Recipe courtesy of Chef John Currence -- from an upcoming third cookbook;

Photo Courtesy of Ed Anderson

The key to making this recipe, which is excellent fried chicken, is keeping the oil at temperature and not overloading the pan. If you’re worried about making a mess in your kitchen, move along. Bottom line is: you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet. If you love fried chicken, no mess is enough to keep you from cooking…

INGREDIENTS

  • 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs

  • 1 quart FULL FAT buttermilk

  • 1/2 cup Texas Pete hot sauce

  • 3 teaspoons cayenne

  • 3 teaspoons salt

  • 3 cups White Lilly all-purpose flour

  • 1 cup Wondra

  • 2 teaspoons black pepper

  • 2 teaspoons sweet paprika

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder

  • 4 tablespoons lard

  • Vegetable oil for frying

METHOD

  1. Wash chicken thoroughly and trim any excess skin from the thighs. Pat chicken dry and place on a cookie sheet, skin side up in the refrigerator. In the meantime, combine buttermilk, hot sauce, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper in a bowl and blend fully.

  2. Once chicken has finished in the refrigerator, place in buttermilk mix and chill overnight (or at least 2 hours). In a large freezer bag or brown paper grocery bag, combine flours, remaining salt, remaining cayenne, onion power and garlic powder and combine well.

  3. Heat lard and enough oil to go half way up the side of a 12-inch cast iron skillet to 350º. Pull chicken from buttermilk and allow to drain well. Working 2 thighs at a time, dust chicken in flour and set aside.

  4. Fry 4 thighs at a time only, turning every 5 minuets until chicken is golden brown and at an internal temperature of 155º.

  5. Drain on a cooling rack and eat immediately or later on in the evening after you have stayed out too late and not eaten enough...

January 28, 2020

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