The Secret to the Best Fried Chicken

Looking to spice up your marriage? Here is a no-fail trick: learn to make really good fried chicken. In this video I’m frying halved breasts for chicken parm which was my husband’s request. But the method is the same no matter what you’re frying chicken for
soak chicken in buttermilk up to 1 whole day before breading and cooking.
Make the breading
3 cups flour
1 T salt (heaping)
1 T pepper
1 T onion powder
1 T garlic powder
1 T smoked paprika
Remove the chicken from the buttermilk & set in a separate dish while you make the wash
Buttermilk Wash
Reserved buttermilk from soaking chicken
1 egg or egg yolk
Whisk and use in the breading process. Coat in the breading mixture first, then coat in the buttermilk wash, and then in the breading mixture again. Yes, this is a double coating. And this is the BEST way to fry chicken!
Once chicken is breaded, it's ready to fry - lard, tallow, and coconut oil are best. Just make sure you have about 3/4” oil in whatever skillet you are using to fry the chicken. Fry with oil at 360F until chicken is golden brown on each side and cooked through.