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Best Ever Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Ingredients

  • 8 cups (½ gallon) cold water
  • ½ cup kosher salt
  • 1 lemon; grated zest & sliced
  • 6 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
  • ¼ cup flat leaf (Italian) parsley
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • 4 sprigs thyme
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 head garlic; cloves smashed, and skin left on
  • 10 pieces chicken, skin-on and bone-in (whole breast cut in-half)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ tablespoons garlic powder
  • 1½ tablespoons onion powder
  • 1½ teaspoons sweet paprika
  • 1½ teaspoons cayenne pepper or 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black peppe
  • 1 quart buttermilk
  • 10 cups Peanut, Canola or Vegetable Oil, for frying (peanut is best, but is the most expensive)
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