Sweet Tea Oven-Fried Chicken
- 1 whole Bone-in, Skin-on Chicken Breast With Tenderloin, Split In Half
- 2 whole Chicken Drumsticks (add One Or Two More If Desired)
- 1 cup Buttermilk (use The Real Stuff)
- 1/2 cups Sweet Tea Concentrate
- 1 Tablespoon Salt
- 4 Tablespoons Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Neutral-flavored Oil
- 1- 1/2 cup All-purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Black Pepper
- In a medium bowl, add the chicken pieces.
- In a small glass, whisk together the buttermilk, sweet tea concentrate and the first amount of salt.
- Stir well to dissolve the salt.
- Pour this mixture over the chicken, cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
- When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 425 F. In a cast iron skillet, add the butter and oil.
- When the oven reaches 425 F, place the skillet on the center rack in the oven.
- Next, you are ready to bread your chicken.
- Put the flour, salt and pepper into a shallow bowl.
- Remove the pieces from the marinade, but reserve the marinade.
- Add the wet pieces of chicken into the flour mixture and use your hands to toss to coat each with flour.
- Then, repeat the process: back in the buttermilk-sweet tea marinade again and then again in the flour to coat.
- You just double-battered your chicken.
- Carefully, remove the cast iron skillet from the oven and arrange the chicken pieces in the pan.
- Return the pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven.
- Flip the chicken, then bake for another 14-18 minutes.
- Test the chicken with a thermometerit should read 165 F in the thickest part of the meat and the juices should run clear.
- If its not quite there cook for a few minutes longer.
- When it hits 165 F, immediately remove the chicken from the oven, set skillet on a rack and let chicken cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Serve warm.
- Notes: This recipe requires a good amount of marinating time so plan ahead!
- I used Moonshine sweet tea concentrate for my marinade, but if you cant find it, just boil down 1.5 cups until you get 1/2 cup of sweet tea concentrate.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/sweet-tea-oven-fried-chicken/ (may not work)