Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, southern style fried chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Southern Style Fried Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Southern Style Fried Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have southern style fried chicken using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Fried Chicken:

1. Get 1 cup all-purpose flour
2. Take 1 cup cornstarch
3. Make ready 5 tsp black pepper
4. Make ready 1 tsp paprika
5. Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
6. Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
7. Prepare 1 3/4 cup cold water

Steps to make Southern Style Fried Chicken:

1. Brine chicken for at least 1 hour before cooking
2. In large bowl mix dry ingredients. Whisk together.
3. Add water and whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour.
4. Remove chicken from brine and discard water. Pat chicken dry.
5. Whisk batter to ensure it's evenly distributed.
6. In a dutch oven place 3 quarts of oil and heat to 350°F.
7. Place chicken in batter mixture. Remove and allow excess to drip off. Place in hot oil carefully and cook for 13-15 minutes. Cook batches of white and dark meat together.
8. After 4 min move chicken to be sure it's not sticking together or to bottom the of pan.
9. Once chicken is golden brown or time is reached remove and check and see if chicken is done. Use an onstage read meat thermometer to check internal temperature of chicken (at least 160 for white meat and 175 for dark) being sure not to hit the bone.
10. If internal temperature is good place chicken in a 200°F oven to keep warm until all batches are done.
11. Reheat oil for next batch

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