Crust That Clings… And a Spice Mix You’ll Want to Steal
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A golden crust that actually stays on… chicken that crunches, then drips… and a buttermilk soak that makes it all taste like your Mawmaw whispered the secret in your ear. Renee’s fried chicken has just three steps — soak, coat, fry — and today, you’ll learn every last one.
Omg that song is hilarious 😂
I would attend a food church, especially if these were the songs! 😂😂🍗⛪️🍗
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My grandmother use to fix the best fried chicken. She fixed it with Crisco lard in a black seasoned cast-iron skillet. The best memories.
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You mean fridge 6 hours. Not oven.
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This starts with a spice mix that hits you high and low. Black pepper, cayenne, garlic, paprika — all mixed into buttermilk for a proper overnight soak. Then it’s dredged in flour, fried in lard, and rested until the crust sings when you press it. No egg wash. No guesswork. Just rhythm and heat.
As an Englishman (now living in Sweden) I think this fried chicken recipe is the best I have come across. I do all my frying in pork lard or beef tallow since they are natural, more nutritious and insanely delicious. No poisonous and inflammatory seed oil ever crosses my threshold.
I shall deep fry a batch of your excellent recipe in the week, Thank you.
🎙 Voiceover by Damon Webb
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Done this best chicken ever 😋
00:00 - Intro.
00:59 - The Spice Mix
Am totally going to make this 😋..yum
01:57 - The Chicken and the Brine
05:04 - How to dredge and coat
Wow, your videos are great. You even had some little fridge songs! Wish my fridge sang to me! Fun!
07:06 - How to fry the chicken in oil
09:57 - Close ups of finished chicken and taste test
Never tasted fried chicken growing up. Everything we cooked are either boiled,baked in underground oven or on coconut shells coals. They were delicious. Left without any fat on myself untill I came to the United States, look what happened
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Can you fried it up and then put in refrigerator for next day? Also, if that is done is it better to serve warm or cold for a picnic or pool party?? Thx.
@PurpansiesYou're making me hungry !
@darrelpost678God bless you and grandma.
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Umm … I hate to be one of THOSE people but uh, I have no need to feel like stealing the spice mix when you’re showing how to make it.
@lukaslykus9599I would have put the spice mix and the salt right into the measuring cup.
@gerryjohnson294My Grandma, husband and auntie 🎉🎉🎉🎉 they used a Cast Iron Skillet to fry the chicken. My husband makes the best homemade biscuits.
@HolyPrettyI basically have given up on Crisco and now use lard when needed. Ineven rendered down some leaf lard fat . Turne d out great. There is no pork taste to lard and it makes wonderful pie crust
@sharonbapp9613You got a like just for the song
@scotty101ireYummy thanks.
@scottydog6539Not that I'm against lard, but Crisco tastes better and is less greasy...I've tried both.🤗
@lapismosi8065I am 75 years old and have very fond memories of the fried chicken my mother (raised in Canada, Married a man from Arkansas) made, but even more so, the fried chicken my first mother in law (born/raised in Oklahoma) made. Unfortunately neither one of them taught me how to fry chicken and it was easier to quit trying than to learn on my own. Now, I'm on a mission to re-create that fried chicken, starting with raising a breed of pre-industrial chickens that I know will have much more flavor to start with than modern commercial chickens. I'm deathly afraid of ruining one of these precious birds by not knowing how to cook it, so I thank you for this lovely video! One important thing that I recall from those two good cooks in my life though, is that both of them fried the chicken in a skillet, then made a milk gravy from the drippings and crusty bits right in the same skillet. I don't see how that could be done when the chicken is deep fried. Thoughts?
@barbaralee6534I’d have to lose the oregano.
@beckystevens3506Magnifique merci pour le partage 🙏🍀🍀
@melisse6022you're delightful
@danger_ointmentBende yagi merak ettim ne yagiydi o
@menekseay7716Can you put the bags also in the freezer ? thx
@hammeramsterdam9510My family only bought kfc for gatherings only, i never remember any family frying chicken for any meal.✝️🙏✌️❤️🙏✝️
@vintagelaidbackhippie465Love the music in the video! what is the song list? BTW...Great recipe!
