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00:00 Hi guys, today on Divas Can Cook we are making some good ol' spicy crunchy fried chicken.
00:05 I have been getting so many requests for a good spicy fried chicken recipe.
00:09 I thought y'all said y'all wanted some healthy recipes.
00:12 Well, you know I'm your girl, I got you.
00:15 So let's get right on into it.
00:17 Alright, so the first step we're going to brine this chicken.
00:20 You already know I love me a buttermilk brine.
00:23 It's so good.
00:24 Place that buttermilk into a large bowl.
00:25 I line my bowl with a brining bag.
00:27 Now we're going to add in some good ol' hot sauce.
00:30 I'm using Frank's because it's the whole home good, but you can use any kind that you want
00:34 to.
00:35 And then we're going to add in some onions.
00:36 You can throw in a little bit of garlic.
00:38 And you can also throw in some salt if you want to.
00:40 That's you know, add a little flavor to it or whatever.
00:42 But yeah, go ahead and mix that up.
00:44 Get it well combined.
00:45 And then we're going to take our little chicken here.
00:47 Just one whole cut up chicken, fully thawed out.
00:50 We don't want to use the frozen kind.
00:52 And just place it right into this brine.
00:53 Just like this right here.
00:54 That's perfect.
00:55 Go ahead and push it down.
00:56 Just like that.
00:57 Dunk it in there.
00:58 We're going to take this bag and wrap it up.
00:59 We want this chicken to be completely submerged in this brine, alright.
01:03 Perfect.
01:04 We're going to brine it for three hours or so.
01:06 And then when it's done, pour off that brine.
01:08 And then shake off that excess brine from the chicken.
01:11 I didn't even rinse them off.
01:12 I just went ahead and shook it really really good and got as much buttermilk off as possible.
01:16 And now it's time to move on to our spices.
01:18 I have a ton of different yummy spices in here.
01:20 Just going to mix this all up until it is well combined, okay.
01:23 Then I'm going to season up my chicken generously with this spice mixture front and back.
01:28 Don't use all of it.
01:29 Use maybe like half of it, okay.
01:30 Front and back.
01:31 Make sure you're seasoning it up really really good.
01:34 And really you can use any kind of spices you want to use.
01:36 You can just go with the plain Cajun spice.
01:38 Plain if you want to.
01:39 It really doesn't matter.
01:40 Just make sure you get it, you know, well seasoned like that.
01:42 Yum.
01:43 Looks perfect.
01:44 Alright, now I have some self-rising all-purpose flour here.
01:46 Perfect for frying chicken.
01:47 I'm going to add the remaining spices into this flour and stir it up.
01:52 Oh, do not breathe in this flour.
01:54 Oh my gosh, you guys.
01:55 I accidentally had like a little flour cloud come up and it went in my nose.
01:58 I was going crazy, child.
01:59 It was burning so bad.
02:01 But yeah, go ahead and stir it up just like this.
02:02 You want to taste the flour.
02:04 Make sure that flour is well seasoned.
02:05 If not, add in more salt, pepper, whatever.
02:07 Just make sure that it tastes nice and salty and spicy, okay.
02:10 Perfect.
02:11 Now we have our brown paper back here because we're old school.
02:13 We're going to dump our flour mixture into the bag and then throw our chicken in there
02:16 just like this right here.
02:17 Yes, this is what you do.
02:19 Then roll that bag up and then we can pretend like our name is Celia Foote.
02:22 And we're going to shake this chicken up and we're going to say, "This is so much fun."
02:27 I love that movie, The Help.
02:29 Oh my gosh, you guys.
02:30 When they are making chicken, that is my favorite scene in that whole movie.
02:33 Love that movie so much.
02:34 There's a little cleavage action for you guys.
02:36 Hey, go Monique, girl.
02:37 Alright, so now we're going to open up our bag and our chicken should be very well coated.
02:42 Perfect.
