Monday, January 12, 2009

Lightly Fried Chicken


Ingredients:
6 chicken drumsticks
1/2 cup Kosher salt
2 cups of Progresso Italian bread crumbs
1/2 cup of olive oil

Directions:
1. Brine: Fill up a container with Kosher salt, add water, and stir. Add chicken and fill container with water until chicken is covered.
2. Brine overnight, no more than 24 hours.
3. Remove chicken from brine and pat dry with paper towels.
4. Pour about 2 cups of bread crumbs into a dish and rotate chicken drumsticks until each is completely covered with crumbs.
5. Heat pan with 1/2 a cup of olive oil. More may be used, but I just use barely enough so it is light.
6. Fry chicken on medium heat (adjust heat if necessary), turning every 10 minutes until chicken is cooked to the bone and golden brown. Turn carefully to prevent bread crumbs from falling off the chicken. Cooking will take up to an hour since little oil is used.

2 comments:

Thien-Vu Hogan said...

Wow, this looks so good! My mouth is watering!

Phi said...

i love fried chicken. brining is the best and makes it juicy!