Picnic Fried Chicken
Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave Southern food. Try making Picnic Fried Chicken at home. For 89 cents per serving, this recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 23g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 371 calories. This recipe serves 8. 49 people were impressed by this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 hours. If you have flour, garlic powder, celery seed, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. A couple people really liked this main course. It is brought to you by Recipes Food and Cooking. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 53%, which is good. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Picnic Fried Chicken, Picnic Oven Fried Chicken, and Oven-Fried Picnic Chicken.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 240 minutes
Cooking duration: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon basil
2 cups buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1 chicken
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon garlic powder
oil for frying
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
Equipment:
bowl
frying pan
paper towels
Cooking instruction summary:
Cut chicken up into pieces. In a large bowl combine all the marinade ingredients. Stir to combine. Add chicken pieces to the marinade. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.Mix together flour, salt and pepper together in a bag. Drain chicken from marinade. Put chicken a piece at a time in the bag of flour. Shake. Add oil to a heavy pan about 1 1/2 inches deep. Bring up to around 325 degrees. Add chicken, do not crowd in pan. Depending on your pan, you may have to do it in 2 fryings. Make sure to do pieces of the same size each time to avoid overcooking the smaller pieces. Turn down heat to medium. Cover pan with a lid. Cook for about 8 minutes on each side. Turn up heat and remove the lid and quickly crisp the chicken up. Remove to some paper towels to drain. Lightly salt again immediately.
Step by step:
1. Cut chicken up into pieces. In a large bowl combine all the marinade ingredients. Stir to combine.
2. Add chicken pieces to the marinade. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
3. Mix together flour, salt and pepper together in a bag.
4. Drain chicken from marinade. Put chicken a piece at a time in the bag of flour. Shake.
5. Add oil to a heavy pan about 1 1/2 inches deep. Bring up to around 325 degrees.
6. Add chicken, do not crowd in pan. Depending on your pan, you may have to do it in 2 fryings. Make sure to do pieces of the same size each time to avoid overcooking the smaller pieces. Turn down heat to medium. Cover pan with a lid. Cook for about 8 minutes on each side. Turn up heat and remove the lid and quickly crisp the chicken up.
7. Remove to some paper towels to drain. Lightly salt again immediately.
Nutrition Information:
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