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Louisiana-Style Hot Skillet Fried Chicken

Louisiana-Style Hot Skillet Fried Chicken
Aired on: February 21, 2012

Serve with Creole-Ranch Potato Salad.


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Ingredients

  • Kosher salt, about 2 tablespoons
  • Black pepper, about 2 tablespoons
  • 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper, a palmful
  • 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning, a palmful
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated garlic or powder, half a palmful
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated onion, half a palmful
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1/3 palmful
  • 1 large, whole bone in, skin on, chicken breast, quartered
  • 2 bone-in, skin on chicken thighs
  • 2 bone-in, skin on chicken legs
  • Frying oil, such as peanut or canola
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 large egg
  • Frank’s Red Hot, about 1 teaspoon plus some to pass at table
  • About 3 cups flour
  • 1 round tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Honey, for drizzling

Yields: 4


Preparation

Step

Combine salt, pepper and dry spices. Sprinkle half the mix over chicken pieces then cover and chill overnight or several hours. Bring back to room temp to cook.

Step

Heat an inch of oil in large cast-iron skillet over medium to medium-high heat to 350°F.

Whisk buttermilk with egg. Season with hot sauce, salt and pepper.

Step

Pour flour into a shallow dish and mix with remaining spice blend, cornstarch, and baking powder.

Step

Coat 4 pieces in buttermilk dressing then flour mix and fry 12 minutes, turning occasionally. Drain on a wire rack arranged over baking sheet while you fry second batch. Serve with hot sauce and honey for topping.


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