crispy fried chicken recipe
If you love fried chicken then you will love this tender and flavour-packed crispy fried chicken recipe.
Ingredients
buttermilk brine
- 500 ml buttermilk
- 1 stalk rosemary
- 1½ tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp crushed garlic
- 10 chicken wings fully defrosted
coating (1)
- 2 tsp crushed chilli
- 4 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp crushed rosemary
- ½ tsp ground pepper
- 3 tsp salt
- 250 grams all purpose flour
coating (2)
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
to prepare the chicken wings :
- Cut each chicken wing into three pieces and discard all the tips.
Buttermilk marinate
- Place your buttermilk, rosemary, salt and crushed garlic into a large bowl and mix well.
- Add your chicken pieces to your brine and allow your chicken to marinate for 1 hour in the fridge.
making the coat
- In a small bowl combine your eggs and whisk. Then set aside.
- In a large wide bowl, combine your flour, crushed chilli, salt, ground pepper, crushed rosemary, garlic powder and crushed chilli. Mix well and set aside.
how to fry the chicken wings
- Preheat a small deep pan with canola oil that is enough for frying on medium high heat.
- Start off by removing the excess buttermilk mixture from the marinate then dip your chicken wings into the flour mixture then the egg mixture then flour again.
- Once your oil is hot, add about 5 wings in one go and cook for about 5 minutes or until your chicken wings are golden brown and crisp on the outside. Place your fried chicken wings onto kitchen paper to drain all the excess oil.
- Do this for the rest of the wings and enjoy.
