Cajun Country Fried Chicken Food

CAJUN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pat the chicken dry. Place the chicken in a large bowl, season it with the salt, pepper, cayenne, white pepper, garlic powder, and hot sauce, and toss to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.☞TESTER TIP: The longer you let the chicken stay in the fridge, the more thoroughly the seasonings will permeate the chicken.
• Remove the chicken from the bowl, allowing any liquid to drip back into the bowl, and place it in a clean bowl. Pour the buttermilk over the top.
• Heat the lard, vegetable shortening, or bacon fat in a large cast-iron skillet until it registers 350°F (176°C) on an instant-read thermometer or a pinch of flour immediately sizzles when dropped into the fat.
• While the oil heats, remove the chicken from the buttermilk, allowing any excess liquid to drip off, and place the chicken in yet another clean bowl.
• Sprinkle the chicken with the flour and toss to coat.
• When the oil is ready, add the chicken pieces to the skillet in batches, starting with the larger pieces and shaking off any excess flour before adding them to the oil. Do not crowd the skillet. For the crispest results, you want ample room around each piece in the oil. Cook the chicken, using tongs to turn the chicken occasionally, until golden brown and cooked through, about 8 minutes on each side. Keep an eye on the temperature of the oil, making sure the oil doesn't get too hot.
• Transfer the fried chicken to a plate lined with paper towels or a brown paper bag. Return the oil to temperature before frying each subsequent batch of chicken. The smaller pieces will take about 6 minutes on each side.

CAJUN COUNTRY FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine milk and 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning; add chicken. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. , In a large shallow dish, combine the flour, lemon pepper, garlic salt and remaining Cajun seasoning. Drain chicken and discard milk mixture. Place chicken in flour mixture and turn to coat. , In a skillet, heat 1/4 in. of oil; fry chicken in batches until golden brown and juices run clear, 7-8 minutes.

CAJUN OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• combine buttermilk, cajun seasoning, and salt in a shallow dish.
• place the panko in another shallow dish.
• take your chicken pieces and dip them first in the butermilk mixture, then into the panko.
• do one piece at a time.
• line your baking sheet with parchment paper, and place the chicken pieces on it.
• lightly spray each chicken piece with the cooking spray.
• bake for 40 minutes at 400 degrees or until done, turning the chicken pieces after they have baked for 20 minutes.

CAJUN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Inject all pieces with marinade. I use King Kooker Hot & Spicy, but any spicy brand will do.
• Season all pieces with Cajun seasoning. I use Tony Chachere's.
• Coat pieces with Creole mustard.
• Mix eggs, milk and hot sauce in a shallow bowl.
• Put two cups of flour in a large gallon size baggie.
• Put the other two cups in another baggie, and season with 3 tbl Cajun seasoning.
• Heat oil for frying.
• Working with a couple pieces at a time, lightly coat pieces in unseasoned flour, dip into milk mixture, drain off excess, and thoroughly coat with seasoned flour.
• When all pieces are coated, fry until done. Place on paper towel and season again with Cajun seasoning.

COUNTRY FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix 2 teaspoons salt with 2 cups water. Put in the chicken parts and let soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Drain. Mix together the flour, pepper and salt and batter the chicken by dipping the pieces in the flour mixture until they are coated on all sides, shaking off excess flour.
• In a skillet, over medium heat, heat the shortening. It should be at 350 degrees. If the shortening appears too hot, remove the skillet from the heat and let it cool a little. Brown the chicken on all sides, reducing the heat if needed as it cooks. It takes about 20 minutes to fry chicken for it to be well done.

CAJUN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse and pat dry chicken pieces with a paper towel.
• Cut breast pieces in half across ribs.
• Soak Mixture: place enough buttermilk to completely submerge chicken pieces, add 1 tablespoons of hot sauce & whisk together.
• Soak chicken in Buttermilk and hot sauce mixture at least 3 hours in the refrigerator.
• Heat oil in a large deep pot to 350°F DO NOT FILL POT MORE THEN HALF FULL WITH OIL.
• Flour Mixture:In a Ziploc bag, combine 1 cup flour, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, a pinch of cayenne pepper,1/2 teaspoon paprika and 1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning. Close bag and mix well.
• Pat chicken dry with a clean paper towel and sprinkle with garlic powder and Creole seasoning.
• One piece at a time, Place chicken in inside ziploc bag flour mixture.
• Shake coated chicken over bag to get rid of excess coating.
• Drop the coated chicken into hot oil.
• Don't place too many chicken pieces, Cook 3 to 4 at a time.
• Fry chicken until brown and crisp.
• Drain on paper towel.
• Note: Dark meat will take about 14 minutes, white meat about 10 minutes. Smaller pieces cook faster than the larger ones, You can check by piercing to the bone in the thickest part with a fork. If the juices run clear, it is done.

CAJUN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Fry bacon in skillet remove bacon set aside to cool.
• Chop up green pepper onions celery and garlic place in skillet with bacon grease. Sauté till tender. Crumble up bacon and add to vegetables. Remove from grease and put in crock pot.
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning on chicken thighs. Brown in grease from bacon and then put chicken in crock pot with vegetables. Pour juices from bacon and vegetables over chicken.
• Pour tomatoes over chicken and add the other tablespoon of Cajun seasoning. Cover and cook on low in crock pot 6 to 8 hours.
• Serve over noodles or rice.

CAJUN STYLE COUNTRY FRIED PORK STEAKS

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl combine one cup flour and all seasonings.
• In another bowl combine buttermilk and evaporated milk. Set aside 1 3/4 cups of milk mixture for gravy.
• Dip meat into flour mixture, then in milk mixture, and then back into flour.
• Repeat step 3 for the rest of meat.
• Heat oil in skillet until hot but not smoking.
• Cook meat until lightly browned on each side, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Remove steaks and keep warm.
• Drain oil from pan, saving about 1/3. Stir in remaining flour until smooth. Cook over medium heat until golden brown. Whip in remaining buttermilk mixture.
• Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
• Serve over meat.