Harissa Fried Chicken

• Brine
• 1 cup kosher salt
• 4 cups hot water
• 12 cups cold water
• 1 whole chicken, organic, cut up
• Frying the Chicken
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon chilli flakes
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon parsley, minced
• 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 teaspoons fresh cracked black pepper
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 eggs, cage free, organic
• grape seed oil

1. Mix salt and hot water in a very large bowl. Once the salt is dissolved stir in the cold water. Add the chicken to the brine and put in the refrigerator. Brine chicken from 1 - 4 hours. After the process is finished, rinse chicken very well and pat dry with paper towels.
2. Combine flour, breadcrumbs and spices in a deep shallow bowl or plate.
3. Combine buttermilk and eggs and whisk together until blended, also in a deep shallow bowl or plate.
4. Heat about 1/2" of grape seed oil in a deep frying pan or cast iron pan, until hot. I used a cast iron dutch oven.
5. Dip each chicken piece into the buttermilk mixture and then into the breadcrumb mixture. Gently shake off any excess. Gently fry in the hot grape seed oil until golden brown and cooked through.
6. Put in the oven, on low heat (about 350) to keep warm, while cooking rest of the chicken
7. Serve. Eat.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/442-harissa-fried-chicken (may not work)