Ingredients
- 2 chicken drumsticks, skin on
- 2 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in
- three or four cups milk
- 2 1/4 cups solid vegetable shortening, for frying
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon red pepper cayenne
- 1 egg, beaten
Directions
Inside a medium pan, place chicken and canopy with milk. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for just two hrs to overnight. This can help tenderize the meat, but is optional
Inside a large saucepan on the medium-high temperature, using tongs, transfer chicken into pot, then pour within the milk. Bring milk to some boil, then reduce heat to medium-low allowing to simmer before the chicken is cooked through entirely, about twenty minutes. Take away the chicken in the milk. and put on the rack to awesome. Permit them to sit until warm about fifteen minutes, after which pat dry utilizing a kitchen towel.
Heat vegetable shortening inside a Nederlander oven over high temperature just until it's almost in the smoking point around 325 levels F.
Inside a large zip-lock bag, add salt, flour, red pepper cayenne. shake to mix.
Inside a medium bowl, beat 1 egg .
Place each bit of chicken, 1 at any given time, within the bag and shake to coat the chicken. Then dip chicken in to the egg to coat. Put the chicken into the flour to coat for again. Continue doing this method on remaining 3 bits of chicken.
Lightly drop each bit of chicken into herbal, allowing your skin to crisp and switch golden brown colored, about one minute per side. Remove in the oil and transfer to some paper towel lined plate. Serve immediately.
Recipe thanks to Nigella Lawson 2007