Fairy Bells Fried Chicken Food

FAIRY BELL'S FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and place in a large baking dish or ziploc bag.
• Cover with water and sprinkle with salt.(approx. 1 TBS per 3 lbs of chicken).
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Drain, rinse, and pat dry.
• In a shallow bowl, beat eggs with buttermilk.
• In a separate shallow bowl, combine flour with salt and pepper to taste. (Here is where I either add just salt and lots of pepper, or I use Emeril's Creole Seasonings, from this site).
• Drain chicken pieces and dredge in egg mixture, then flour mixture.
• In a heavy large skillet over high heat, pour enough oil to cover chicken.
• Heat until flour sprinkled in the pan causes grease to splatter.
• Turn heat to medium.
• Add chicken, and fry chicken, uncovered, until brown on one side, 5-8 minutes.
• Turn chicken to brown on the other side. Larger pieces will take longer.
• Remove and drain on paper towels.

AIR FRYER FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the buttermilk, garlic, 1 tablespoon salt and 2 teaspoons pepper in a large resealable plastic bag or container. Add the chicken pieces, seal and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to overnight, turning the bag once or twice.
• When you are ready to cook the chicken, combine the flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in a shallow bowl or dish. Stir well with a fork to combine. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons of the buttermilk mixture from the bag over the flour and toss well to create small lumps throughout.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade. Spray the basket of a 3.5-quart air fryer with olive oil cooking spray and preheat to 360 degrees F.
• Dredge 3 thighs and 3 drumsticks in the flour mixture, shaking off the excess. Place the pieces in the preheated air-fryer basket, skin-side up without touching. Spray the chicken generously with the cooking spray and air fry until the chicken is cooked through and the crust is crisp and deep golden, about 27 minutes. Check on the chicken halfway through to spray any spots that still look floury with more cooking spray and flip the drumsticks only.
• When the chicken is done, remove it from the air fryer and season lightly with salt. Repeat the dredging and air-frying process with the remaining chicken. if you like, rewarm the first batch in an oven at 250 degrees F for 10 minutes before serving.