Brined Oven Fried Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons salt (preferably kosher salt)
• enough water, to cover chicken
• 1 cut up chicken
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons oil

Recipe

• 1 in the morning, combine 2 tablespoons of salt with 1 cup of water in a large bowl and stir to dissolve salt.
• 2 add chicken to bowl and cover with water.
• 3 place ice cubes over all and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 4 preheat oven to 400°.
• 5 remove chicken from brine and pat dry completely.
• 6 place oil in roasting pan large enough to add chicken in one layer.
• 7 combine flour and seasonings in a plastic bag and add chicken pieces two at a time and shake until coated.
• 8 as you take them out of the bag, shake them to remove excess flour.
• 9 lay chicken pieces in roasting pan, skin side down and oven fry until brown and crisp, about 40 minutes to an hour, turning once.
• 10 using a spatula, remove chicken pieces from pan onto paper towels to drain.