Kentucky Southern Fried Chicken Authentic

• 10 lbs fresh roasting chickens, cut into parts
• 4 quarts buttermilk
• 1/16 cup cayenne pepper
• 1/16 cup black pepper
• 1/16 cup salt
• 8 cups white flour
• 1 gallon peanut oil (for frying)

1. Mix half of dry( excluding flour) ingreidents with butter milk.
2. Stir butter milk mixture well.
3. Place chicken parts in butter milk ( zip-lock bags work well) in refrigerator for one week.
4. Mix other half of dry ingrdients with flour.
5. Drain chicken in a large colander or strainer until the butter milk mixture is only dripping down at a drip drop pace, about 20 minutes.
6. Heat oil to 390 degrees in a large pan, deep fryer, or dutch oven. use a candy thermometer to maintain temperature( they cost about $6.00).
7. Toss chicken in flour like you would shake and bake stuff.
8. Shake off excess flour.
9. Deep fry chicken in hot peanut oil until a deep golden brown and cooked through.

roasting chickens, buttermilk, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, white flour, gallon peanut oil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/kentucky-southern-fried-chicken-authentic-313791 (may not work)