Fried Chicken: Do You Season The Chicken Or The Flour?
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How do you prepare chicken before cooking?
- Mix the poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Rub the seasoning mixture all over each piece of chicken.
After seasoning the chicken, it goes through a 3-step dredging process to batter it.
- First, place the chicken in a Zip-lock bag (or bowl) of seasoned flour and shake or toss to coat the chicken evenly.
- Second, shake off the excess flour and dip the chicken into a prepared buttermilk mixture.
- Third, transfer the chicken to the last bag (or bowl) of flour and shake or toss until it’s well coated.
- Then place the coated chicken into the pre-heated oil to fry, skin-side down.
Do you season chicken first?
Soul food seasoning rule number one:
Always season your chicken or meat!
Seasoning chicken before cooking allows the spices to penetrate the meat and helps release the flavor during the cooking process.
To make the best Southern fried chicken, use this tried, tested, and authentic soul food Southern fried chicken seasoning.
When should you season chicken?
Season the chicken before battering it in flour.
Can you use plain flour for fried chicken?
All-purpose flour is best for frying soul food Southern fried chicken.
The Soul Food Pot’s signature fried chicken seasoning for the flour batter is a mixture of:
- flour
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- paprika
- red pepper
Do you season the chicken or the flour?
Always and both! You season the chicken and the flour when making Southern fried chicken.
What seasoning goes well with chicken?
The key to making delicious Southern fried chicken is to find the right Southern fried chicken spices to make a seasoning blend.
Soul food Southern fried chicken seasoning
- 1 tablespoon of poultry seasoning or all-purpose seasoning (I use Famous Dave’s Country Roast Chicken Seasoning)
- 1 ½ teaspoons of salt
- ¾ teaspoon of black pepper
Soul food seasoning for the fried chicken batter
So how do you season the flour for fried chicken?
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons onion powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
- ¾ teaspoon of red pepper
Should you coat chicken in flour before frying?
While the frying oil is heating up, the chicken will go through a 3-step flour dredging.
Do you coat chicken with flour or egg first?
If you’re using The Soul Food Pot’s signature Southern fried chicken seasoning, the milk is mixed with the egg.
Then, before placing the chicken into the pre-heated oil, the chicken will go through a 3-step dredging process where the chicken is dipped in a buttermilk and egg mixture after it’s floured.
Why soak chicken in buttermilk?
A buttermilk marinade for chicken is also called a buttermilk brine.
Brining is a method of soaking meat in salt water or other liquids like buttermilk, beer, lemon juice, or apple cider before cooking to add moisture and tenderize it.
The result is an intensified flavor when seasoning and spices are added to the meat!
What does buttermilk do for fried chicken?
Buttermilk can tenderize the chicken without it becoming tough and chewy. It’s the secret ingredient to making chicken that’s soft and tender!
What is the secret to good fried chicken?
After learning do you season the chicken or the flour, you’ll probably also want to know the secret to good fried chicken.
The secret starts with a soul food Southern fried chicken recipe that includes seasoning the chicken and the flour.
Along with the following three components for making crunchy and flavorful chicken on the outside with juicy, seasoned tender meat inside!
How long is fried chicken good for?
Any Southerner will tell you they like their fried chicken the same way they want their Krispy Kream doughnuts – hot and now!
Right out of the deep fryer or frying pan!
But I suppose fried chicken can be refrigerated for up to 5 days and reheated.
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