Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive 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 well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Southern Style Fried Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life.
I never grew up eating fried chicken and my husband had a craving for some good "Southern-Sytle" fried chicken so I read through a bunch of recipes but obviously knew that fried chicken has to be moist my on the inside. Step-by-step overview of how to make southern fried chicken in an air fryer. If you're looking for a delicious fried chicken recipe, then look no further.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern style fried chicken using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Fried Chicken:
- Make ready 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1 cup cornstarch
- Get 5 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp paprika
- Get 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Get 2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1 3/4 cup cold water
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Steps to make Southern Style Fried Chicken:
- Brine chicken for at least 1 hour before cooking
- In large bowl mix dry ingredients. Whisk together.
- Add water and whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour.
- Remove chicken from brine and discard water. Pat chicken dry.
- Whisk batter to ensure it's evenly distributed.
- In a dutch oven place 3 quarts of oil and heat to 350°F.
- 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.
- After 4 min move chicken to be sure it's not sticking together or to bottom the of pan.
- 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.
- If internal temperature is good place chicken in a 200°F oven to keep warm until all batches are done.
- Reheat oil for next batch
This is a basic Southern fried chicken recipe and the only one you will ever need. Chicken pieces are fried to perfection with a seasoned flour coating. Combine flour and chicken seasoning on a plate. Deep-fry chicken until golden and crisp. Drain on paper towels to remove excess oil.
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