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Crispy fried chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Crispy fried chicken is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook crispy fried chicken using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Crispy fried chicken:

1. Prepare 4 pound chicken (cut into 8 pieces with the backbone discarded)
2. Take 2 cups buttermilk
3. Take 1 tablespoon kosher salt
4. Make ready 2 teaspoons coarse ground black pepper
5. Prepare 2 tablespoons hot sauce optional
6. Prepare 2 cups flour
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon paprika
8. Make ready canola oil for frying

Add other chicken pieces being careful not to overcrowd skillet. Continue cooking, turning once, until chicken pieces are golden brown and cooked through. Fried chicken is best when it is fresh and the skin is still crispy. The skin will not be as crispy reheated.

Steps to make Crispy fried chicken:

1. Mix the chicken pieces, buttermilk, salt, pepper and hot sauce in a large bowl and refrigerate for at least four hours.
2. Mix the paprika with the flour in a medium bowl with a baking sheet set up next to it.
3. Remove the chicken from the buttermilk, then add each chicken piece to the flour, coating well, then place onto the baking sheet and let sit for at least 30 minutes (the flour will become paste-like).
4. Add a large dutch oven 1/2 full with canola oil heated to 365 degrees and fry in batches (do not crowd the pan) of 4 pieces, cooking for 10-12 minutes (check for 165 degrees and that the chicken is cooked through).

Fried chicken is best when it is fresh and the skin is still crispy. The skin will not be as crispy reheated. Dry brine (meaning salt) the chicken itself first. This salting step is critical for moist, flavorful chicken, as it gives the chicken direct contact with the salt. This helps to tenderize it, but also infuses it with flavor.

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