2016-02-20 at 11:12 AM UTC
So, I have been making this a lot lately on the account of it's so delicious. I first cut up the chicken (usually thighs cuz I think they're the best piece of meat) I cut them up in small pieces. Sort of like nuggets but no general size or shape, just cut up pieces.
I use a corn flour instead because my bf is allergic to wheat but either works. Regular flour is probably easier to work with though. In a bowl I mix the flour, good amount of sugar, some of the best seasoning salt around "Johnny's" is what it is called. Black pepper, paprika, and some regular salt, (not too much since you already have the seasoning salt, and cayenne pepper (I just like a lil bit but some people might like it spicier).
Stir with fork in the bowl and add one or two eggs depending on how much chicken you have. Stir with fork again. Then I add the cut up chicken pieces to the bowl mixture and get them all covered with the mix. While doing this I have heated up some vegetable oil in regular stainless steel pan. I keep an eye on it. I usually bring some cider or a beer for myself along with my iPad to watch something. I turn the small pieces every now and and then. Alternate between using a lid and taking it off. And easy as pie it's done.
Pretty basic recipe to fried chicken but I think what makes mine so good is the
a) Brand of seasoning salt, once again "Johnnys"
b) The amount of sugar I use
c) Adding just the right amount of cayenne pepper.
d) It's so bomb with the corn flour that I use, I actually have not tried it with reg. flour but idk if I ever would want to because it's already so tast
e) Cutting up the chicken into small pieces as well as using only chicken thighs.
My bf said he never used to be a big fan of fried chicken till I made mine. First time I made it, about a week before the Superbowl he said it was the best thing I ever made from scratch. :) I like to make it and other foods to surprise him in the fridge when he gets home and I'm not there. We have diff work schedules so when he's at work and I have a break from class or the day off I'll cook something and put it in the fridge. Usually when he's off at four I'm already walking to work so we don't see each other til later that night.
2016-02-27 at 5:40 AM UTC
There are wet and dry batters. You can do one or the other or both. If you do multiple coatings you end up with that nice extra crispy exterior. Try a cajun seasoning mix sometime. Season the chicken, then batter, then fry. Leave the chicken pieces whole! It's less work.
