Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, southern style fried chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Southern Style Fried Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Southern Style Fried Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern style fried chicken using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Fried Chicken:

1. Make ready all-purpose flour
2. Prepare cornstarch
3. Make ready black pepper
4. Prepare paprika
5. Get cayenne pepper
6. Get baking powder
7. Take cold water

Steps to make Southern Style Fried Chicken:

1. Brine chicken for at least 1 hour before cooking
2. In large bowl mix dry ingredients. Whisk together.
3. Add water and whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour.
4. Remove chicken from brine and discard water. Pat chicken dry.
5. Whisk batter to ensure it's evenly distributed.
6. In a dutch oven place 3 quarts of oil and heat to 350°F.
7. Place chicken in batter mixture. Remove and allow excess to drip off. Place in hot oil carefully and cook for 13-15 minutes. Cook batches of white and dark meat together.
8. After 4 min move chicken to be sure it's not sticking together or to bottom the of pan.
9. Once chicken is golden brown or time is reached remove and check and see if chicken is done. Use an onstage read meat thermometer to check internal temperature of chicken (at least 160 for white meat and 175 for dark) being sure not to hit the bone.
10. If internal temperature is good place chicken in a 200°F oven to keep warm until all batches are done.
11. Reheat oil for next batch

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