Fried Chicken, Caribbean Style

• 8 chicken thighs or an assortment of chicken pieces, trimmed of excess fat
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon curry powder, preferably homemade (pages 592593)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 Scotch bonnet (habanero) or other fresh chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced, or cayenne to taste, optional
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• Corn, grapeseed, or other neutral oil for deep-frying
• Lemon or lime wedges for serving

1. Toss the chicken in a bowl with the salt, pepper, curry, allspice, garlic, chile, 2 tablespoons water, and the egg.
2. When thoroughly combined, blend in the flour, using your hands.
3. The mixture will be a mess; keep mixing until most of the flour is blended with the other ingredients and coat the chickenit will never be perfect, so dont spend too much time on it.
4. Refrigerate for at least an hour and up to a day.
5. When youre ready to cook, put about 2 inches of oil in a skillet or large deep saucepan and turn the heat to medium-high.
6. When the oil reaches about 325Fa pinch of flour will sizzleyou can begin to fry the chicken.
7. Dredge each piece in any flour that remains in the bottom of the bowl and gently place in the oil.
8. Do not crowd; cook in batches if necessary (this chicken will stay hot for a good 15 to 20 minutes after its done anyway).
9. Fry, turning 3 or 4 times, until nicely browned all over, about 20 minutes.
10. At that point the pieces will be done, but if you want to make sure, make a small slit in each piece and check for blood.
11. Serve hot, warm, at room temperature, or cold, with lemon or lime wedges.
12. Not starkly different, but noticeably so: Omit the allspice; use a Thai chile if you have it.
13. Add 1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger to the mix and use 2 tablespoons soy sauce or nam pla (Thai fish sauce) instead of water.
14. Everything else remains the same.

chicken, salt, curry powder, ground allspice, garlic, scotch, egg, flour, lemon

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fried-chicken-caribbean-style-386465 (may not work)