Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Name: Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 pieces chicken bone-in, skin-on; 2 cups buttermilk; 2 tsp hot sauce; 2 cups plain flour; 2 tsp garlic powder; 2 tsp onion powder; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 1 tsp salt; vegetable oil for frying

Crispy Southern-style fried chicken, marinated overnight in spiced buttermilk for extra-tender meat under a deeply crunchy crust.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

8 pieceschicken bone-in, skin-on

2 cupsbuttermilk

2 tsphot sauce

2 cupsplain flour

2 tspgarlic powder

2 tsponion powder

2 tspsmoked paprika

1 tspcayenne pepper

1 tspsalt

vegetable oilfor frying

Instructions

Mix buttermilk and hot sauce. Submerge chicken, cover and refrigerate overnight.

Mix flour with all spices and salt.

Remove chicken from buttermilk (let excess drip off) and dredge thoroughly in seasoned flour.

Heat oil to 170°C in a deep pot. Fry chicken in batches 14-16 minutes until deep golden and cooked through.

Drain on a rack and rest 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

291

Protein

11g

Fat

2.1g

Carbs

56.6g

Fiber

2.6g

Sodium

616mg

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