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Paula Deen Southern Fried Chicken

Paula Deen Southern Fried Chicken

Give this recipe a try and you'll be saying “Goodbye KFC”.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Southern
Keyword Paula Deen Southern Fried Chicken
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 395 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs cut-up chicken

Sauce mixture

  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 cup hot sauce I use Louisiana Hot Sauce, Tabasco might be hotter

Seasoning blend

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Dredging mixture

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Heat peanut oil in a Deep Frying Pan to 350°F (do not fill more than half full--you don't want a hot-oil spill-over accident!).

For the sauce mixture:

  1. In a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add hot sauce and whisk together well. Pour this mixture into a large plastic zip-top bag.

For the seasoning mixture:

  1. In a small bowl, combine 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.

For the dredging mixture:

  1. In a another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
  2. Rinse and pat dry the chicken pieces with a paper towel. Cut the breast pieces in half across ribs. Sprinkle the chicken generously on both sides with seasoning blend.
  3. Drop a few chicken pieces of chicken into the bag of sauce mixture and squish around to coat thoroughly.
  4. One piece at a time, roll the chicken in the flour mixture and drop into the hot oil. Don't crowd the chicken pieces--I cook about half the chicken at a time.
  5. Fry the chicken until brown and crisp.
  6. Drain on paper toweling.
  7. The dark meat will take about 14 minutes, white meat about 10 minutes.