How to Make Yummy Southern Fried Chicken

Southern Fried Chicken.

You can cook Southern Fried Chicken using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Southern Fried Chicken

1. It's 300 ml of whole milk.
2. Prepare 20 ml of lemon juice.
3. It's 1 tsp of salt.
4. It's 8 of chicken thighs, skinned.
5. You need 150 g of plain flour.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of white pepper.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of smoked paprika.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of English mustard powder.
10. It's of Vegetable oil, for frying.
11. It's of coleslaw made from shredded white cabbage, grated carrot, mayonnaise, lemon juice and horseradish sauce.

Southern Fried Chicken step by step

1. Make the buttermilk by mixing the lemon juice into the milk. Add the salt and stir to dissolve..
2. Place the skinned chicken thighs in a bowl and pour the buttermilk over. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight..
3. In a shallow bowl mix the flour with the salt, white pepper, smoked paprika and mustard powder..
4. Take the chicken a piece at a time and place in the flour, turn to coat all over..
5. Pour 2cm oil in a wide pan that has a lid, and heat until a small piece of bread turns golden. Add some of the chicken thighs to the pan with a pair of tongs. Don't overcrowd the pan..
6. After 2 minutes turn the heat down and cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 4 minutes then remove the lid and turn the chicken over. Cook for another 4 minutes then turn the heat up to high again and cook for another 2-3 minutes each side until really brown and crispy..
7. Remove the cooked chicken from the pan and drain on kitchen paper while you cook the rest. Leave to stand for a few minutes before eating accompanied by the coleslaw..