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Secret Fried Chicken Marinade

Source of Recipe

David Anderson


List of Ingredients

1 gallon plus 2 cups cold water
6 tablespoons chicken base
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons fine ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 tablespoon liquid hickory smoke




Recipe

Prepare 2 days before fying chicken. *(See Real Honest Southern Fried Chicken Recipe listed below)


Bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Add chicken base and dry ingredients. Mix well and remove from heat. Add hickory smoke and immediately add to 1 gallon water.


Let marinade stand overnight before using.
YIELD: 1 Gallon


* Real Honest Southern Fried Chicken---

2 (3-pound) chickens
1 gallon Secret Fried Chicken Marinade
5 cups flour
5 tablespoons Famous Dave's Steak Seasoning
1 tablespoon black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
8 cups cold water
Peanut oil for frying
1/2 cup butter

The night before serving, cut chicken up; rinse. Pour the marinade over the chicken in a large bowl, turning to coat. Marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for 8 hours - no more, no less; drain.


Rinse the chicken and refrigerate until ready to fry.


Mix the flour, steak seasoning, black pepper, salt, paprika and cayenne in a bowl. Add chicken to flour mixture. Knock the chicken together to shake off the excess flour. Dunk in cold water and shake. Return chicken to flour mixture. This begins a series of lifting the chicken out of the flour mixture and letting it fall back. Do this about 5 times, tapping chicken pieces together several times to knock off excess flour.


Add enough peanut oil to a heavy skillet to measure 3/4 inch. Add the butter. Heat the mixture to 350 degrees. Fry the chicken in the hot peanut oil for 15 minutes or until golden brown, turning the chicken frequently. Pay close attention to the temperature of the oil as the addition of cold chicken will cool the oil. Adjust the temperature as needed.


This seems like a lot of work but you'll be rewarded with the best fried chicken you've ever tasted. Your friends will want your recipe!