Deep Fried Chicken But Low Fat Recipes

Steps:

• Combine 1 tablespoon salt with 3 quarts water in a large bowl or container. Add chicken, cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight. Drain, rinse with cold water and pat dry.
• Stir together remaining 1 teaspoon salt and the black pepper. Sprinkle half the mixture evenly over chicken.
• In a large sealable plastic bag, combine remaining pepper mixture and flour. Add 2 pieces chicken to bag and shake well to coat. Remove chicken pieces, shaking off extra flour, and set aside. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Take a large (10- or 12-inch) cast-iron skillet or chicken fryer, for which you have a lid, and fit with a candy or deep-frying thermometer. Add oil and bacon drippings and heat to 360 degrees over medium heat; the oil will ripple and possibly give off a few wisps of smoke.
• Using tongs, immediately add chicken pieces, skin side down (work in batches if necessary to avoid crowding pan). The oil will drop to about 325 degrees, where it should stay; adjust heat so that oil is bubbling gently around the pieces. Cover and cook 6 minutes; uncover and cook 9 minutes. Turn chicken pieces; cover and cook 6 minutes. Uncover and cook another 5 to 9 minutes, depending on size of pieces. If necessary for even browning, turn pieces over a few times toward the end.
• Drain on paper towels or paper bags. Let cool at least 20 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place a heavy pot over medium-high heat with at least 1-inch of vegetable oil for boneless chicken and 2 inches for whole pieces. Heat oil to 350 degrees F; it is important to monitor and maintain the temperature, or the soy flour breading and your oil will burn. (Portable deep fryers at home are great for this.)
• In a medium bowl, mix the eggs and cream to make an egg wash. In a separate larger bowl, mix all the breading ingredients together.
• Season the chicken well with salt and pepper. Dip it first in the breading, then in the egg wash, and then back in the breading again, making sure to coat well on all sides. Pat off any excess breading and then carefully place into hot oil and fry until golden brown and crisp, just a few minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels.
• Boneless chicken breasts, if thinly cut, may cook all the way by frying alone, but whole chicken will not because of how fast soy flour browns. It is best to place any chicken you fry with soy flour on a sheet pan and finish by baking at 350 degrees F for an additional 10 minutes for boneless chicken and 20 to 25 minutes more for cut up chicken pieces that have bones. The internal temperature of the chicken should register 165 degrees F. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into pieces.
• Remove skin and extra fat from each piece (except wings -- too hard!).
• When all pieces are skinned and rinsed, salt each piece on both sides and put into a large bowl.
• Cover bowl and allow to sit in refrigerator overnight, if possible, but at least for an hour or two.
• Heat your recycled shortening (see below) in dutch oven.
• Pour milk into a medium bowl, and flour into another.
• When the shortening is hot enough, roll a piece of chicken in the flour, then dip into the milk, then roll in flour again.
• Carefully drop each piece into hot oil. If the shortening is hot enough, the chicken will float. Depending on the size of your kettle, a whole chicken might be 4-6 batches; just don't overload the kettle.
• Larger pieces may need to be turned over.
• Remove pieces with tongs when golden brown; place on paper towels to drain.
• Serve hot, but it's great cold the next day!
• Recycled shortening: Crisco, for example, comes in a 3-lb. "can" (in quotes because it's cardboard, not metal). The first time you make this chicken, use a full can. When the cooking is done and the shortening has cooled somewhat, pour the liquid into a container (metal coffee can, or similar) except for the brown sludge at the bottom (residue from flour, etc,) which is thrown out. Save the shortening, covered, in your refrigerator until next time. Add enough fresh shortening to the kettle to replace the part you threw out. P.S. When starting with all fresh shortening, adding a little bacon grease will improve flavor of your first batch of chicken.

Steps:

