Oven Fried Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 chicken, cut in eight serving pieces (3 pounds each)
• 1 quart buttermilk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• vegetable oil (for browning) or vegetable shortening (for browning)

Recipe

• 1 place the chicken pieces in a large bowl and pour the buttermilk over them. cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350°f degrees.
• 3 combine the flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. take the chicken out of the buttermilk and coat each piece thoroughly with the flour mixture.
• 4 pour the oil into a large heavy-bottomed stockpot to a depth of 1 inch and heat to 360 degrees on a thermometer.
• 5 working in batches, carefully place several pieces of chicken in the oil and fry for about 3 minutes on each side until the coating is a light golden brown (it will continue to brown in the oven). don't crowd the pieces.
• 6 remove the chicken from the oil and place each piece on a metal baking rack set on a sheet pan. allow the oil to return to 360 degrees before frying the next batch.
• 7 when all the chicken is fried, bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is no longer pink inside.
• 8 serve hot.