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Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Here's how you make Buttermilk Fried Chicken
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  • Servings: 3-4
  • Prep: 8h
  • Cook: 30m
  • The following recipe serves 3-4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 quart buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon hot sauce
  • 3 1/2 pound whole chicken (cut-up)
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoon paprika
  • 3 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Vegetable oil
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large bowl whisk buttermilk with hot sauce; add in the chicken pieces, make sure that all the pieces are coated with the buttermilk. Refrigerate 8 hours.

  • Step 2: In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper and cayenne.

  • Step 3: Remove the chicken one piece at a time allowing buttermilk to drip off, then coat flour mixture. Place on a rack and let it sit for 20 minutes.

  • Step 4: In 12-inch cast-iron skillet, heat oil (1/2 inch) over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil, skin sides down, about 10 minutes or until light brown on all sides; reduce heat to low. Turn chicken skin sides up, cook uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Cast-iron skillet (12-inch)

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