• In a medium pan, place chicken and cover with milk. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours to overnight. This helps tenderize the meat, but is optional
• In a large saucepan over a medium-high heat, using tongs, transfer chicken into pot, then pour in the milk. Bring milk to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low allowing to simmer until the chicken is cooked through entirely, about 20 minutes. Remove the chicken from the milk, and place on a rack to cool. Allow them to sit until warm about 15 minutes, and then pat dry using a kitchen towel.
• Heat vegetable shortening in a Dutch oven over high heat just until it's nearly at the smoking point around 325 degrees F.
• In a large zip-lock bag, add salt, flour, cayenne pepper, shake to combine.
• In a medium bowl, beat 1 egg.
• Place each piece of chicken, 1 at a time, in the bag and shake to coat the chicken. Then dip chicken into the egg to coat. Place the chicken back into the flour to coat for a second time. Repeat this method on remaining 3 pieces of chicken.
• Gently drop each piece of chicken into hot oil, allowing the skin to crisp and turn golden brown in color, about 1 minute per side. Remove from the oil and transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Crush the crackers in a food processor until coarse crumbs form.
• Place the cracker crumbs in a resealable plastic bag, then add in flour, potato flakes, seasoned salt, garlic powder, paprika, black pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper (if using) seal bag and shake to combine the mixture.
• In a bowl whisk the egg then add in milk; mix/whisk to combine.
• Pound out the chicken breasts slightly between two pieces of waxed paper (do not pound out thin).
• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Coat the chicken pieces firstly in the egg/milk mixture allowing any excess to drip off, then place into the bag with crumb mixture; shake to coat.
• Place the chicken in hot oil and cook abou 12 minutes turning frequently until golden brown and juices run clear.

Steps:

• Heat the shortening in a large, cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
• In a brown paper lunch bag, combine the flour, salt, and pepper. Shake two chicken pieces in the bag to coat, and place them in the skillet. Repeat until all of the chicken is coated and in the skillet.
• Fry the chicken over medium-high heat until all of the pieces have been browned on both sides. Turn the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook for 25 minutes. Remove the lid, and increase heat to medium-high. Continue frying until chicken pieces are a deep golden brown, and the juices run clear.

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, mix the first 6 ingredients. In a separate shallow bowl, whisk egg, milk and lemon juice until blended. Dip chicken in flour mixture to coat all sides; shake off excess. Dip in egg mixture, then again in flour mixture., In an electric skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry chicken, a few pieces at a time, 6-10 minutes on each side or until skin is golden brown and juices run clear. Drain on paper towels.

Steps:

• . Preheat oven to 450F (230C).
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and set a wire rack on top.
• Spray rack with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk buttermilk with egg white, add chicken and turn to evenly coat.
• Measure flour, salt, garlic powder, oregano, chili powder and baking powder into a large plastic bag.
• Close top and gently shake to evenly mix.
• Remove chicken, one piece at a time, from buttermilk and shake off excess liquid, then place in bag.
• Close top and shake gently to evenly coat.
• Remove from bag, shaking off excess coating, then place on rack, repeat with remaining chicken, one piece at a time.
• Discard any remaining milk and flour mixtures.
• Using a brush, lightly dab oil as evenly as possible over coating on chicken.
• Bake in centre of preheated oven until coating is crisp and golden, about 30 minutes.
• TIP:.
• If you have time, let chicken marinate in buttermilk before roasting. This makes it even more tender and adds tang, too! Place chicken and buttermilk mixture in a large plastic bag. Push chicken down into marinade, then squeeze out as much air as possible from bag. Seal tightly with an elastic band as close to chicken as possible. Place in a large bowl. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Then proceed with recipe as written.

Steps:

• Lightly pound chicken breasts with table knife handle until they are thinner, larger and lightly tenderized.
• Dip in egg white and roll in crushed corn flakes.
• In skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, brown and cook over medium-low heat 5-6 minutes on each side. (Will burn easily; keep heat fairly low.) Turn only once. When chicken is done, remove from skillet.
• Add flour to skillet and brown over medium heat, stirring occasionally. This will burn easily. Remove skillet from heat and set aside.
• In medium bowl, combine remaining gravy ingredients. Using a whisk, with skillet still removed from heat, add gravy liquid while stirring. Return to heat, whisk and stir until gravy thickens. Serve gravy spooned over chicken. Enjoy!

Steps:

• In each of two 1-gallon resealable plastic bags, combine 1 cup buttermilk, 1/2 tablespoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne, and half the chicken pieces. Shake to coat, refrigerate up to 2 days.
• In a large shallow bowl, whisk flour with 2 tablespoons salt and remaining 2 teaspoons cayenne. Dredge chicken pieces one at a time in mixture, shaking off excess.
• In a 12-inch cast-iron skillet (or other heavy-bottom skillet), heat oil to 350 degrees on a deep-fry thermometer (or until a pinch of flour sizzles when dropped in the oil).
• Carefully add 1/2 of the chicken. Cook 10 minutes: turn chicken with tongs. Cook until golden brown, the juices run clear, and internal temperature is 165 degrees about 10 minutes more. Transfer to a rack to drain. Season with salt, if desired.
• Return oil temperature to 350 degrees. Repeat with remaining chicken.