Southern Fried Chicken

I love fried chicken! found this recipe a while back, made it once but was not really satisfied with it. Tweaked it and finally got something close to my favorite, store bought fried chicken. I also marinated the chicken with coke, one of my favorite drinks, and the result was awesome! This chicken is best marinated overnight to let all the goodness of the spice infused coke be absorbed into the meat.

Ingredients

For the marinade

750ml Coke

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon cayenne pepper powder

1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce

1 tablespoon cajun spice

1 tablespoon black pepper

1 teaspoon mustard

1 tablespoon ginger powder

A few sprigs of thyme

For the coating

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

equal amounts of everything that was used in the marinade except the coke and thyme

1 teaspoon salt

6 big chicken wings

2 eggs

Method

Mix the marinade and soak the chicken overnight. You want all the flavour in the chicken wings.

In a bag, mix the flour and spices.

Heat up a pot of oil.

Dust the chicken once, dip  it in the beaten eggs and dust the chicken with flour again.

 

When the oil is hot, fry the chicken and remove it when it turns golden brown.

This chicken is best served with coleslaw and mash. 

Enjoy!