Fried Chicken

I learned how to make fried chicken from my ex. Hers is the best fried chicken I've ever tasted. Mine's not too shabby but I still need some practice to get it just right.

What You'll Need
-a chicken, cut up
-vegetable oil
-poultry seasoning
-seasoned salt
-all-purpose flour
-a large plastic storage container with a tight-fitting lid
-large frying pan
-splatter screen for frying pan
-cookie sheet
-tongs
-paper towels

Caveats
This is very messy. By the end of it, you'll have oil and flour everywhere.
Some seasoned salts contain MSG.
This takes a long time to prepare. You're looking at an hour and a half to two hours.

Step 1: Prep

Start by putting 1/2" of oil on medium heat. It'll take a while to heat up, so you'll want to get it started first. Target oil temperature is about 375F.

Rinse the chicken pieces with cold water.

Combine 3 cups of flour with 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning in a large container with a tight-fitting lid.

Heat the oven to 200F. You'll need this to keep the fried pieces warm while you finish frying.

Cover the cookie sheet with a double layer of paper towels. Sprinkle some seasoned salt on that. You'll be putting the fried pieces on this, so keep this near the stove as well.

Comments

[randy452]

If you will put your cut up chicken in salty ice cold water and let it set in fridge for a couple of hours it makes the best crust you could ever have.
Also if you use a gallon ziplock bag for the flour you can squeeze the flour with a lot less mess. and the last thing have your grease hot to set the crust then you can turn the fire down to cook without burning the chicken.

[I Am An Evil Taco]

lot of salt in this one. those pre-made mixes are hell on the heart. I'd sub the seasoning salt for some onion powder, paprika, and celery seed. sounds like a great recipe though. I'm going to try this out, but egg wash the chicken first.

[Crash2108]

Still can't beat Chicken Shack.

[glamourandearth]

Oi--I don't mean to seem like I am picking at your tutorials--yours just happened to catch my eye! :D

A few tips from a southern girl:

• brining your chicken beforehand always produces a tastier chicken. Brining method: http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t-26-381/Brining-Chicken.asp
• using self rising flour OR adding a little baking powder and baking soda to your flour will result in the restaurant-style (and my great grandma's style) puffed up crust that isn't as flaky. How to create your own self rising flour: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650212654,00.html
• the very best way to bread chicken is with egg.. dry the chicken thoroughly, dip the chicken in flour, then egg, then flour again, and then set aside.
  

God, I miss chicken.

[doktorbune]

I'm now trying your recipe hehe... What about buttermilk fried chicken? If i don't like yours i'll try this one :P

[dchall8]

I know there are many good ways to fry chicken and some bad ways. Yours looks good. Here is a link to another way to cook it. This is the patent filed by Mr (Col?) Harlan Sanders for fried chicken cooked in a pressure cooker.

[canida]

Looks good! We'll have to try your recipe.

[!Andrew_Modder!]

that looks great! I never have found the perfect fried chicken 'coating', this may be it! ALSO lol this reminds me of a funny video by Ms. Peaches: Fry that chicken!
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrqW3nx5HM )