Several of my friends have asked about the delicious Paula Dean’s Southern Fried Chicken recipe I recently discovered. (Yes, I know this is cruel to post after Piper’s big debut yesterday!)
I have used it twice and discovered that I needed to make a couple of modifications to make it even better.
Here is the original recipe:
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup water
- About 1 cup hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete)
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- House seasoning, recipe follows
- 1 (1 to 2 1/2-pound) chicken, cut into pieces
- Oil, for frying, preferably peanut oil
Directions
In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper. Season the chicken with the house seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour mixture.
The photos are mine: This is what the eggs will look like once mixed with the Texas Pete.
Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with oil.
Fry the chicken in the oil until brown and crisp. Dark meat takes longer than white meat. It should take dark meat about 13 to 14 minutes, white meat around 8 to 10 minutes.
I discovered that I needed to fry the meat longer than Paula recommended. You’ll notice too that I’m using a pot (per her advice), not a frying pan.
House Seasoning:
- 1 cup salt
- 1/4 cup black pepper
- 1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
Here is the final product!
I added a lot of pepper! The pepper Paula said to add to the flour just wasn’t enough for our taste.
I hope you enjoy!
Hopefully I’ll be back to my regular posts next week!
God bless you!
(Photo credit: My photos.)
(Paula Dean’s recipe: here)
I love fried chicken! It’s what I grew up on. This recipe of sounds like something my family would gobble up in 2 seconds flat! I’ll definitely give it a go…thanks a bunch, Beth!
Making me hungry here! That fried chicken looks just scrumptious and I’m not even a big chicken fan. Maybe I need your recipe. Thanks for sharing! Blessings.
Oh my! I will have to keep this one tucked away and make it when I reach my first goal of weight loss! It looks so good!