Recipe: Perfect Paula Deen's Fried Chicken

Paula Deen's Fried Chicken.

You can cook Paula Deen's Fried Chicken using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Paula Deen's Fried Chicken

1. It's 3 of eggs.
2. You need 1 cup of (est.) hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete).
3. You need 2 of cups self-rising flour.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
5. You need 1 of House seasoning (4:1:1 ratio of salt, black pepper, garlic powder).
6. Prepare 1 of chicken, cut into pieces.
7. You need 1 of frying oil, preferably peanut oil.
8. You need 1/3 cup of water.

Paula Deen's Fried Chicken instructions

1. If you want to make your own self-rising flour, take 2 cups all-purpose flour and mix with 3 teaspoons of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of salt.
2. In a medium sized bowl, beat the eggs with the water.
3. Add enough hot sauce to make the egg mixture bright orange.
4. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper.
5. Season the chicken with the house seasoning.
6. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg mixture and coat well in the flour mixture.
7. Heat the oil to 350°F in a deep pot. This is important for consistent results. (I used an infrared thermometer, but a food thermometer may be better.) Do not fill the pot more than halfway with oil..
8. Fry the chicken in the oil until golden brown and crispy. Dark meat: 13-14 minutes. White meat: 8-10 minutes..