Recipe: Perfect Paula Deen's Fried Chicken

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Paula Deen's Fried Chicken. In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs. Season the chicken with the House Seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour.

Paula Deen's Fried Chicken Dark meat takes longer than white meat. Paula always says that young, organic chickens tend to stay more moist and juicy. Once you've separated your chicken, fill your pot with the peanut oil, but no more than half full. You can have Paula Deen's Fried Chicken using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Paula Deen's Fried Chicken

  1. Prepare 3 of eggs.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of (est.) hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete).
  3. It's 2 of cups self-rising flour.
  4. It's 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
  5. It's 1 of House seasoning (4:1:1 ratio of salt, black pepper, garlic powder).
  6. You need 1 of chicken, cut into pieces.
  7. You need 1 of frying oil, preferably peanut oil.
  8. You need 1/3 cup of water.

Dredge chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess. Dip in buttermilk, letting excess drip off. Dredge chicken again in flour mixture, shaking off excess. This recipe came from Paula Deen who has a cooking show on the Food Network.

Paula Deen's Fried Chicken instructions

  1. If you want to make your own self-rising flour, take 2 cups all-purpose flour and mix with 3 teaspoons of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of salt.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, beat the eggs with the water.
  3. Add enough hot sauce to make the egg mixture bright orange.
  4. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper.
  5. Season the chicken with the house seasoning.
  6. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg mixture and coat well in the flour mixture.
  7. Heat the oil to 350°F in a deep pot. This is important for consistent results. (I used an infrared thermometer, but a food thermometer may be better.) Do not fill the pot more than halfway with oil..
  8. Fry the chicken in the oil until golden brown and crispy. Dark meat: 13-14 minutes. White meat: 8-10 minutes..

The house seasoning is made in bulk. Transfer chicken to clean wire rack, and keep warm in oven. Lightly season the chicken all over with salt and black pepper. Add black pepper to self-rising flour. Dip seasoned chicken in egg; coat well in flour mixture.