Go Back

Homemade Fried Chicken

Print Recipe
Servings: 8 people
Who doesn’t love deep-fried chicken? Nobody, best chicken ever, always eat with friends and family for all the delish food!

Equipment

  • 1 cast iron enameled dutch oven
  • 1 cooling rack
  • 1 sheet tray

Ingredients

  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup dill pickle juice
  • 1/4 cup Frank’s Redhot hot sauce optional
  • 2.5 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon MSG
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon creole seasoning of choice
  • 2 teaspoons hot sauce
  • 4 chicken thighs
  • 4 drumsticks
  • Breading-dredge:
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 teaspoons MSG
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 2.5 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon creole seasoning
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt

Instructions

  • Chicken: In a large bowl, add buttermilk, pickle juice, salt, MSG, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, creole seasoning, and hot sauce; whisk together until combined. Next, add all your chicken to the marinade, and mix until well-coated.
  • Breading-dredge: In a medium bowl, add all the ingredients and whisk together until well combined.
  • Add one piece at a time to your dredge and aggressively press it, making sure it’s all coated. Remove, shake the excess flour, and place on a wire rack. Fill up a heavy bottom pot just over halfway, at least 2” inches of vegetable oil, and heat to 350F. In batches, fry your chicken and cook for 3 – 5 minutes or until golden brown, with an internal temperature of 165F. The temperature will drop around 325F; try to hold that temperature while frying your chicken. Remove, and drain on a wire rack.

Notes

  • For this recipe, we used chicken thighs. We also used clear cooking oil that we got from Sam’s Club it was cheaper to buy a bigger bottle than vs at walmart.
  • Watch the video below is where we got the information for the chicken
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lGWTKZp2Ps&t=412s