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Pollo Frito

Giada De Laurentiis

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Italian Southern Comfort

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate This RecipeRead users' reviews (95)

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  • on May 01, 2011

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    I live in the south and we love fried chicken. I also love lemon. This recipe is perfect. My family was eating it right out of the skillet. The chicken comes out moist and tender. I will make this dish time and time again !

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  • on December 27, 2010

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    Bland. Terribly bland. Even after i added additional salt, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder and italian seasoning.

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  • on November 23, 2010

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    I fried this chicken yesterday(11/23/10, and i must say that this chicken was very moist. I brought a whole chicken and cut it up into 10 pieces and did use an equal amount of lemon juice and EVOO, along with sea salt and marinaded for over 24 hours. I too seasoned the flour with salt,pepper,garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. I also cooked this with "Garlic Mashed Potatoes" and frozen Peas and Carrots. My wife, who is a Filipino never had Mashed Potatoes before, and she loved it. This is a Keeper.

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  • on March 06, 2010

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    MY FAMILY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MOIST,FLAVORFUL,LIGHT,CRISP AND DELECTIBLE. NO LEFT OVERS HERE:
    I TOO LEFT LEMON ZEST IN THE MARINADE TO STREGTHEN THE LEMON TASTE,ALSO DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH OLIVE OIL TO FRY IN,ONLY MARINADE,SO USED CANOLA OIL,WHICH WORKED OUT JUST FINE.
    WILL MAKE AGAIN!!

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  • on January 10, 2010

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    Gotta say that I love it but had to kick it up a notch by using 1 lemon per piece of chicken, marinating overnight with the zest and juiced lemons in a bag for extra flavor then I added a ton of lemon pepper seasoning to the flour... mmmmm. And of course you gotta squeeze fresh lemon juice on the hot chicken before eating. I had to go all out with a side of grilled polenta cakes and creamy basil mashed potatoes. Awesome!!!

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  • on January 01, 2009

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    This is the best fried chicken recipe I've ever tried. I didn't leave enough time (1 hr for the chicken to marinade so I used 4 lemons. The breasts weren't as flavorful as the rest of the chicken. The chicken had a subtle lemon flavor, was very moist, the crust was crispy, and the meat fell off the bone - a perfect combination!

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  • on February 20, 2008

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    Excellent!!!

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  • on November 01, 2007

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    The best fried chicken I've ever had. Excellent flavor. Easy to prepare.

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  • on October 10, 2007

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    I thought I had tried every possible way to fry chicken to feed my 4 kids, but this was a new refreshing recipe. The lemon gives it such a great flavor, all 4 kids devoured it and my husband loved it too. I did add a little salt, pepper, and garlic powder to the flour before I coated to chicken so that it would have some flavor in the crust. Chicken was very juicy. This one will be a regular for us from now on!

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  • on September 23, 2007

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    I've made this several times and each time I marvel at how good it is. We don't like white meat so I buy drumsticks and thighs. It doesn't matter. The recipe is just great.

    I do season my flour a little more than Giada recommends and cut back on the salt and that doesn't affect the recipe.

    I've recommended it to all my friends, foodies or not.

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