Sb's Fried Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Preparation Time: 55 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4


• 2 skinless chicken breasts, bone-in (approx 1 pound)


• 2 skinless chicken thighs, bone-in (approx 1/2 pound)


• 2 skinless chicken thighs, bone-in (approx 1/2 pound)


• 1/2-1 cup buttermilk


• 2 -8 tablespoons hot sauce (i like texas pete)


• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper


• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper


• butter-flavored cooking spray (every time i use spray in the instructions, this is what you need to spray with)

Recipe

• 1 place chicken in a large zip top bag and add buttermilk and hot sauce to your taste (i use almost 1/2 c of texas pete, but it is really mild); squeeze the air out of the bag, seal it up and gently shake a little to combine contents well; stick this back in the fridge for at least 30 mins but no longer than 2 hours.


• 2 preheat oven to 450 degrees; let it heat for about 10 extra minutes.


• 3 line an 11 x 17 metal baking sheet pan with parchment paper and spray; you must use a flat, low-sided pan large enough to hold your chicken with plenty of space between the pieces in order to get a good crisp crust; if you need to double the recipe, use two pans, place your oven racks in the bottom 1/3 and top 1/3 positions in your oven, and when you flip over the chicken, rotate your pans top to bottom and front to back; you may need to add 5 to 10 mins to your cooking time as well.


• 4 remove chicken pieces from the bag and drain well; i use a very large wire cooling rack set down in my sink while the chicken drains, place the flour, salt, and peppers in a clean zip top bag and combine well; turn the chicken over so both sides drain; now take one piece of chicken, place in the flour bag, close up the top (leave air in, don't squeeze) and shake to coat; remove chicken, shaking off excess flour back into the bag; return chicken piece to cooling rack; repeat with each piece of chicken.


• 5 spray both sides of chicken, then repeat the flouring procedure, again one piece at a time, but this time placing chicken on prepared baking sheet; spray again, but this time you only have to spray the side that's up.


• 6 bake for 20 minutes, flip chicken over and bake for 15 more minutes (total of 35 minutes) or until juices run clear.