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Southern Fried Chicken Recipe

Southern Fried Chicken Recipe, perfectly crispy, flaky, juicy fried chicken which is flavour packed with homemade spice blend, hot sauce and fry coating. Southern fried chicken is a flavour packed bomb chicken recipe. It has heavy seasoned chicken which are deep fried till crispy makes it one of the addictive chicken recipe.
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Marination Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 587 kcal

Equipment

Cooking pot

Ingredients
  

  • Sunflower Oil for Deep Frying

For Chicken Marination

  • 1 kg Chicken Wings with skin on & bone in
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 3 tablespoon Vinegar
  • ¼ cup Hot Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Chicken Boullion
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar

For Spice Mix

  • 2 tablespoon Garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoon Onion Powder
  • 1 tablespoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 tablespoon Dried Basil
  • 1 tablespoon Poultry Seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon Celery Salt
  • 2 tablespoon Dried Rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon Paprika
  • 1 tablespoon Black Pepper Powder
  • 1 teaspoon MSG optional

For Seasoned Flour

  • 2 cups Plain Flour
  • 1 cup Cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Salt

For Binding Chicken

  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1 cup Plain Flour

Instructions
 

  • Mix Seasoning - take all seasoning ingredients in a bowl and mix it really well. This is your seasoning blend. You are going to add half of it in chicken marination and other half in seasoned flour.
  • Marinating Chicken - Take chicken in a bowl, add in half of the seasoning. Add in chicken bouillon, hot sauce, buttermilk, salt, sugar and vinegar. Mix this really well. Cover and let it marinate in the fridge overnight.
  • Seasoned Flour - the next day, take plain flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder and the remaining half of the seasoning in a large container with lid. Mix it really well and set aside.
  • Binding Chicken - Remove the chicken from fridge at least 1 hour before frying. Add in egg and 1 cup of plain flour to the chicken and mix it really well. This is your binding ingredient.
  • Dredging Chicken - Take the chicken and the seasoned flour. Take the chicken from marination and shake off any excess marination, add it to the seasoned flour. Cover it with a lid and shake it well for 10 to 20 seconds. Now take the chicken from the flour and set aside in a wire rack to dry for 1 minute.
  • Frying Chicken - Heat oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, drop chicken in the hot oil and fry for 8 to 10 minutes on medium high heat. Once fried and crispy. Remove and place on some paper towel to remove excess oil. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Southern Fried Chicken Recipe
Serving Size
 
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
587
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
18
g
28
%
Saturated Fat
 
5
g
31
%
Trans Fat
 
0.2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
4
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
7
g
Cholesterol
 
128
mg
43
%
Sodium
 
2910
mg
127
%
Potassium
 
393
mg
11
%
Carbohydrates
 
77
g
26
%
Fiber
 
4
g
17
%
Sugar
 
3
g
3
%
Protein
 
27
g
54
%
Vitamin A
 
389
IU
8
%
Vitamin C
 
4
mg
5
%
Calcium
 
214
mg
21
%
Iron
 
6
mg
33
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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