Fried Chicken

[smilie]

How do you make your fried chicken? Can you use a deep fryer?

 

[Bob Slydell]

Three words: Kentucky Fried Chicken

 

[JoiseyMom]

I use my really big cast iron skillet with a cover. YUMMY!!

 

[ahutton]

We use Alton Brown's recipe from Good Eats. I'm sure you can use a fryer, but we just use a deep skillet. You soak it in buttermilk, then season it, dip it in flour and fry. YUMMY!! Of course, so is KFC, and it is a lot easier.

 

[Sirius]

Here's a great recipe from Paula Deen:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_31775,00.html

 

[liamsaunt]

Yum...fried chicken! I LOOOVE fried chicken. I only make it a couple of times a year though, since it so tasty, we always eat too much of it. Anyway, I marinate mine in buttermilk, three heads of smashed garlic, salt, and hot sauce for three-four hours, then dredge in highly seasoned flour, air dry on racks in the fridge for an hour, then fry in peanut oil heated to 360 in my le crueset dutch oven (cast iron). I keep it covered for about half the cooking time. I don't deep fry it--the oil comes about halfway up the chicken and then I flip it. Drain on paper towels, salt, and eat. It's basically the recipe from cooks illustrated, and it is good cold too.

Occasionally I make a fried chicken that marinates overnight in honey for something a little different.