How Do I get Fried Chicken to be crispy ?!
How Do I get Fried Chicken to be crispy ?
Im latin (dominican/honduran) and i looove fried chicken..who doesnt?...lol...but i have tasted my husbands grandmother fried chicken, and its delicious!..she is from Jamaica...she's stingy with recipe's!!!..lol..but how can i get that crisp fried chicken without the smooth outside,but the outside crispy and the chicken WELL cooked on the inside WITHOUT burning the outside..i have been told to use corn meal vs the flour...they say thats where the trick is...please help...lol..i luuv to cook...XoXo
Answers:
Wash and pat the chicken dry. That'll help the coating to stick.
Dip chicken in buttermilk, then dredge in flour and spices
Now dip chicken in whipped egg and dredge chicken in flour mixed with cornmeal and spices. The cornmeal helps prevent burning and adds a bit of crunch.
Fry in peanut oil, preferably in a pressure cooker. Why a pressure cooker? Because Colonel Sanders used a pressure cooker. Do you think your chicken's better than his? If it was you wouldn't be asking for advice, right?
When the outside is done, pop it into the oven to finish cooking. Turn it often, to keep it from burning in the oven.
While it finishes in the oven, boil some potatoes for homemade mashed potatoes. Make your gravy. Cook some green beans with a bit of ham-hock or jowl-bacon. Mmmm, yummy.
How do you know when your chicken's done? Some folks say its when the color is just right. Others say its when it smells right. Some say to stick a fork in it. Myself, I say its done when it reaches at least 165 degrees at the thickest part of the breast. I never used to temp my poultry. A bout with food poisoning will change that pretty quick.
Good luck, and enjoy!