 4 teaspoons of the Creole seasoning in a 13 x 9inch pan.
Step 4
Add chicken pieces then using your hands toss in the flour coating evenly and shaking off any excess.
Step 5
Transfer breaded to a rack, allow to sit 15-20 minutes.
Step 6
Fry the chicken, 4 to 5 pieces at a time, in the hot oil until golden brown, about 6 minutes on each side.
Step 7
Drain on paper towels.
Step 8
Sprinkle with the remaining 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning.
Step 9
Serve hot.
Tips
No special items needed.