Best Recipe for Viener Backhendl: Fried Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 (2 1/2 pound) chickens
- Salt and pepper
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 4 cups panko or bread crumbs
- 1 cup parsley leaves
- 2 lemons
Instructions
- Cut each chicken into 8 pieces. Remove the skin but not the bones. Season generously with salt and pepper.
- Heat vegetable oil to 300 degrees F. On 3 separate soup plates, put the flour, eggs and bread crumbs, and dip all chicken pieces first in flour, then eggs, and finally bread crumbs. Shake off excess crumbs.
- Fry chicken pieces for about 12 to 14 minutes until nice and brown. Drain on paper towels.
- Fry the parsley for about 30 seconds. Remove, drain on paper towels, and sprinkle over chicken.
- Divide onto 4 plates. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with half a lemon.
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