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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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