Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Honey Butter Crunchy Fried Chicken
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 6-8 mixed pieces of chicken dark and white meat!
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 5-6 cups vegetable oil for frying *you can use canola, or, corn oil*
- 1 1/2 packets of Sazon Seasoning if you can't find this, use 3 tbsps of paprika instead
- 2 tbsps garlic powder
- 2 tbsps salt
- 1 tbsps black pepper
- 1 quart buttermilk *you can use heavy cream as a substitute!*
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
For the Honey Butter Drizzle (optional)
- 2 tbps honey
- 1 tbps butter
Instructions
- In a large bowl, season chicken with cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and salt. Pour in buttermilk and 1 packet of sazon and mix. Let the chicken marinate in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Remove the chicken from the refrigerator and allow it to rest at room temperature for another hour before beginning the frying process
- In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, 1⁄2 pack sazon,1 tbsp of garlic powder, 1 tbsp of pepper and 1 tbsp of salt
- After the chicken is at room temperature , coat chicken in flour mix, and shake off any excess.
- Once the chicken is coated, let it get to room temperature for twenty minutes.
- Preheat oil to 350 degrees. You'll need to use 5-6 cups of oil.
- Drop the chicken in hot oil, flipping occasionally and allow the chicken to cook until there’s an internal temperature of 165 degrees or until golden brown.
- Combine melted honey and butter, then drizzle over chicken before serving. (optional)
Notes
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