You are just minutes away from the easiest, crispiest Fried Chicken recipe. Using a mixture of cornstarch and flour, my fried chicken has a nice and airy texture to it but stays nice and tender on the inside. Make this delicious, naturally gluten-free fried chicken today and have a fantastic meal the entire family will love!
Crispy Fried Chicken is popular all year round. It's especially delicious to make in the Springtime when flowers are blooming. Enjoy this chicken recipe with my Lavender Iced Coffee. Sit on your deck and relax. Finish off this scrumptious meal with my Dairy-Free Blueberry Lavender Popsicles.
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🍗 Ingredients For Crispy Fried Chicken Recipe
My secret ingredient to making the crispiest fried chicken ever is Cornstarch.
Have you ever made fried chicken before?
My recipe tutorial will have you making the crispiest fried chicken in no time. This crispy chicken recipe can be made gluten-free if you use gluten-free flour.
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What you'll need for batter for fried chicken:
- 1-whole roasting chicken, cut into 6-parts
- Vegetable Oil or Coconut Oil
- Cornstarch or Arrowroot Powder
- Flour
- Buttermilk
- Egg
- Smoke Paprika
- Himalayan sea salt
- Black Pepper (freshly ground is best)
- Garlic Salt
- Onion Salt
See full recipe card below for quantities.
🍗 What You'll Need For Making Fried Chicken Easy:
- A 7-quart Dutch Oven
- A Candy thermometer
- You can also use a deep fryer or an air fryer for frying chicken
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🍗 Pro Tip:
I picked up a whole roasting chicken from my local butcher and had him cut the chicken into 6-parts.
I highly suggest doing this as it makes the process easier.
You can fry a chicken whole but for this chicken fried recipe, we are frying pieces of chicken.
Picking up a chicken from your local butcher is super affordable and they do the cuts for free.
For the oil portion, I use Vegetable oil as it helps cook the chicken evenly which is really important when making fried chicken.
Vegetable oil will also ensure the chicken frying temperature reaches 350-degrees.
🍗 Instructions For Best Fried Chicken Recipe
Step 1: Prep a metal baking sheet with a silicone baking sheet over it and top that with two baking racks. This will be for the chicken to dry on as each piece cooks.
Step 2: Heat the oil to 350-degrees (using a candy thermometer) in a large Dutch oven on the stovetop over high heat.
Step 3: While the oil is heating, prep your chicken. Pat each piece dry with paper towels and then prep the seasoning and cornstarch mixture.
For the seasoning mixture, add the paprika, sea salt, pepper, garlic salt, garlic powder, and onion powder to a bowl and whisk together.
Season each piece of chicken liberally in the seasoning mixture.
In a medium bowl, combine the cornstarch and flour.
Step 4: In another separate medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.
Step 5: Using metal tongs, baste the chicken in the buttermilk batter mixture, then dredge it through the cornstarch flour mixture, ensuring it’s well coated.
Step 6: Using metal tongs and an oven mitt on your hand, carefully place the chicken in the hot oil. Cook the bigger pieces together and the smaller pieces together. Don’t overcrowd the chicken. The bigger pieces should take about 15-minutes to cook, while the legs and wings should take about 10-minutes to cook.
Step 7: As each piece finishes cooking, place them on the baking rack to cook. While the chicken is cooling, the pieces will continue to cook. You can make sure they are fully cooked, by inserting a meat thermometer. Each piece should read 160-degrees.
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📖 Recipe
The Easiest Crispiest Fried Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Whole roasting chicken, cut into 6-parts
- 2 quarts Vegetabe Oil
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1 cup flour
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
- 2 teaspoon orange peel black pepper
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Prep a metal baking sheet with a silicone baking sheet over it and top that with two baking racks. This will be for the chicken to dry on as each piece cooks.
- Heat the oil to 350-degrees (using a candy thermometer) in a large Dutch oven on the stovetop over high heat.
- While the oil is heating, prep your chicken. Pat each piece dry with paper towels and then prep the seasoning and cornstarch mixture.
- For the seasoning mixture, add the paprika, sea-salt, pepper, garlic salt, and onion salt to a bowl and whisk together.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cornstarch and flour.
- In another separate medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.
- Season each piece of chicken liberally in the seasoning mixture.
- Using metal tongs, baste the chicken in the buttermilk batter mixture, then drudge it through the cornstarch flour mixture, ensuring it’s well coated.
- Using metal tongs and an oven mitt on your hand, carefully place the chicken in the hot oil. Cook the bigger pieces together and the smaller pieces together. Don’t overcrowd the chicken. The bigger pieces should take about 15-minutes to cook, while the legs and wings should take about 10-minutes to cook.
- As each piece finishes up cooking, place them on the baking rack to cook. While the chicken is cooling, the pieces will continue to cook. You can make sure they are fully cooked, by inserting a meat thermometer. Each piece should read 160-degrees.
Adrianne says
Wow that does look like Crispy Chicken!! I bet it tastes fabulous. I can't wait to try it. Cheers
Genevieve Jerome says
Thanks, Adrianne! It was delicious and super crispy. 🙂 Let me know what you think if you make it.
Kelly Anthony says
Your fried chicken looks perfectly cooked and super crispy. My husband makes our fried chicken and I'm so curious if he adds corn starch.
Genevieve Jerome says
Hi Kelly! Thank you for your kind words. Isn't fried chicken so fun? Corn starch makes it nice and crispy.
Pam says
What a great idea! I have never thought about using corn starch for frying chicken, but it looks like it turns out perfectly!
Jacqueline DeBono says
Wow this fried chicken really does look super crispy. I need to try making it like you with corn starch!
Genevieve Jerome says
Thank you Jacqueline! Using corn starch works so well!
Sonia says
Oh my goodness! I have always struggled with getting the chicken crispy! Definitely following this recipe when I make them again.
Genevieve Jerome says
I thought it would be hard, but using the cornstarch makes all the difference! Let me know what you think Sonia and thanks for the comment. 🙂
Farrah says
I'm not the best at frying things, but I've been wanting to try making fried chicken--these look so good!
Andrea says
Yum! This is delicious! Thank you for the instructions for stovetop fried chicken. The seasoning was perfect.