Southern Fried Chicken (look Out Kfc!) (paula Deen)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs cut-up chicken
• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 cup hot sauce (i use louisiana hot sauce, tabasco might be hotter)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 heat peanut oil in a large deep pot to 350°f (do not fill more than half full--you don't want a hot-oil spill-over accident!).
• 2 for sauce mixture: in a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs with the water.
• 3 add hot sauce and whisk together well.
• 4 pour this mixture into a large plastic zip-top bag.
• 5 for seasoning mixture: in a small bowl, combine 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
• 6 for dredging mixture: in a another bowl, mix flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• 7 rinse and pat dry chicken pieces with a paper towel.
• 8 cut breast pieces in half across ribs.
• 9 sprinkle chicken generously on both sides with seasoning blend.
• 10 drop a few chicken pieces of chicken into bag of sauce mixture and squish around to coat thoroughly.
• 11 one piece at a time, roll chicken in flour mixture and drop into hot oil.
• 12 don't crowd chicken pieces--i cook about half the chicken at a time.
• 13 fry chicken until brown and crisp.
• 14 drain on paper toweling.
• 15 dark meat will take about 14 minutes, meat about 10 minutes.
• 16 remember smaller pieces cook faster than the larger ones.
• 17 you can check for doneness by piercing to the bone in the thickest part with a fork.
• 18 if the juices run clear, it is done.