Easier Fried Chicken

Name: Easier Fried Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups, buttermilk; , table salt; dash, hot sauce; 3 teaspoons, ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon, garlic powder; 1 teaspoon, paprika; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 3 1/2 pounds, bone-in, skin-on chicken parts (breasts, thighs, and drumsticks, or a mix, with breasts cut in half), trimmed of excess fat (see note); 2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 3/4 cups, vegetable oil

Main Courses
US & Canada
Poultry
Chicken
Weeknight

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2010, America's Test Kitchen TV

Could we achieve fried chicken with a super-crisp crust and juicy meat without resorting to quarts of oil?

SERVES 4

TIME 1 hour

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