southern fried chicken

🥘 Ingredients

• • chicken
• • eggs
• • water
• • hot sauce
• • salt
• • fresh ground black pepper
• • garlic powder
• • all-purpose flour
• • baking powder

📝 Instructions

1. 1 heat peanut oil in a large deep pot to 350f
2. 2 for sauce mixture: in a medium-sized bowl , beat the eggs with the water
3. 3 add hot sauce and whisk together well
4. 4 pour this mixture into a large plastic zip-top bag
5. 5 for seasoning mixture: in a small bowl , combine 1 teaspoon salt , 1 / 4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and 1 / 4 teaspoon garlic powder
6. 6 for dredging mixture: in a another bowl , mix flour , baking powder and 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
7. 7 rinse and pat dry chicken pieces with a paper towel
8. 8 cut breast pieces in half across ribs
9. 9 sprinkle chicken generously on both sides with seasoning blend
10. 10 drop a few chicken pieces of chicken into bag of sauce mixture and squish around to coat thoroughly
11. 11 one piece at a time , roll chicken in flour mixture and drop into hot oil
12. 12 don't crowd chicken pieces--i cook about half the chicken at a time
13. 13 fry chicken until brown and crisp
14. 14 drain on paper toweling
15. 15 dark meat will take about 14 minutes , white meat about 10 minutes
16. 16 remember smaller pieces cook faster than the larger ones
17. 17 you can check for doneness by piercing to the bone in the thickest part with a fork
18. 18 if the juices run clear , it is done