Crispy Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe

How To Cook Crispy Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe

Crispy Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe - This Fried Chicken Recipe involves coating the chicken with a flavorful breading mixture or batter. The chicken is pan fried or deep fried afterwards. There are no restrictions as to which part of the chicken you wish to use. If you will ask me, I will say chicken wings all the way,  but other people love to have some meat — so adding meaty parts, such as breast, is recommended.

Crispy Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe  INGREDIENTS:

• 12 chicken drumsticks
• ½ cup hot pepper sauce
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
• 3-4 cups oil for frying
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Place the chicken in a large ziplock bag or bowl then Pour sauce over chicken, seal bag and shake. Refrigerate to marinate for at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.
2. Heat oil to 375 degrees F in a large heavy duty skillet or deep fryer. While the oil is heating combine the flour, corn meal, salt and pepper in anotherresealable plastic bag. One at a time, place chicken pieces in bag, seal and shake to coat.
3. Fry chicken pieces in oil for about 20 to 25 minutes , or until cooked through and juices run clear. Drain on paper towels and serve.

 Additional Information About Fried Chicken

Fried chicken also referred to as Southern fried chicken is a dish consisting of chicken pieces usually from broiler chickens which have been floured or battered and then pan-fried, deep fried, or pressure fried. The breading adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior. What separates fried chicken from other fried forms of chicken is that generally the chicken is cut at the joints and the bones and skin are left intact. Crisp well-seasoned skin, rendered of excess fat, is a hallmark of well made fried chicken.

History

Fritters have existed in Europe since the middle ages.The Scots, and later Scottish immigrants to the southern United States, had a tradition of deep frying chicken in fat, unlike their English counterparts who baked or boiled chicken.

A number of West African cuisines featured dishes where chicken was fried, typically in palm oil, sometimes having been battered before. These would be served on special occasions in some areas, or sometimes sold in the streets as snacks in others.
This provided some means of independent economy for enslaved and segregated African American women, who became noted sellers of poultry live or cooked as early as the 1730's. Because of this and the expensive nature of the ingredients, it was, despite popular perception, a rare and special dish in the African-American community.

After the development of larger and faster-growing hogs due to crosses between European and Asian breeds in the 18th and 19th century, in the United States, backyard and small-scale hog production provided an inexpensive means of converting waste food, crop waste, and garbage into calories (in a relatively small space and in a relatively short period of time). Many of those calories came in the form of fat and rendered lard. Lard was used for almost all cooking and was a fundamental component in many common homestead foods (many that today are still regarded as holiday and comfort foods) like biscuits and pies. The economic caloric necessity of consuming lard and other saved fats may have led to the popularity of fried foods, not only in the US, but worldwide. In the 19th century cast iron became widely available for use in cooking. The combination of flour, lard, a chicken and a heavy pan placed over a relatively controllable flame became the beginning of today's fried chicken. Source: Fried Chicken

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