Things You'll Need:
- Chicken Breast or breast tenders
- your favorite double-dip fried chicken recipe (or try the one here)
- Fat-Draining plate lined with coffee filters or paper towels
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Step 1
Begin by thawing your chicken out thoroughly. Preparation and organization are the secret to making fried chicken without making a mess. Place your chicken breast tenders on an aluminum baking sheet and they should be thawed within 15 minutes, covered wiht plastic wrap or paper towels at room temperature.
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Step 2
Gather the ingredients for your double-dip fried chicken recipe. Mix your eggs and or buttermilk in one bowl and sift together your flour and or cornstarch and seasonings in another. You don't really need a recipe, you really can't go wrong when you make fried chicken.
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Step 3
Prepare a surface for draining the fat, I prefer to use a stack of coffee filters on a dinner plate. I also keep a baking dish in the oven, set to 200 degrees so that after it's drained, the chicken stays warm.
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Step 4
Place a reasonable amount of Crisco or vegetable oil in a large skillet and allow it to begin to heat up.
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Step 5
Facing your frying pan, arrange your workspace from one side to the other, with the following components in this order; Fat-draining plate, frying pan, flour mixture, egg or buttermilk mixture, and thawed chicken breast.
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Step 6
Use one hand for the thawed chicken and egg mixture. Use the other hand for the flour mixture, and to place the chicken in and out of the pan.
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Step 7
Before turning over the chicken, use a long handled spoon to drizzle hot oil on top of the chicken, so that none of the flour falls off into the oil while you're turning it over.
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Step 8
Place each fried chicken breast tender on the fat-draining plate as soon as it's removed from the heat. You can shake on additional seasoning while the outside still looks moist.
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Step 9
When the next round of chicken is finished frying, put the first round in the oven to stay warm and bring the second batch to the draining plate.
