Southern style fried chicken legs
Southern style fried chicken legs

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Southern style fried chicken legs is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Southern style fried chicken legs is something that I have loved my entire life.

Place the chicken leg back into the flour mixture and cover it again in flour. Once oil is hot and ready for frying, place chicken leg into the oil for frying. Once legs are fried to a golden brown, remove from oil and place on a double-folded paper towel on a plate.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern style fried chicken legs using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern style fried chicken legs:
  1. Get 4-5 chicken legs, washed
  2. Take 2 cups flour
  3. Take 1/2 cup buttermilk
  4. Take 2 eggs, beaten
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp onion powder
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  7. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
  8. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
  9. Get 1/4 tsp paprika
  10. Get Oil for frying

Rinse the chicken pieces with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. In a shallow bowl, beat the eggs with the milk, and stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder. This classic recipe is made-from-scratch Southern fried chicken at its easiest. Crispy and juicy, it's sure to be a family favorite.

Instructions to make Southern style fried chicken legs:
  1. Mix dry ingredients in a ziploc bag, it’s easiest for coating this way. Beat eggs and buttermilk in a bowl.
  2. Put oil in a pan and heat to 350
  3. Dip chicken in flour and spice mixture then buttermilk egg mix then back in flour spice mixture. Immediately place in hot frying pan and fry about 10-12 minutes per side on medium heat until crispy and brown. Great plain or you can toss in bbq or hot sauce. Pairs great with Mac and cheese, green beans, corn, coleslaw, potato salad, potato wedges, salad or mashed potatoes and gravy.

Crispy and juicy, it's sure to be a family favorite. There's also no need for a long marinade in buttermilk, so it's perfect for weeknights. This would make or break my love for the air fryer and that test was homemade southern-style fried chicken! I made a basic Southern-Style Fried Chicken recipe and threw it in the air fryer. Although I'm sure any fried chicken recipe would work.

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