American Cuisine
Ingredients:
- 8 pieces of chicken.
- 2 cups buttermilk.
- 2 cups flour.
- 2 tbsp salt.
- 2 tbsp pepper.
- 2 tbsp paprika.
- 1 tbsp garlic powder.
- 1 tbsp dry basil.
- 1 tbsp dry oregano.
- 1 tbsp ground ginger.
- 1 tbsp nutmeg.
- Vegetable oil for frying.
Directions:
- Place chicken in a ziploc bag along with buttermilk.
- Allow to sit for 2 hours in the fridge, turning bag once.
- Add the flour all dry ingredients into a separate ziploc
bag.
- Shake off excess buttermilk off chicken and place in
flour bag.
- Shake chicken well so that each piece is thoroughly
coated with flour mixture.
- Add oil to heavy skillet or pot. The oil should be deep
enough to cover half of the largest piece of chicken.
- Heat oil to 335 degrees F.
- Place chicken in hot oil, not overcrowding, maybe 4
pieces in first batch.
- Fry for 8 minutes and turn over and
fry for an additional 8 minutes.
- Place on a wire rack and serve.