Sweet Tea-Brined Oven-Fried Chicken
jeffraben.com/recipes · No. 239
Oven-fried chicken with a sweet tea brine, a homage to the author's grandmother.
Ingredients
Method
- In a large bowl, whisk together the tea and soy sauce. Add the garlic and onion. Add the chicken and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 425 F.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and use a paper towel to pat dry. Season each side of the chicken generously with salt.
- In a shallow dish or bowl, add the flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Place the butter on a rimmed baking sheet or glass baking dish. Put it into the oven until melted, about 2 minutes.
- Thoroughly coat each piece of chicken in the flour mixture.
- Place each chicken piece skin-side down in the melted butter. Bake for 30 minutes. Flip and bake until golden brown and crispy and the chicken registers 165 F on a meat thermometer (avoiding bone), another 20 to 30 minutes.
By Katie Lee Biegel. Chef notes: My grandma would oven-fry her chicken exactly like this, and I added the step of brining it in sweet tea — another homage to her, as she always had a pitcher of homemade sweet tea in her fridge. You will not believe that this chicken didn't come out of the fryer, and if you want to skip the brine, the method still works great. My husband, Ryan, says this is his favorite dish that I make. TECHNIQUE TIP: If you're buying sweet tea, be sure to read the label and use one that is sweetened with real sugar, not a sugar alternative or diet version. SWAP OPTION: If you don't have time to brine the chicken, no worries. I make this all the time starting with dipping the chicken in the flour mixture. I also make this recipe with boneless, skin-on chicken breasts and thighs and I just reduce the cooking time. Source: https://www.today.com/recipes/sweet-tea-brined-oven-fried-chicken-t299602
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