this recipe was a great idea. Im my buttermilk I added all the ingredients listed but added season salt ,lemon pepper,Accent, and parsley flakes (dried). It was the" bomb" as stated by my family. I also omitted the seasonings and added powdered ranch dressing after I dipped the pieces into the b, milk. Just roll in the ranch dsg. powder that you buy in the pouch.

best home fried chicken ever! husband adored it. i took another reviewers advice and coated the chicken with egg in between flour coatings. made the chicken nice and crispy. i also went with 2 cups of peanut oil instead of shortening. would give it 5 stars, but more seasoning is def. needed for flavor.

Wow! I actually made fried chicken that turned out right! I've been trying now and then for years with no success, but this recipe was just what I needed. I did season the flour more than what was called for in the recipe, but I wanted to stay true to its simplicity. I used seasoned salt and black pepper to taste. I also decided to use a pack of thighs instead of a whole cut-up chicken so that all of the pieces were evenly done at roughly the same time. I will likely try using breasts too, so it will be little healthier (haha!). I used a cast iron skillet; it really does make a difference. I had originally planned to try some "fancier" recipes with batter, egg, etc in the near future, but I think I've found a winner here. Any recipe that makes my husband this happy gets 5 stars from me.

Made last night for supper. Huge hit with my guys. I will be making this again.

I give the recipe itself 3 stars, but the cooking method is 5+ stars. Total time from freezer to table was 5 hours but the time I spent actively cooking was way less than an hour. I took the frozen drumsticks(that was all I had) and put them in a ziplock with 2 quarts of water, 1/2 cup of sea salt and a splash of tabasco. I brined them for 3 hours. Then I soaked them in a cup of "buttermilk"(regular milk spoiled with a couple teaspoons of cream of tartar) and another splash of tabasco for another hour. Then I rinsed them off and dried them well. I seasoned the chicken with pepper and a cajun seasoning blend. I also season about a cup of flour with more pepper and cajun seasoning(I didn't measure how much). I put this in a ziplock and shook the drumsticks in the mixture one at a time. I then let them sit out on my cutting board for about 20-30 minutes to make sure that the coating would stick. I used my dutch oven and put two cups of oil and let it heat on medium high for about 5 minutes. I put the drumsticks down and let them brown for about a minute and a half on each side then I turned down the heat to low and covered the dutch oven with aluminum foil and let it cook for 20 minutes. Then I took the aluminum foil off and turned the chicken once more and turned the heat up to medium to finish crisping up the other side. Then I let the chicken drain on paper towels for 5 minutes. The chicken was amazing. The outside was crunchy and the inside was moist and flavorful.

So good! The second time, I did follow the tips from other users to brine the chicken in a half cup of salt to 2 quarts of water for an hour, added 1 tsp of paprika to the mix, and after flouring the chicken I put them on a pan until the coating was gummy, it took 45 minutes for me, I fried them in canola because I didn't have shortening. It sound time consuming, but most of it is waiting.

Very easy and turned out moist and delicious.

This was my first time ever making fried chicken. I did use twice as much shortening - just thought it needed more to properly fry. I think this just really needs more seasoning! Taste was very bland to me.

It was so good, I could've become teary-eyed knowing that I made it myself! I could never fry chicken the way I wanted to before this recipe. Out of habit, I added a few onion ring halves on the top of the chicken while they fried; this recipe itself is what made it all come together perfectly. Thanks so much!!

This is the way I have fried chicken for 50 years, it's the way my grandma made it and my Mom, I am 75 years old, it's been in our family for years