Deep Fried Chicken Thighs & Mac N Cheese.

[Derek]

Here is my Deep Fried Chicken And Deep Fried Mac N cheese.

Here is my brine.
1. 1 C Kosher salt.
2. 1/2 C Dark Brown Sugar.
3. 4 Tablespoons of Chicken Rub.
4.1 gallon of water.



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Kind of a pretty picture. "In the fridge for 2 and a half hours.


My Shake and Bake Dry mix.


1 cup of all Purpuse flour ( Zeroed out ) with A sifter Once.
1/3 Cup and 1 table spoons of corn meal.
1/3 cup of Chicken Rub.
1/2 half teaspoon of Kosher salt.
1/2 half teaspoon of Ground black pepper.
1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning.

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Rinsed the chicken off after I took it out of the brine.


Deep fry Station.


Cooked and Frozen Mac & Cheese.


Deep Fried till they floated to the Top.


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Final Mac N cheese Pic.



Here's the chicken done and plated.


And the final plate presentation.

[spydermike72]

Looks good Dee, I really like deep fried Mac and Cheese!!

[Joneser]

Cornmeal?
That looks like a nice Catfish dredge, I would have never thought to put cornmeal in for chicken...how was it?

[Ron_L]

Originally Posted by Derek

Here is my brine.
1. 1 C Kosher salt.
2. 1/2 C Dark Brown Sugar.
3. 4 Tablespoons of Chicken Rub.
4.1 gallon of water.

Now THAT's a brine!

Nice looking plate of food, Derek! Good job.

One thought for the next time you want to brine chicken pieces... 2 1/2 hours is probably too long. Chicken pieces aren't very big so the general consensus is about an hour in the brine is enough. Did you notice any saltiness to the meat?

[crewdawg52]

Originally Posted by Ron_L

One thought for the next time you want to brine chicken pieces... 2 1/2 hours is probably too long. Chicken pieces aren't very big so the general consensus is about an hour in the brine is enough. Did you notice any saltiness to the meat?

Is a nice looking plate for sure! I need to try the M&C.

But I was thinking about the saltiness too. One gallon of water, and one cup of salt (plus the salt in the rub)..... Just seems a tad too much salt. That's just me though.

[spydermike72]

Originally Posted by crewdawg52

Is a nice looking plate for sure! I need to try the M&C.

But I was thinking about the saltiness too. One gallon of water, and one cup of salt (plus the salt in the rub)..... Just seems a tad too much salt. That's just me though.

Standard brine is 1 gallon of water to 1 cup of salt to 1 cup of sugar....

[sfisch]

Originally Posted by spydermike72

Standard brine is 1 gallon of water to 1 cup of salt to 1 cup of sugar....

yep, that's what I was going to say, not that it works really good, but it is the standard brine recipe.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Joneser

Cornmeal?
That looks like a nice Catfish dredge, I would have never thought to put cornmeal in for chicken...how was it?

Originally Posted by Ron_L

Now THAT's a brine!

Nice looking plate of food, Derek! Good job.

One thought for the next time you want to brine chicken pieces... 2 1/2 hours is probably too long. Chicken pieces aren't very big so the general consensus is about an hour in the brine is enough. Did you notice any saltiness to the meat?

Originally Posted by sfisch

Derek, is that really you?
Very nice job, bet it was excellent!

Scott

Originally Posted by Bbq Bubba

Hold the press, Derek finally nailed one!

Brine is perfect. Chicken made me hungry, especially the mac n cheese.

Originally Posted by spydermike72

Standard brine is 1 gallon of water to 1 cup of salt to 1 cup of sugar....

First of all I like to thank everyone.


Bubba Try the Mac N cheese at lock harts, It's good tasting. And the cornmeal gives it a little texture.


Scott, Yup it's really me.

Mike, That's what it says in my Charcuterie cook book, This time I took the base brine recipe and followed it.

but added a few things more to it.

I could bring the deep fried Mac N cheese down to Eagle practice cook.

[jsnwinne]

If you find yourself like me tonight with a dinner of Toast, Look at theses pics while you eat. Seems to make the toast taste a bit better. Looks Great Dude!

[Bbq Bubba]

Hold the press, Derek finally nailed one!

Brine is perfect. Chicken made me hungry, especially the mac n cheese.