{"id":4191,"date":"2014-03-10T23:12:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T23:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/fried-chicken\/"},"modified":"2021-03-21T10:25:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:25:39","slug":"fried-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/fried-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa&#8217;s Fried Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create Chicken Marinate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 C low fat buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL <\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ground garlic<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp cayenne pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dry mustard<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C honey<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C slivered onion or shallot<\/li>\n<li>2 dashes Tabasco sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pallard chicken between two plastic sheets spritzed with water<br \/>\nMarinate chicken breasts overnight in buttermilk mixture<\/p>\n<p>When ready to drain, dredge and fry<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix together dredge in a large bowl or a bag: &nbsp;1\/2 C AP flour, 1\/2 C crushed corn flakes or Special K cereal, 1 tsp salt, 1 TBL confectioner sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, 3\/4 C cornstarch, 1 TBL <\/li>\n<li>Whisk together<\/li>\n<li>Drain chicken well and pat dry.<\/li>\n<li>Dip into a bowl with plain flour<\/li>\n<li>Dip into mixture of 2 egg whites and 1 TBL water<\/li>\n<li>Put into flour mixture, pressing the dredge into the chicken.<\/li>\n<li>Put onto baking tray (skin side up) and let rest an hour in the refrigerator<\/li>\n<li>Heat Canola to 365\u00b0 in cast iron<\/li>\n<li>DO NOT put too much chicken in the oil. Keep temp between 350\u00b0 and 365\u00b0&nbsp; &#8211; Let temperature recover before adding more chicken.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/fried-chicken.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full aiif16580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/fried-chicken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"193\"><\/a>Flip about every 4-5 minutes . Fry till golden brown &#8211; total about 12-18 minutes (larger pieces take longer)<\/li>\n<li>Drain 10 seconds PER SIDE on clean newspaper or paper towel and sprinkle with salt while still hot<\/li>\n<li>Move to wire rack to finish draining<\/li>\n<li>For extra crunch, let cool, then return to fry pan for an extra four minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>CHICKEN DIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is an option if you like spicy <em>wet<\/em> fried chicken.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine 1 C Franks Red Hot Cayenne Pepper Sauce, 1\/4 C Worcestershire Sauce, 1\/4 C peanut oil, 2 TBL molasses, 1 TBL apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Heat in microwave for 60 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Roll the chicken in the sauce and set each piece aside on a serving plate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here is another fun option that went over well with our grand kids<\/p>\n<p>Fried Chicken on a Stick:&nbsp; Mostly the same as above, but fry the chicken in pieces, then thread the chicken pieces on skewers with tomato, chunks of iceberg lettuce, and pieces of cheese.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>@@@@@@@<\/p>\n<p>REVAMP<\/p>\n<p>Deep Fried Chicken<\/p>\n<p>Broiler\/Fryer chicken &#8211; Free Range &#8211; Whole chickens keep longer than pieces<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Piece your chicken\n<ul>\n<li>Grab a wing, pull from the body, and cut between the joint<\/li>\n<li>Trim the legs at the depression, flip, and pop the socket<\/li>\n<li>Separate the thigh and the drumstick at the joint<\/li>\n<li>Cut the breast just on side of the keel to the ribs, and peel the breast off the ribs &#8211; Repeat on other side<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Put chicken on a rack and sprinkle both sides with GTP<\/li>\n<li>Let rest in refrigerator uncovered on the counter for 4-16 hours minutes<\/li>\n<li>Next day put 2 C AP flour in large mixing bowl and add 1 TBL GTP and 2 TBL cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl add 1 beaten egg and 1 C buttermilk and 1 TBL sumac<\/li>\n<li>Dip your chicken in the egg, then in the flour, then put on a greased rack<\/li>\n<li>Put 1 QT peanut oil in a heavy baking pan<\/li>\n<li>Heat oil to 350<\/li>\n<li>Fry for about 12-14 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Internal temp about 155-160\u00ba or AS SOON as bubbles stop<\/li>\n<li>Put onto rack to drain<\/li>\n<li>Dark meat will hold longer than breast meat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create Chicken Marinate 2 C low fat buttermilk 1 TBL 1 bay leaf 1 tsp ground garlic 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp dry mustard 1 tsp black pepper 1\/4 C honey 1\/4 C slivered onion or shallot 2 dashes Tabasco sauce Pallard chicken between two plastic sheets spritzed with water Marinate chicken breasts overnight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/fried-chicken\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grandpa&#8217;s Fried Chicken&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-meat-to-eat-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21473,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions\/21473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}