Southern Fried Chicken

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Boat Day

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (516)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
14 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 14 min
Total:: 24 min

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Ingredients

3 eggs
1/3 cup water
About 1 cup hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete)
2 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon pepper
House seasoning, recipe follows
1 (1 to 2 1/2-pound) chicken, cut into pieces
Oil, for frying, preferably peanut oil

Directions

In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper. Season the chicken with the house seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour mixture.

Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with oil.

Fry the chicken in the oil until brown and crisp. Dark meat takes longer then white meat. It should take dark meat about 13 to 14 minutes, white meat around 8 to 10 minutes.

House Seasoning:

1 cup salt

1/4 cup black pepper

1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

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audrey jamaica, NY 02-06-2010
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BETTER THAN MY FRIED CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

MY CHILDREN LIKE YOUR FRIED CHICKEN, USUALLY THEY DO NOT CARE FOR FRIED CHICKEN, THEY SAID THIS IS THE BEST!!!
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Corina montclair, NJ 02-02-2010
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Reeeeally good fried chicken!!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Ooh! Paula my new found friend, I made this chicken just tonight and I really loved it. Just to let you know that I hardly... ever eat fried chicken except for one to two times per year but I think I will have to increase that ratio. The chicken was crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. My fried chicken has NEVER come out this great before. My husband and I devoured even the extra that I made for lunch tomorrow at dinner tonight. I did not have the peanut oil in my pantry so I used regular vegetable oil. The chicken was not even saturated with oil as it usually is. Just fantastic! I want to go on about this method but I must stop now. Keep those great recipes coming Paula my friend. Thanks again. Chicken lovers should definitely try this recipe you won't regret it.Read more
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Juna El Cajon, CA 01-27-2010
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Incredible flavor.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I did not see the show that presented this recipe, but I could not wait to make this dish as it sounded sooooo good. I did... not know how much of the salt mixture to put on the chicken, so I packed it on. Geeezzz, what a mistake!!! I followed the recipe to make the seasoning mix and did not pay attention to the salt to pepper, to garlic powder ratio. Way too much salt. Before I used the seasoning mix again, I doubled the amount of pepper and garlic powder to even out the ratio. The crust was soooo crunchy and good (other than the salt). I did not throw the chicken away. I took the crust off and ate the chicken, the seasoning was perfect and the chicken was juicy and tender. I look forward to cooking this recipe again. Read more
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tracy botkins, OH 01-19-2010
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in debted to paula
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i havent made the recipe yet but after surving some life threatening medical problems i had completly lost my appetite until... i watched paula from my hospitol bed making her fried chicken, i instantly got hungry and have been watching her faithfully ever since thanks to paula im gaining weight back and feeling stronger tommorrow im gonna try this recipe thankyou paula i m very indebted to youRead more
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Vera Coram, NY 01-16-2010
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I wish
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I love Miss Paula she is great person. I live in Long Island and I wish I could meet her some day
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Lori Boise , ID 01-07-2010
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Southern Perfection
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have to agree with the person who wrote about the house seasoning. If you just lightly coat the chicken with the house... seasoning it helps to keep the chicken moist. DO NOT use the entire recipe oh that would be horrible of course. I have made this recipe many times now. Perfect every time!!! I made chicken strips using chicken breasts and canola oil tonight and they were gone in seconds. Kids loved them. Read more