I had been touting the deliciousness of my healthy healthier fried chicken to my colleagues for months. Finally, I decided to put up and make some fried chicken to share. Lucky for y’all, I grabbed a few photos and am going to share the recipe. This recipe is from my dear friend Kathy, who is an amazing chef. No, not professionally, but the woman can throw down. This chicken is awesome because it’s crispy but only spends about 5 minutes frying — then it finishes cooking in the oven. It’s a genius idea and SO good!
Healthier Fried Chicken
2014-05-27 18:45:25
Serves 4
Create healthier fried chicken by limiting the amount of time the chicken is in the fryer. Then bake the chicken to finish cooking.
Prep Time
24 hr
Cook Time
45 min
Ingredients
- 8 pieces of chicken
- 1 qt buttermilk
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Put chicken in a large bowl or container, cover with buttermilk and let sit overnight
- Preheat oven to 350
- Mix flour, cayenne pepper, seasoned salt, kosher salt and pepper in a bowl
- Cover chicken with flour mixture
- Meanwhile, heat vegetable oil in a deep pot until it reaches 360 degrees
- Fry chicken at 360 degrees for 2-3 minutes on each side
- Remove chicken and place on a rack on a foil lined cookie sheet
- Cook chicken in the oven for 35-40 minutes
- Enjoy!
Notes
- If you do not have a cooking thermometer, you can drop a tiny bit of flour in the oil - if it sizzles, then the oil is hot enough.
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No going to lie, fried chicken is one of my guilty pleasures! I just love the crispness of fried skin!
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It’s soooo good!
My boyfriend thanks you in advance for this recipe!
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LOL – you can tell him that he’s welcome 🙂
MMMMM this sounds awesome!!!! Definitely going have to try this!
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it is SO good and really really easy to do. i hate frying and LOVE this chicken!
Here’s what just happened:
Saw this picture on Instagram. Immediately ran to your blog for recipe. This looks DELICIOUS!
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Hahaha – that is hilarious 🙂
mmmmm… finger lickin’ good!
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