Deep-Fried Chicken

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Ingredients — preview

• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 tablespoons coarse salt
• 4 tablespoons hot sauce
• 1 whole chicken cut into 8 pieces, giblets discarded, wings and back reserved for stock
• 3 cups flour

Preparation — preview

1. Whisk together 2 cups buttermilk, salt, and hot pepper sauce in large bowl until salt is dissolved. Add chicken pieces to bowl and stir to coat; cover bowl with plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour. (Don't let chicken soak much longer or it will become too salty.)
2. Whisk flour, salt, baking powder, cayenne pepper, pepper, chili powder and 6 tablespoons buttermilk together in large bowl. With your fingers rub flour and buttermilk together until buttermilk is evenly incorporated into flour and mixture resembles coarse wet sand.
3. Preheat the fryer to 350˚F.