Michelle's Southern Fried Chicken Recipe

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Michelle's Southern Fried Chicken
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Ingredients:

  • 4 lbs chicken pieces
  • 1 tbsp bacon grease
  • crisco, for frying
  • 1 gallon cold water
  • 3/4 cup kosher salt
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
  • 1 1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions:

  1. Wash chicken.
  2. Take your brine ingredients and mix well to dissolve (in a large container). Add chicken and brine in the refrigerator for a minimum of one hour.
  3. Drain the brine from the chicken - you do not need to pat dry the chicken.
  4. Combine the marinade ingredients and add chicken. Marinate in the refrigerator for 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
  5. Combine the coating ingredients in a shallow pan and coat the chicken pieces. Just let the liquid from the marinade drip off the chicken pieces as you move them from the marinade to the flour.
  6. Let the chicken rest for five to ten minutes and then re-flour your chicken.
  7. Fill pan to 1/4 thickness with crisco and bacon grease and heat to about 350 - 360 degrees. It is important for your oil to stay at this temperature, so add your chicken pieces slowly, allowing the temperature of the oil to raise again after you add a couple pieces of chicken (and don't crowd the pan). (As you add the chicken pieces, your oil's temperature will be reduced.).
  8. Stay with your chicken, turning as each side gets golden brown and crispy. Dark meat takes longer, about 13-15 minutes and white meat takes about 8-10 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1215.58 Kcal (5089 kJ)
Calories from fat 593.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 65.97g 101%
Cholesterol 383.26mg 128%
Sodium 6820.51mg 284%
Potassium 1049.34mg 22%
Total Carbs 84.47g 28%
Sugars 6.56g 26%
Dietary Fiber 8.78g 35%
Protein 68.13g 136%
Vitamin C 17.5mg 29%
Iron 8.8mg 49%
Calcium 449.7mg 45%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 104.9 Kcal (439 kJ)
Calories from fat 51.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.69g 101%
Cholesterol 33.07mg 128%
Sodium 588.59mg 284%
Potassium 90.55mg 22%
Total Carbs 7.29g 28%
Sugars 0.57g 26%
Dietary Fiber 0.76g 35%
Protein 5.88g 136%
Vitamin C 1.5mg 29%
Iron 0.8mg 49%
Calcium 38.8mg 45%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 29
    Points
  • 32
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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