Fairy Bells Fried Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and place in a large baking dish or ziploc bag.
• Cover with water and sprinkle with salt.(approx. 1 TBS per 3 lbs of chicken).
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Drain, rinse, and pat dry.
• In a shallow bowl, beat eggs with buttermilk.
• In a separate shallow bowl, combine flour with salt and pepper to taste. (Here is where I either add just salt and lots of pepper, or I use Emeril's Creole Seasonings, from this site).
• Drain chicken pieces and dredge in egg mixture, then flour mixture.
• In a heavy large skillet over high heat, pour enough oil to cover chicken.
• Heat until flour sprinkled in the pan causes grease to splatter.
• Turn heat to medium.
• Add chicken, and fry chicken, uncovered, until brown on one side, 5-8 minutes.
• Turn chicken to brown on the other side. Larger pieces will take longer.
• Remove and drain on paper towels.

Steps:

• Toss the chicken thighs in the oil, making sure they are all well-coated.
• Mix the flour with the seasoning, then toss with the chicken thighs - it will be a very light coating, but you can double the flour and seasoning if you prefer a thicker coating.
• Arrange the chicken in one layer on the tray of an air fryer without a paddle, and program to cook for 35 mins. Check the thighs are cooked by pulling the flesh on the underside of one away from the bone - it should come away easily and there should be no pink remaining. Cook for another 5-10 mins if needed. The skin should have bubbled and crisped up, and any excess fat from the chicken will have dripped into the base of the fryer (you can discard this). Don't leave the chicken in the fryer, or the steam will make the skin soft again.

Steps:

• In a plastic bag, combine flour, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
• Shake chicken, a few pieces at a time, in flour mixture to coat.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat; brown chicken.
• Reduce heat cover and simmer 30 minutes or until chicken is fork tender and juices run clear, removing cover last 10 minutes to crisp chicken.