Santa Fe Style Fried Chicken

 

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Santa Fe-Style Fried Chicken
Prep Time
24 mins
Cook Time
22 mins
Total Time
41 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American Comfort
Servings: 6
Author: Jayne
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup of plain whole milk yogurt*
  • 1 tbsp. Sriracha sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp. of salt
  • 1 chicken cut into 10 - 12 pieces patted dry with paper towels
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 3 cups of corn flakes
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tbsp of Hungarian paprika
  • 1- 2 tsp of cayenne depending on how spicy you like it
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • avocado oil for frying
Instructions

  1. Mix together the yogurt, 1 cup of water, the Sriracha sauce, and salt in a large glass or stainless steel bowl.  Add the chicken pieces, coating them thoroughly with the mixture.  Cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.

  2. Process the corn flakes in a blender until they are finely ground. Mix together with the flour, paprika, cayenne, black pepper, thyme and salt. Pour mixture into a pie plate. Shake the excess yogurt from each piece of chicken and then roll it into the flower mixture.  Pat the Sriracha of the pieces gently, making sure there are no bare spots.  Cover a refrigerate for 30 minutes

  3. Heat 1/2 inch of avocado oil to 350 degrees.  Fry the chicken in a single layer. Cover and fry for 6 minutes, turn pieces over and fry  for another 6 minutes covered. Remove the cover and increase the heat to moderately high for 5 more minutes on each side or until golden brown.