This recipe for Southern Fried Chicken has now become a regular in my kitchen, its my night off recipe as Paul cooks this, he marinates the portioned chicken overnight in brine and then cooks it the next day, apart from a little flour its virtually carb free, The recipe below gives a pretty authentic KFC taste but weve now updated the recipe to make it a little more spicy.
UPDATE, I now add hot chilli powder, extra garlic and extra mustard to my recipe
-Portion up a chicken,I bought 4 chicken legs and separated the drumstick from the thigh,if you are using chicken breast cut them in half.
Put the chicken in a deep bowl add 3 Tbsp of salt and cover with cold water. Marinate for 2 hours
Using dried herbs mix together;
250gms plain flour (that’s 2 cups)
2 Tbsp Paprika
1tsp each or the following
Black Pepper
Salt
Ground Ginger
Garlic
Mustard Powder
Basil
Oregano
Thyme
Remove the chicken from the marinade and shake of excess water then roll each piece in the flour/herb powder and place in a freezer bag, when all the pieces are coated and bagged pour the rest of the powder into the bag and shake well.
In a deep frying pan using just enough oil to cover half of the chicken heat Oil to 160-170°c about 350°f placingthe chicken a couple of pieces at a time fry the chicken, turning occasionally for about 15-20 minutes, Place on kitchen paper to soak up excess oil then keep warm in an oven while you cook the rest.
The corn I brushed with a little butter and put in a George Forman type grill but because of the different sizes wasn’t a great success so once I put the first chicken in the oven I put the corn in a dish with the chicken.
Try not to get to hung upon the ingredients or the amounts, I’m not sure that for example, leaving out Thyme will make much of a difference,
Enjoy
Rosie, that looks delicious. I could go for some fried Chicken tonight. Been a very busy and exhausting couple of weeks, but things are finally back to normal and I made Mozzarella today along with Ricotta that is still sitting. Just gonna have Cheese Burgers for supper tonight as I am exhausted. But… good news is I’m back. LOL