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Southern fried chicken in buttermilk
Photo: Lily Banse

Southern fried chicken in buttermilk

28 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Buttermilk tenderises the chicken in this classy version of an all-American feast: fried chicken with cooked lettuce, sourdough croutons and creamy ranch dressing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1447
Calories
72g
Protein
52g
Fat
167g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sourdough 1 slice (36g) 93
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500g/1lb 2oz buttermilk
  • handful broken herb stalks such as corianderparsleytarragon
  • black pepper
  • 8 organic chicken thighs
  • , for deep-fat frying vegetable oil
  • 100g/3½oz gram ( chickpea
  • 80g/2¾oz plain flour
  • 5g celery
  • 2g table salt
  • 1.5g milled black pepper
  • 4g mild paprika
  • 4g garlic
  • 8g onion
  • 200g/7oz soured cream
  • 200g/7oz mayonnaise
  • 4g sherry vinegar
  • 10g onion
  • 6g garlic
  • 1g milled black pepper
  • 1g salt
  • 2g mixed dried parsley
  • 75g/2½oz unsalted butter
  • 1 loaf sourdough bread
  • dash olive oil
  • 2 heads Baby Gem, halved lengthways, any dark outer leaves discarded
  • 2 tbsp chopped parsley
  • ½ lemon
  • 9 round radishes

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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