Southern fried chicken recipe

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  • Cuisine: USA

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).
 

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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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01 Feb 2009 04:15 AEST
Mike
Kallaroo
Creole Seasoning...
Try http://www.gumbopages.com/food/creole.html
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