I dont know about you but for me it’s pretty hard to beat a good plate of fried chicken. And I’m not talking about mean KFC, but good old fashioned homestyle fried chicken. Its always the most glorious of meals, and is actually a lot simpler to make than you think! This recipe is very easy to make and although you have to marinate the chicken overnight, you’ll see it was definitely worth the wait!

Here’s everything that you’ll need:

• 8 pieces of chicken (I used drumsticks but any part of the chicken will work)
• 1 liter buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tbs salt
• 1 tbs ground black pepper
• 1 tbs spicy paprika or cayenne powder
• vegetable oil for frying

Here’s everything you’ll need for cook day.

Directions:

Lets get cooking!

You’ll have to marinate the chicken overnight, so place the chicken into a large bowl and pour in the buttermilk. You’ll want to be sure to completely cover the pieces.

Be sure to completely cover the chicken with the buttermilk.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day before taking the chicken out, preheat the oven to 350° F. Then in a bowl place the flour, salt, pepper and paprika or cayenne powder and mix it all together.

In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, pepper and spices.

Remove the chicken from the butter milk and carefully coat each piece in the flour mixture. Set the pieces aside.

Be sure to thoroughly coat each piece of chicken in the mixture.

Pour the oil into a pan and heat it up. Carefully place a few pieces of chicken at a time into the oil. Fry the chicken for about 3 minutes on each side until the coating is a light brown color.

Place a few pieces of chicken in the oil and fry them for 3 minutes on each side. Be that they are light brown before removing them.

Remove the chicken from the oil and place onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Repeat until all the chicken has been fried.

Once all the pieces have been fried, place them on a lightly greased backing sheet and bake them.

Once all the pieces have been fried and placed on the baking sheet, bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes (be sure the chicken is no longer pink on the inside).

Take the chicken out of the oven and serve hot! Pop open a soda and enjoy!

Serve the chicken nice and hot and enjoy! Goes great with old fashion cold soda!

How did you chicken turn out? I’d love to know how yours turned out!