Looking for your best fried chicken recipes (cayenne pepper, paprika, dipping)

[FlightAttendant]

Hi to all on this forum:

My soon to be husband absolutely LOVES fried chicken, he would love it if I could come up with a great recipe. I don't make the best. Can any of you provide me with a good, spicy fried chicken recipe? I would be so grateful for your best. Kitt

[Beretta]

Originally Posted by FlightAttendant

Hi to all on this forum:

My soon to be husband absolutely LOVES fried chicken, he would love it if I could come up with a great recipe. I don't make the best. Can any of you provide me with a good, spicy fried chicken recipe? I would be so grateful for your best. Kitt

There are some recipes posted here: Southern Fried Chicken and here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/food-...er-recipe.html

[Chinolala]

Marinade chicken pieces (with skin) in a large freezer bag with buttermilk and sliced onions overnight.
Remove chicken the next day and dredge in flour. You can spice up the flour with cayenne pepper, black pepper, etc. Cook in a deep fryer or frying pan that is deep with high sides, until done - typically 15 minutes per side.

[NicoleJ]

I don't use buttermilk b/c I don't like the texture it gives.

I season mine w/ paprika, black pepper, season all, garlic and dried onion. Sometimes it sits for a while in the fridge (covered) sometimes I do it right before I use it.

In a separate bowl, I whisk 2 eggs, some water (I eyeball it - maybe 2 - 4 tablespoons), and a lot of hot sauce. Maybe 1/4 cup or so. pour over the chicken.

in a plastic bag, I add self rising flour (gives best crust) and a little bit more of the seasonings I added to the chicken. Dip in egg wash, then flour. Fry. It's soooo yummy and even my 5 year old likes it. The hot sauce does NOT make it hot or spicy, just adds flavor (learned it from the awesome Paula Deen).

[Mouser]

Recipe is for a whole chicken,

Clean chicken and pat dry lightly sprinkle both sides with
kosher salt and let set.

Mix eight whole eggs along with one cup of whole milk
and one tablespoon of fresh ground black pepper mix well.

Pour a ½ cup of flour into a zip lock bag add a couple of
pieces of chicken at a time shake off excess.

Dunk into egg/milk mix drain off excess and place into
360° oil* for 13 to 14 min.

* I use 360° because as you add chicken it will drop to about 350°

It your space is limited heat you oven to 200° and place a rack on a
foil covered sheet pan.

[doll lady]

If you or anyone needs to go with a version which is a bit lower in fat, here's what I do.


Mix about 1 1/2 cup potato bud flakes, tablespoon flour, salt, pepper, plenty of paprika, bit of cayenne pepper. I use a flat bowl. Put a small amount of skim milk (or whatever you have) in a flat bowl to use for dipping.

Heavily spray a cookie sheet with canola spray. (I have used olive oil spray in place of canola.) Dip cut up pieces of chicken in milk and shake off most excess. Roll the chicken in the potato flakes mixture and put on the cookie sheet. Spray the top of the pieces with canola spray until the surface is covered well. Bake in 375 oven and turn when pieces look brown on the bottom. If any piece looks there is dry flour, spray it a little in that spot. Note you can take most of the skin off too to lower the fat. This takes about 50 - 60 minutes or whatever according to your oven.

Makes me not miss fried chicken as much as I normally do.