Southern Style Brined Chicken
Southern Style Brined Chicken

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, southern style brined chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Southern Style Brined Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Southern Style Brined Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Take 1 whole chicken (3-6 pounds)
  2. Prepare 8 quart stock pot
  3. Get 1 gallon water (cool tap water)
  4. Get 1/2 cup regular table salt
  5. Take 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp garlic powder
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp onion powder
  8. Get 1 tsp ground black pepper
  9. Get 1 lemon halved and squeezed into brine
Steps to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
  1. Please refer to my Southern Style Brined Oven Roasted Crispy Chicken recipe as a basis on how to cook this.
  2. Pour tap water and remaining ingredients into your stock pot. Stir and allow for the salt and sugar to dissolve. 10-20 minutes.
  3. Add chicken and and allow to soak in brine for at least 2 hours refrigerated. Overnight is optimal.
  4. 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
  5. 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.

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