Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, buttermilk fried chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have buttermilk fried chicken using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Buttermilk Fried Chicken:

1. Take For the Brine:
2. Get 8 cups (1/2 gallon) cold water
3. Take 1/2 cup kosher salt
4. Make ready 1 lemon; grated zest & sliced
5. Get 6 bay leaves
6. Prepare 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
7. Get 1/4 cup flat leaf (Italian) parsley
8. Get 2 sprigs rosemary
9. Make ready 4 sprigs thyme
10. Get 3 tablespoons honey
11. Make ready 1 head garlic; cloves smashed, and skin left on
12. Make ready For Frying the Chicken:
13. Prepare 10 pieces chicken, skin-on and bone-in (whole breast cut in-half)
14. Get 2 cups all-purpose flour
15. Make ready 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder
16. Get 1 1/2 tablespoons onion powder
17. Take 1 1/2 teaspoons sweet paprika
18. Take 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper or 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
19. Make ready 1 teaspoon kosher salt
20. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black peppe
21. Make ready 1 quart buttermilk
22. Prepare 10 cups oil for frying

Steps to make Buttermilk Fried Chicken:

1. Place all brine ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute or until the salt dissolves, then chill completely. When the mixture has chilled, add the chicken pieces and brine for 8 hours.
2. Do NOT brine more than 8 hours or the chicken could be too salty. After 8 hours, transfer the chicken pieces to a paper towel-lined plate and pat completely dry with other paper towels. Allow the chicken to rest at room temperature for 1 hour before deep frying and while prepping to cook.
3. Mix together flour, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne, salt & pepper. Divide the flour mixture into 2 bowls.
4. Place the buttermilk in a third bowl and set it between the bowls with the flour mixture.
5. Preheat the oil, in a large Dutch oven, to 330 degrees F. Immediately before frying, dip the chicken legs and thighs (dark meat) into the flour mixture, the buttermilk and then the 2nd flour mixture. Fry 10-13 minutes until golden brown, and the internal temperature is 175-180 degrees F. (The temperature of the oil will decrease so adjust the heat to keep the oil at 325.) Place only 3-4 chicken pieces in the pot – do NOT overcrowd the pot. The chicken will be cooked in batches. When chicken is c
6. Repeat the process with the wings and breasts (white meat). Fry 7 minutes (depending on the size of the breasts) until internal temperature is 170 degrees F. Transfer the chicken to a cooling rack and sprinkle it lightly with coarse salt.
7. While the chicken rests, add the herb sprigs to the hot oil and cook until crisp. Serve the chicken on a large tray and garnish it with crisp herbs.
8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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