Fried Chicken

Name: Fried Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5kg chicken pieces, bone in; 500ml buttermilk; 1 tsp hot sauce; 300g plain flour; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp dried thyme; 2L vegetable oil for frying

Crispy Southern fried chicken with a seasoned buttermilk batter — juicy inside and impossibly crunchy outside.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

1.5kgchicken pieces, bone in

500mlbuttermilk

1 tsphot sauce

300gplain flour

2 tspsmoked paprika

1 tspgarlic powder

1 tsponion powder

1 tspcayenne pepper

1 tspblack pepper

1 tspdried thyme

2Lvegetable oil for frying

Instructions

Mix buttermilk with hot sauce, soak chicken pieces overnight.

Mix flour with all spices and 1 tsp salt.

Remove chicken from buttermilk, let excess drip off.

Dredge each piece in seasoned flour, pressing to coat well.

Rest coated chicken 15 minutes for coating to set.

Heat oil to 175C, fry chicken in batches 12-15 minutes.

Internal temperature should reach 75C.

Drain on a rack and serve immediately with hot sauce and pickles.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1275

Protein

113.6g

Fat

58.5g

Carbs

65.8g

Fiber

Sodium

459mg

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