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Batter Fried Chicken Recipe

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Ingredients

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For Brine

  • 1 cut up chicken (about 4 pounds with breasts cut in half crosswise)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup salt

Batter Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 5 teaspoons black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 3/4 cups cold water
  • Vegetable oil for deep frying

Instructions

  1. In a large container mix the ingredients together for the brine. Submerge the chicken in the brine and marinate refrigerated for at least one-half hour.
  2. I started to make the batter and heating the oil while the chicken was bringing, and it worked out time wise about right.
  3. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, paprika, black pepper, and cayenne pepper and then mix in the water until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  4. Preheat deep fryer to 340F. drain the chicken and pat dry with paper toweling.
  5. Dip chicken in the batter using tongs, letting any excess batter drip off before placing the chicken in the deep fryer. The deep fryer should maintain a temperature of around 325 degrees.
  6. Cook chicken until golden brown and internal temperature is reached of 165F. for the breast meat and 175F. for the dark meat.
  7. Drain on paper toweling and serve hot

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