Zippy's Fried Chicken

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (3 -4 lb) fresh whole broiler-fryer chickens
• 2 cups wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 1 tablespoon msg (i'm not advocating for this one..you can)
• 2 teaspoons fresh cracked black pepper
• 1 pinch coarse hawaiian rock salt (or two!) or 1 pinch kosher salt (or two!)
• canola oil (for deep frying)
• warm water, to cover chicken

Recipe

• 1 rinse and cut up chicken into parts easy for frying.
• 2 drain and in colander and put in clean mixing bowl and cover with warm water.
• 3 add 2 big pinches of hawaiian rock or kosher salt to bowl to create a salt brine for the chicken.
• 4 soak chicken parts for 10 minutes.
• 5 drain in colander and do not rinse.
• 6 in another mixing bowl add dry ingredients such as flour, garlic powder, paprika, /black pepper, and msg.
• 7 mix with wire whisk or blend in a blender to remove flour lumps.
• 8 add drained chicken pieces to mixing bowl of dry ingredients.
• 9 dredge chicken parts well to make sure it covers the whole piece.
• 10 shake excess flour off of chicken and set aside on tray or cookie sheet while you're heating up oil.
• 11 heat canola oil in wok, deep frying pan, or dedicated deep fryer with oil enough to cover chicken pieces.
• 12 heat oil to 350-375°f.
• 13 add chicken in 2 batches.
• 14 chicken batches will cook for approximately 15mins or until golden brown all over.
• 15 drain on paper towels and keep in 150°f oven to keep warm.