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Mr. Riaz’s Fried Chicken

Heys everybody, I want to let you know there is a backstory behind this yummy post. It is nothing fancy but another collaberation between Mr. Riaz and me. I wanted some of his yummy fried chicken and his way of making fried chicken is different from mine. He has a fast food joint here in Chicago with my oldest brother in law. The place is called Sub Brothers. However how he did it here at home that he seasoned the chicken slightly different.

If it is me making fried chicken then I would add more spices to it but the chicken at Sub Brothers is strictly for his customers. Here is the home version of Mr. Riaz’s recipe. By the way, I made greens that night and we worked it out that he fries the chicken while I make the greens. The greens recipe is here on this blog called Southern Greens. Now to the fried chicken recipe which is very basic. You will need first is by heating up a cast iron skillet until it becomes hot then add 1/2 cup of either corn, canola or vegetable oil in there.

Here we used the chicken wings but they can be any part of the chicken. Between 8 to 10 chicken wings, legs, theighs or even breasts are required. Sprinkle them with 3 dashes each of seasoned salt, lemon pepper and 1 pinch of black peppercorns in the mortar and pestle and grind it in to a coarse powder. Add 1/2 cup of all purpose unbleached flour to a baggie and add the seasoned chicken to the flour and shake until it is coated all over then shake off the excess and fry it in the hot oil. The heat should be on medium high and let the chicken brown at the bottom first then flip using tongs. Place the lid over the skillet and let cook for intervals of 5 minutes and and repeat these steps until the chicken is done.

Take the chicken and and place it on a plate and repeat until it is done. This should be in batches of 4 and repeat until all of the chicken is used up. Mr. Riaz and I really hope you. will enjoy this recipe. Serve with your favorite side dish also.

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