Fried Chicken

I bought these humongous chicken legs at .99 cents a pound from the grocery store. From the look of things, these chicken legs are almost the size of turkey legs. I had to make some cuts on the meat because the last time I cooked these chicken legs, they were cooked on the outside but the inside was still bloody.

Did I mention I perfected this recipe. My mom makes this type of fried chicken with the simplest ingredients. It was so depressing to find out that the chicken was crunchy and delicious without any complicated stuff in them. Plain old flour, and spices are needed and I couldn't make it right. The chicken always came out funky but not anymore.

Fried Chicken

7-8 large chicken legs
1 1/2 cups of flour
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/8 tsp ground cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1/8 tsp garlic salt
1/8 tsp lemon pepper
seasoned salt
msg

Combine the flour, cornstarch and cayenne pepper. Put all these ingredients in a resealable bags

Prepare a pan with enough oil to deep fry the chicken. The rule of thumb is the chicken has to be submerged in the oil as stated by deep frying. If you have a deep fryer, great, but I don't. So, if you don't have a fryer, then I suggest using a narrow pan.

Take the chicken and place them in a bowl. If the chicken legs are large, then create some deep cuts to insure that the inside is fully cooked. Sprinkle in the salt, black pepper, garlic salt, lemon pepper, very little seasoned salt and an even smaller amount of msg. Yes you read it correctly. I use msg. Personally, I think it's fine in small amounts. We've used it for a very long time and it hasn't led to any fatalities, so I'm guessing it's not as bad as most people think.



Today, I almost over salted this batch of chicken, so be careful. Another thing to add, you can change the spices used to flavor the chicken. I am using spices that we have at home. Plus, I value the amazing flavor that can come from simple ingredients. The important factor here is to coat the chicken in the flour mixture and later deep frying it.



Put the chicken in the flour mixture, seal the bag and mix until the meat is well coated. Make sure the oil is hot enough and put the chicken in carefully. Cover and cook until the chicken is golden brown.

Here's what it looks like...