@RikHartsuikerI have been looking for a recipe for fried chicken. I am going to try it and then come back and let you know how it came out. It does look very delicious. 11:50 thank you for sharing this beautiful recipe with us.❤
@penelopelavender248Just made your fried chicken. All I can say is WOW! This is the best - was juicy, moist and delicious and crunchy. You are a good cook and I love watching you. Blessings to you and your family.
@BarbaraCunningham-y9kI followed this recipe step-by-step, and did not have exceptional fried chicken. I am completely disappointed
@richardbrown8530American chickens are enormous
@PotBanginEejitWhat's the song In this video?
@AndrewRentonFinally had a chance to make some today. I used a mixture of flour and corn starch for dredging. Fried in peanut oil. Kept a close eye on frying gauge, time, and then measured inside thigh temp. When done. Coating came out very crispy, but also over-browned. Chicken was very moist inside. Did the peanut oil make it over brown? San / Gypsy Quilter
@BonnieKelley-jo2cvFor big thighs I make a slice on both sides close to the bone . This causes the heated lard get in next to the bone.
@dizziechef9502My family called me the fried chicken queen. I had to always fry the chicken. I would put my raw chkn in a bowl , not milk at all and not drying the chkn. salt very very well and some vinegar, pepper , Not too much , add tsp cayenne and paprika . Set all night. Next day put chkn in flour with pepper . I just let it sit in flour until my lard ( lard ) was hot. I’d put a few pieces in my iron skillet and fry on one side till golden, not turning . When browned about 7 min . I turn if golden browned. I fry other side till golden browned. Another 7 to 8 min. Temp 165 internal. Always delicious. I will try the buttermilk.
@dizziechef9502Soon we gonna need to see an album release "Music from the Shire". Shout out to the producer putting together the music! Bravo!
Oh and the chicken looks delish 😂
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@Marilyn-s2pI'm going to try that the next time I make catfish !
@RosebudBBMy grandmother made the. Best fried chicken. She did use buttermilk and about the same spice and dredge in flour. The difference is she used pork fat from our pigs to fry it up in her trusty cast iron pan. We raised chickens, pigs and turkeys. They were cotton farmer and I loved being. Out there during the summers. Great memories for me. Thank you.
@karenleavitt7241My maternal grandmother (from Mobile) lived with us. She made fried chicken in a stand-alone fryer that was alawys on the kitchen counter. Her onion rings were not the "perfect" ones with a smooth batter cover. She made the thin-cut kind that you see in fried onion loaves. Yum.
@MichaelWinsorxfrdmnCan I come? I see a flaky pie on the counter for dessert yum 😋
@wade355I learned to stick up for myself by way of my mom’s fried chicken. Or rather the “crusties” as we called them, left over when the plate of chicken was emptied.
My much bigger brother would always hog it, thinking he had a right to it. After a few years of that, I rebelled and fought him for it.
dibuat ayam geprek enak !
@purnamawinarsa7079Glad I found this channel
@GivethemSarahWhoaaahhh! So much lard! Have an ambulance on stand-by!!
@AnnVine-v4lMy Aunt Flo made the best fried chicken on a wood burning stove. I really learned by observing her. You just brought back so much memories. Thank you 🙏🏽
@renopearlman1823Brown paper BAG
@chriscoleman-y2kTo this day, my favorite part is the neck in the back bone
@deborahpage7963My dark meat fried has to be a minimum of 185 degrees and breast 160-165.
@kevinhullinger8743My grandmother made the best fried chicken! At a family reunion l could tell hers from other’s. It was darker than the other’s. My mom nor either of my aunts know how she did it. She wore an apron and ran around like Edith Bunker and would run everybody out of the kitchen. So none of her talent was passed down.
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