Southern fried chicken

I love southern fried chicken, but I hate that its always so unhealthy is you get it from restaurants and take-aways. This is a really basic recipe for southern fried chicken which can be done as strips, nuggets or larger portions. Feel free to adapt this recipe to your own tastes and enjoy.

Livvy @cook_11753185

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Ingredients

2 hours

serves 6 servin

1 kgchicken breast
350 mlbuttermilk
2tspn paprika
salt and pepper
100 gplain flour
3 tbspbread crumbs
lots of oil, preferably coconut or ground nut oil

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Steps

2 hours

1

Chop up the chicken into the desired size (i go for about 3cm chunks). Or if doing chicken thighs or drum sticks, leave whole, they will require a longer cooking time depending on size.
2

Put all the chicken in a bowl and cover with the buttermilk. cover the bowl and place in the fridge to marinade for at least 1 hour.
3

Mean while mix all the flour, paprika, breadcrumbs and salt and pepper together and place in a flat dish. This will be used to coat the chicken before frying.
4

After the chicken has marinaded take a large saucepan and place on a high heat with about 5 cm of oil in the bottom to heat. remove the chicken peices from the buttermilk and roll in the flour mimx until well coated.
5

Once the oil is hot carefully add the chicken to the pan (don't overcrowd it) and cover with the lid. Cook for about 3 minutes before turning and cooking for another 3 minutes. The chicken pieces should be golden brown and cooked through before serving.
6

Place the cooked chicken on some kitchen roll to soak up the oil before serving. et voila, enjoy! I usually serve this with chips and salad.