Southern Sunday

Southern Fried Chicken

Ingredients:

4 Chicken Leg quarters

2 cups buttermilk

Flour

1 tsp Cayenne Pepper

1 tsp Thyme

1 tsp Rosemary

Canola Oil

Directions:

Prepping the chicken: cut the quarters in half. Place in a large bowl with buttermilk, cayenne pepper, thyme, and rosemary. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Take chicken from refrigerator. Coat each piece with flour. Place chicken on a baking sheet and let sit for 30 minutes for the coating to settle. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. In a frying pan or cast iron skillet pour 1/4 inch of canola oil. Keep on high heat and fry each piece in several batches (do not crowd in pan). Flip it once until golden brown. Place on a baking sheet. Once all of your chicken is fried, place in over for about 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked threw.

Buttermilk Marinade

Coat with flour

Let it sit for 30 minutes before frying

Fry for 10 minutes then bake for 20
minutes at 400 degrees