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Chicken

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USA

Southern fried chicken

Cuisine: USA Created by Ashley Sheridan

Fried Chicken is the quintessential Sunday lunch of the Southern States. Thought to have evolved during slavery (most slaves were permitted to keep poultry), the dish has become mainstream - so much so that international food chains are super protective of their ‘secret herbs and spices’.

Ingredients

1 - 1.5 kilo or medium sized chicken, cut into serving pieces
Buttermilk to cover and marinate chicken
1½ cups of plain flour, sifted
1 tbsp Creole seasoning
1 tbsp onion powder
2 tsp old bay seasoning (if you can’t find old bay, substitute with ½ tsp cayenne and 1½ tsp paprika)
1 tbsp dried tarragon
1 tbsp dried dill
½ tbsp garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste
1 large egg
Vegetable oil or lard

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Preparation

Soak chicken in buttermilk overnight. This helps to retain the moisture of the chicken.

In a bowl, combine the flour, Creole seasoning, onion powder, old bay seasoning, tarragon, dill and garlic. Combine well then add salt and pepper.

Beat egg. Drain the chicken and shake off excess buttermilk. Then dip each chicken piece in egg and coat evenly in flour mixture. Place on baking paper and let rest for about 15 minutes.

Heat oil or lard in skillet on high until almost smoking.

Add the chicken in one layer, so the top half of each piece sits above the oil. Cover and cook 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown on one side then turn.

Continue cooking until evenly brown, in total about 20 minutes.

As each piece is cooked, transfer to a rack and drain.

Serve with grits and Southern greens (see other Food Safari USA recipes).

11 Aug 2010 10:10 AEST

Viji's

Nava

Viji's Food Recipes

Tasty Recipes. More Chicken Recipes Log On: Viji's Food Recipes : www.freefoodrecipe.wordpress.com

27 May 2009 03:26 AEST

benmelb

chadstone

usa foods

usa foods is in bentleigh and moorabin in melb. try here for u.s style spice mixes.

18 Feb 2009 11:07 AEST

Cindy

Adelaide

Old Bay Seasoning

Old Bay seasoning is not available in Australia as it contains something that is against quarantine regulations (somebody was naughty on this episode). If you cannot make the recipe blend below, then Herbies spices does an Old Bay spice blend. I always browned my fried chicken and then finished it off in a hot oven on a cake rack to minimise the amount of oil.

06 Feb 2009 08:53 AEST

rose

cromer

simon from quakers hill

need to use vegetable oil, not olive oil for deep frying, thats your problem. Good luck next time around.

05 Feb 2009 02:16 AEST

Denny

Tea tree gully

20 minutes is far too long

20 minutes is far too long. You could deep fry a whole chicken in that time. Depending on the size of the pieces of chicken used I would say 8 to 12 minutes maximum unless ytou are cooking whole chickens.

03 Feb 2009 03:58 AEST

Kathy

Moruya

old bay seasoning

THE OLD BAY SEASONING . Ingredients: 1 Tbsp. ground bay leaves 2-1/2 tsp. celery salt 1-1/2 tsp. dry mustard 1 tsp. ground black pepper 1/2 tsp. ground white pepper 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp. ground cloves 1/4 tsp. ground allspice 1/2 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. paprika 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes 1/4 tsp. ground mace 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom Preparation: Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Store in an airtight container and store in a cool place.

03 Feb 2009 03:55 AEST

Kathy

Moruya

Creole seasoning and old bay

I found the receips for Creole and old bay seasoning mixes , here they are hope you found them helpfull , INGREDIENTS FOR CREOLE seasoning 15 g paprika 15 g garlic powder 20 g salt 7 g onion powder 5 g dried oregano 4 g dried thyme 5 g cayenne pepper 6 g pepper DIRECTIONS Combine all ingredients.

01 Feb 2009 04:15 AEST

Mike

Kallaroo

Creole Seasoning...

Try http://www.gumbopages.com/food/creole.html

01 Feb 2009 02:11 AEST

Chaedy

Canberra

Creole Spices

USA Foods is an online store where you can get US-centric foods/spices: http://www.usafoods.com.au/p2450/zatarains-new-orleans/zatarains-creole-seasoning/ Or you could try Masterfoods: http://www.masterfoods.com.au/foodservices/product_info.asp?p=1

01 Feb 2009 12:55 AEST

Lisa

Melbourne

Creole seasoning?

Where do you get that Creole seasoning from?

31 Jan 2009 10:20 AEST

Simon

Quakers Hill

Can anyone help?

Just tried the recipe - with the oil hot, I found the coating going golden brown within the first few minutes of cooking. After 5 mins, it was starting to burn. 20 minutes would have gone to charcoal. Does anyone have any advice? I am wondering whether the oil was too hot or whether it wasn't the right oil (I used olive oil). Also, could it be because I have the coating too thick? I ended up finishing it off in the oven to avoid any uncooked chicken! Tasted good though...

29 Jan 2009 08:04 AEST

mal Roberts

Warnbro

very good

great tasting

29 Jan 2009 07:42 AEST

Tania

Deagon

Can't wait to make it

You say in the recipe to cover it while cooking, does the steam on the lid affect the frying process?

29 Jan 2009 01:25 AEST

Patricia Turvey

Rural View Mackay

Southern Fried Chicken

I have tried a simular recipe and my family love it, i soak the chicken overnight when they are still frozen. And here i was thinking that i had made up my very own recipe, of 8 different herbs and spices. Regards Patricia Turvey.

28 Jan 2009 08:09 AEST

Jenna

Bonython

So yummy!

Best fried chicken you'll ever have!!

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