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The Darling’s Fried Chicken

By: TLP's Partners
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    ingredients
  • Hunter Cattle organic ½ chicken
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • ¼ cup Hot sauce
  • *We use a vinegar based hot sauce–Franks or Crystal
  • 2 tbsp pickle juice
  • breading
  • 1 qt flour
  • 3 tbsp onion powder
  • ¼ cup Old Bay Seasoning
  • 3 tbsp garlic powder
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • frying
  • *”Oil is a preference”, says Chef Witwer, “At home I use beef tallow, in the restaurant we use canola oil. A blend of soy and canola is common but we don’t use it because of soy allergies.”
steps
  1. Separate the leg ¼ from the breast.
  2. Cut leg to separate the drumstick and thigh.
  3. Remove breast from the frame and cut off the wing. You will end up with a bone in thigh, bone in leg, and boneless breast.
  4. Marinate the chicken pieces in buttermilk, hot sauce and pickle juice.
  5. After your chicken has marinated overnight, double bread the chicken.
  6. Fry at 350 degrees in oil*.
  7. Using a thermometer, stick into the thickest part of the chicken and cook until 165 degrees.

  • Recipe by:
    Chef Dan Witwer | Executive Chef of The Darling Savannah

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