Summer memories are made of recipes like Fried Chicken. Nothing says summer food quite like rolled up sleeves and crispy fried chicken.
Jamie’s Favorite Fried Chicken
Servings
8 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon freshly cracked black pepper1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 2 egg whites
- 6+ cups extra virgin olive oil
- 2 3-4 pound chickens cut into pieces and breasts cut in half
Instructions
- Line several sheet pans with brown paper bags. The bags will absorb excess oil.
- Whisk together pepper, salt, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, garlic powder, onion powder, flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Set aside.
- Whisk together coconut milk and egg whites in a large mixing bowl. Add chicken pieces to bowl and toss to coat.
- Heat oil to 360°F.
- While oil is heating, shake off excess egg white mixture and add chicken pieces to dry mix. Thoroughly and heavily coat chicken with dry mix. Transfer coated pieces to a sheet pan to dry and form a crust.
- Fry chicken, a few pieces at a time, until browned and a thermometer registers 150°F. about 12-15 minutes.
- Transfer chicken to lined pan and sprinkle with salt.
How will this work if you’re cooking it on Thursday for Shabbos lunch? Will it warm up on a blech?
It will warm up on a blech but you will lose a lot of the crispy I would actually serve it room temp.
Put the pan containing the fried chicken on top of another aluminum pan turned upside down. Prior to Shabbat, poke holes in the aluminum foil and place the pan with the chicken on top of the upside down pan before you go to shul or if you stay home you know when your spouse & family will return home, put it on at least an hour before the gang arrives. The holes in the aluminum foil prevents the chicken from getting wet from the moisture that will be generated from the reheating of the chicken. Enjoy!!
You can, the coconut milk is higher in fat and is thicker but almond milk will work.
I do not like Coconut milk, I do like Almond milk. I wonder If I can use Almond milk instead of coconut milk.
I can’t find it either, but I have found a way to make it. They do sell dried onion flakes at most spice markets so you can buy them and grind them in a blender to make your own onion powder. Actually I have found something they call onion powder but it’s not what you want.
Does anyone know if onion powder is sold in Israel? I have never seen it, have asked for it in supermarkets – Supersol, Mega, Victory, Yaanot Habitan – but no one has ever even heard of it.