How to Up Your Fried Chicken Game Just in Time for Memorial Day

Ree Drummond's Fried Chicken for the Big House Clean Up and Spring is Sprung episodes of The Pioneer Woman with Ree Drummond, as seen on Food Network.

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Ree Drummond's Fried Chicken for the Big House Clean Up and Spring is Sprung episodes of The Pioneer Woman with Ree Drummond, as seen on Food Network.

Photo by: Renee Comet

Renee Comet

Ree Drummond's Fried Chicken for the Big House Clean Up and Spring is Sprung episodes of The Pioneer Woman with Ree Drummond, as seen on Food Network.

The Pioneer Woman says it herself: Fried chicken is the perfect picnic food. Once it’s fried to crunchy, juicy perfection, this classic Southern favorite is just as good at room temperature as it is hot, so pack it up for your very first picnic of the season for on-the-go eating.

Just in time for Memorial Day, the inaugural day of outdoor eating, Ree Drummond’s Fried Chicken recipe gives you the golden, moist fried chicken you crave. By coating buttermilk-soaked chicken in seasoned flour that’s combined with buttermilk and milk, then frying the pieces in oil at the perfect temperature (360 degrees F, that is), you get the most crispiest, most-delicious fried chicken ever.

After watching the video, do it Ree’s way once and you probably won’t take your fried chicken any other way again. It takes just one bite, while you’re sprawled out on a picnic blanket outside, to see why Ree’s fried chicken is the recipe to rely on all season long.

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