Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, southern style brined chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Southern Style Brined Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Southern Style Brined Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern style brined chicken using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
- Prepare 1 whole chicken (3-6 pounds)
- Get 8 quart stock pot
- Make ready 1 gallon water (cool tap water)
- Make ready 1/2 cup regular table salt
- Get 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp garlic powder
- Take 1 tbsp onion powder
- Prepare 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Prepare 1 lemon halved and squeezed into brine
A lot of traditional southern fried chicken recipes, are actually buttermilk fried chicken recipes. However, that is not the only way to make southern fried chicken. Instead of using buttermilk, they brine the chicken in a salt & sugar water. You can of course brine a whole chicken, or you can brine just chicken thighs, legs, breasts, or wings.
Steps to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
- Please refer to my Southern Style Brined Oven Roasted Crispy Chicken recipe as a basis on how to cook this.
- Pour tap water and remaining ingredients into your stock pot. Stir and allow for the salt and sugar to dissolve. 10-20 minutes.
- Add chicken and and allow to soak in brine for at least 2 hours refrigerated. Overnight is optimal.
- If using boneless skinless breast or the like, 2-4 hours soaking is fine. Cook brined chicken as desired. Cut up and fried, roasted, smoked, grilled,etc. No matter how you choose to cook it, it makes a big difference taste wise. Enjoy
- Feel free to add any herbs that you like. Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Oregano, Etc. Even add a bottle of your favorite beer. Have fun with it. This is also excellent for pork and turkey as well. There is no substitution for salt in this recipe.
Instead of using buttermilk, they brine the chicken in a salt & sugar water. You can of course brine a whole chicken, or you can brine just chicken thighs, legs, breasts, or wings. Brining chicken wings before frying or baking means moist, well-seasoned wings. Chicken breasts are smaller cuts and brine quickly, perfect for weeknight meals. Whisk together buttermilk, mustard, salt and pepper, and cayenne in a bowl, and pour into a resealable plastic bag.
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