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Gary Mehigan

Southern Fried Chicken


Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients

Seasoning Mix

  • 1 tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon, salt
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 ½ teaspoons onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon dried sweet basil leaves
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon white pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1.4 kg frying chicken, cut into 8 pieces, all fat removed
  • 900 ml buttermilk
  • 1 ½ cups vegetable flour
  • 1 ½ cups vegetable oil

Method

  1. Combine the seasoning mix ingredients thoroughly in a small bowl.
  2. Place the chicken pieces in a pan or shallow bowl, pour the buttermilk over, and let marinate for 1 hour at room temperature. Pour off the buttermilk add reserve 1 cup. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the seasoning mix all over the chicken pieces and pat it in well with your hands. Combine the flour 2 ½ teaspoons of the seasoning mix in a shallow bowl. Heat the oil in a large non stick fry pan over high heat until very hot. Toss the chicken in the seasoned flour, shaking off the excess, and add to the oil, skin side down, in a single layer. Cover the pan and reduce the heat to medium, and fry, checking occasionally to make sure the chicken is not burning, until browned on one side, about 5 to 6 minutes. Turn the chicken pieces over, cover, and fry, checking occasionally, until a rich, golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels.
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  • Lori-ellen
    2 months ago

    Milk is not for dipping only for tenderizing and for infusing flavours. Throw it away as it is now contaminated from the chicken.

  • COOKING_MAMA™

    I'm pretty sure you're supposed to dip the chicken into the reserved milk and then the spice and flour mix before frying..... It just dosent say. I worked at KFC as a kid, that's the way it's done.

    • Lori-ellen
      2 months ago

      Nah, not for dipping. Use of the milk is purely for tenderizing and for the absorption of flavours. Much easier for meat to absorb the seasoning when, believe it or not, the milk actually helps break down the fibers of the meat. Haven't you ever seen a turkey soaked overnight in liquid with citrus and spices? You will have the most succulent meat if you do this. Hope this helps? Oh by the way looks like they have omitted probably a sauce from the recipe. That would more than likely be the reason for reserving the milk. No good now though unless you know of one for its use.

  • Cookette
    February 2011

    Then same night he whizzed char-grilled red pepers, chilli peppers etc for some sort of salsa - but I cannot ind the recipe. Can anyone help?

  • Rose
    October 2010

    Fantastic recipe....but why do you need to reserve 1 cup of buttermilk?

  • fishoneil
    June 2010

    Tried it last night and am intrigued why I had to save the cup of buttermilk. It was a great taste...

  • Silk
    December 2009

    I am going to try this recipe tonight....ingredients as per the online instructions. I am a little wary though....most recipes I have found that are represented online are NOT the same as when I saw them on the show.....ingredients missing etc.....I don't have this particular episode recorded, so I will go with what is on this recipe...however, I am pretty tired of the recipe write ups on this site do not represent the actual recipes that I saw on TV....I am wondering if either the chefs....or the TV people set us all up to fail.....bah humbug....not in a magnanamous mood this afternoon....willing to give this recipe a try though

    • Dani
      November 2010

      i tried it last night and it was awesome. tasted almost exactly like KFC chicken but in a good way (i dont like KFC chicken).

      i only used 600ml of buttermilk. i thought that was heaps. just didnt know wat this meant Pour off the buttermilk 'add reserve 1 cup'.

    • Shells
      September 2010

      Why would you comment before even trying the recipe? I don't understand.

    • Josh39
      July 2010

      What did you think of the southern fried chicken. Would like to know.

      Cheers Josh.

  • Rob
    October 2009

    Tried this yesterday. It was great. Easily the best fried chicken I've ever made. Had it with a THAI CUCUMBER salad.

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