02:43 I love this method because it does it all in one little step.
02:46 Love it.
02:47 Shake off that excess flour.
02:49 We don't need it.
02:50 We don't need excess flour on our chicken.
02:51 That's not, we don't need that.
02:53 Shake it off.
02:54 Place it on a baking pan.
02:55 And now it looks like this right here.
02:56 It's perfect but we are not done yet, honey.
02:57 We want a nice thick crunchy coating.
02:59 So we're going to mix up some eggs here.
03:02 Go ahead and whisk them with your little fork.
03:04 Really really good until they are like uniform in color.
03:06 We don't want streaks, anything.
03:08 Nice yellow eggs.
03:09 We're going to throw in some water.
03:11 Okay, and then we're going to throw in some more hot salt.
03:13 We want it spicy.
03:14 Spicy.
03:15 If you can't handle spicy chicken, this is not for you, honey.
03:18 Because this chicken has some heat on it.
03:19 Next we're going to throw in a little bit of garlic powder.
03:21 We're going to mix this on up just like this right here.
03:24 Alright, now that is ready to go.
03:26 We're going to take our chicken and we're going to dip it into this little hot sauce
03:29 egg mixture.
03:30 Turn it around.
03:31 Shake off the excess.
03:32 And place it right back into our little bag with the flour in it.
03:36 Then go ahead and repeat this with all the chicken.
03:38 And then you know the drill, honey.
03:39 Go ahead and wrap that bag right back up and shake shake shake.
03:42 We are almost done with this part.
03:44 Yay!
03:45 You know I like doing this.
03:46 I was ready to be done with it.
03:47 Ok, we're going to check it out.
03:48 Our chicken should be very well coated.
03:50 Perfect.
03:51 We're going to shake it off, ok, and then place it on our baking sheet.
03:54 And now this chicken is ready for some oil.
03:56 Go ahead and pour your oil into a deep skillet.
03:58 I'm using vegetable oil.
03:59 You could use some shortening.
04:00 You could use some peanut oil.
04:01 Whatever lifts your skirt.
04:02 Go ahead and do it.
04:03 When the oil is nice and hot, go ahead and place your chicken in just like this right
04:07 here.
04:08 Now you don't want this oil to be splattering and pop locking and dropping.
04:11 If the oil is like popping and smoking, it's too hot, turn it down sister.
04:14 Ok, we don't want it to be too hot now.
04:16 It should sound like a nice soothing rain like this right here.
04:19 Gorgeous.
04:20 Alright, when the chicken is ready, go ahead and take it out of the oil and place it on
04:24 a plate lined with some paper towels.
04:27 And then go ahead and fry up your next batch.
04:28 Oh my gosh, you guys, keep an eye on it because I almost burnt this dog on chicken.
04:32 And you know honey, men don't burn no chicken.
04:34 And then while it's really hot, so don't let it cool off yet, you're going to sprinkle
04:37 with some Cajun seasoning.
04:38 Any kind of Cajun seasoning.
04:40 This is optional.
04:41 You don't have to do it.
04:42 It's already hot enough.
04:43 If you really like it hot, go ahead and put on some more Cajun seasoning and you're pretty
04:47 much done.
04:48 Yay, you did it.
04:49 And even though I had a lot of steps to it, it was pretty easy.
04:52 You know, pretty easy, straight forward.
04:53 I used to be so scared to fry chicken, you guys.
04:55 Oh my gosh.
04:56 But you know, easy recipe.
04:57 And now go ahead and get you some hot sauce.
04:59 I love this kind right here.
05:00 Yum.
05:01 And go ahead and douse it with some yummy hot sauce.
05:04 And this is definitely some good old hot and spicy fried chicken.
05:06 Ok, let me go ahead and take a bite out of this chicken for you guys.
05:09 You can see just how juicy it is.
05:11 Look at that juicy, crunchy, spicy.
05:12 Perfect, what markets you--
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