Paula Deen's Fried Chicken

Name: Paula Deen's Fried Chicken
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 1 cup (est.) hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete); 2 cups self-rising flour; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 House seasoning (4:1:1 ratio of salt, black pepper, garlic powder); 1 chicken, cut into pieces; 1 frying oil, preferably peanut oil; 1/3 cup water

downshift_wot @downshiftWOT

I wanted to make fried chicken, googled for a recipe, and found this one with 850 reviews and an average rating of 5 stars. Obviously, it piqued my interest.

I made it, and it was everything I had hoped for--crispy, juicy, flavorful!

For your convenience, I added an extra step, in case you wanted to make your own self-rising flour. (I wasn't about to go to the store just to buy it, when I could make it and already had lots of all-purpose flour in my pantry!)

I wanted to make fried chicken, googled for a recipe, and found this one with 850 reviews and an average rating of 5 stars. Obviously, it piqued my interest.

I made it, and it was everything I had hoped for--crispy, juicy, flavorful!

downshift_wot @downshiftWOT

I wanted to make fried chicken, googled for a recipe, and found this one with 850 reviews and an average rating of 5 stars. Obviously, it piqued my interest.

I made it, and it was everything I had hoped for--crispy, juicy, flavorful!

I wanted to make fried chicken, googled for a recipe, and found this one with 850 reviews and an average rating of 5 stars. Obviously, it piqued my interest.

I made it, and it was everything I had hoped for--crispy, juicy, flavorful!

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Ingredients

30 mins

3 servings

3eggs
1 cup(est.) hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete)
2cups self-rising flour
1 tspground black pepper
1House seasoning (4:1:1 ratio of salt, black pepper, garlic powder)
1chicken, cut into pieces
1frying oil, preferably peanut oil
1/3 cupwater

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Steps

30 mins

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.