How do you make your fried chicken? I’ve always used a hybrid cooking method in which I boil the chicken pieces with garlic cloves and spices before I batter and fry them. This is to ensure it is cooked thoroughly, I’m afraid if I fry it raw it will brown fast but still be pink on the inside. How do you fry your chicken?
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I use the typical Southern style techniques for my fried chicken
-soak your chicken in buttermilk spiked with hot sauce…the buttermilk tenderizes the chicken and the hit sauce adds a nice kick!
-I add salt, fresh ground black pepper, garlic powder to my flour. Also a pinch or two of baking powder.
- after taking the chicken out of the buttermilk bath, I dredge it in the flour (or sometimes inise the paper sack method too!) and then put it on a sheet pan and let it set in the fridge for a few minutes…this helps to make sure the excess flour won’t fall into and burn in your pan
-MOST IMPORTANT-- Use a cast iron skillet!! It is the best for maintaining frying temperature!!! Once you lay your pieces in, DO NOT turn until its nice and golden crisp on one side! Also, don’t crowd the skillet with too many pieces or else it will steam and not fry properly
-after the first turn, I let it go on the other side…total cool time of about 12-15 minutes
And that’s it!! Turns out perfect everytime! (Yes, I pride myself on being a fried chicken connoisseur 
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Khatti, how long do you soak your chicken in the buttermilk for? And does the hotsauce in the milk make it very spicy? Or just mildly spicy?
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I let it soak for a good 2-3 hours…and the hot sauce just adds a nice kick, doesn’t make it too spicy…for about 8 pcs of chicken I’ll use about 3 -4 good shakes of Tabasco 
The buttermilk also adds a nice tangy flavor to the chicken
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Khatti chic,
Does the soaking the chicken in buttermilk step add taste to the chicken or is it done to prepare the chicken for faster cooking? I’ve heard people usually soak overnight for southern fried chicken, does it cook faster if soaked longer in buttermilk?
Also does the batter adhere in one coating or do you coat twice?
How long do you fry your chicken for with my method it is usually a quick fry.
Do you season your flour with seasoned pepper/salt?
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PG, use ‘deep fryer’ 
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Kkf! I wrecked my deep fryer over the summer, when some guests were over I was multitasking and ended up ruining it. 
now I have to use the cast iron skillet for any frying.
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soaking the chicken in buttermilk is the same as “brining”…it tenderizes and adds a nice tangy, juicy flavor to the meat
i only coat it in flour once
read my original post…I detailed how to season the flour and how long to fry for
this is a fool proof method for making fried chicken!
cast iron skillets are waayy better than deep fryers 
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oh ok…may be use high oil temperature. i dunno may be not!
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If the temperature is too high, you’ll burn it on the outside and it will still be uncooked inside
i use crisco shortening or peanut oil exclusively for my fried chicken…and you only need about about one inch up the side of the cast iron skillet…let it come up to temp on about medium hight heat and then turn it down a notch
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Sorry khatti chic I just reread it more carefully thanks!! I don’t know why I didn’t notice that you wrote the seasonings in your post before.
Your original post said total “cool” time of 12-15 minutes I think you meant “cook” time…I was wondering why does she wait for this to cool down 
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^ no worries! Let me know how it turns out for you!