Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, southern style brined chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Southern Style Brined Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Southern Style Brined Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
A delicious way to make oven fried gizzards that are soft and tender without having to boil them first, Plus being oven fried they are not greasy. Chicken gets brined in flavorful buttermilk before hitting the fryer for a crisp, golden crust. For me, as a kid growing up in New York, fried chicken came from one place, and one place only: those grease-stained cardboard buckets peddled by the Colonel himself.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have southern style brined chicken using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
- Make ready 1 whole chicken (3-6 pounds)
- Take 8 quart stock pot
- Take 1 gallon water (cool tap water)
- Prepare 1/2 cup regular table salt
- Take 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 tbsp onion powder
- Prepare 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1 lemon halved and squeezed into brine
As per tradition, we're highlighting the The next day, slice the chicken into strips and assemble the dredge. Please do not brine chicken overnight using the salt measurement in this recipe because the chicken will turn out salty. If you must brine it overnight use way less salt. Oh my gosh I LOVE Southern fried chicken and yours looks perfect!
Steps to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
- Please refer to my Southern Style Brined Oven Roasted Crispy Chicken recipe as a basis on how to cook this.
- Pour tap water and remaining ingredients into your stock pot. Stir and allow for the salt and sugar to dissolve. 10-20 minutes.
- Add chicken and and allow to soak in brine for at least 2 hours refrigerated. Overnight is optimal.
- If using boneless skinless breast or the like, 2-4 hours soaking is fine. Cook brined chicken as desired. Cut up and fried, roasted, smoked, grilled,etc. No matter how you choose to cook it, it makes a big difference taste wise. Enjoy
- Feel free to add any herbs that you like. Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Oregano, Etc. Even add a bottle of your favorite beer. Have fun with it. This is also excellent for pork and turkey as well. There is no substitution for salt in this recipe.
I always soak in buttermilk but now I need to try your brine!.chicken, southern fast food favorite flavor, then you have to try this southern style buttermilk fried Its got that sweet, buttery and crisp fried chicken flavor that's so reminiscent of this southern Remove the chicken from the brine and allow excess liquid to fall off. Dredge chicken and double coat in flour, then batter, then flour again and arrange on tray. Tender, crispy fried chicken is a southern staple, and this fried chicken recipe doesn't disappoint! After the chicken is cut & cleaned, I let it sit in the brine overnight. Again, the brine is just a simple mix of water, salt, and sugar.
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