I'll make you a bargain if you like.
I'll trade a roast chicken recipe for a sample of your fried chicken.
Either way, I come out the winner.
LOL.
Here the recipe:
Lurkers Roast Chicken
I whole broiler/fryer chicken. (Do not cut it up)
1 stick butter, softened
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp dried thyme
4 or 5 fresh basil leaves, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil (not extra virgin)
1/2 lemon, sliced into quarters.
Place softened butter into small mixing bowl and add the above ingredients except the lemon. Stir with a fork until blended. Set aside. Do not allow butter to melt, but don't let it get completely firm either. Scoop mixture into sandwich size ziplock bag.
Wash chicken. Gently slide your fingers under the skin covering the breast of the bird and separate it from the meat. Cut a small piece of one corner off the sandwich baggy with a pair of scissors and use that to pipe the butter mixture underneath the breast skin of the chicken. Make sure you get the flavored butter evenly distributed.
Now rub the outside of the chicken with the olive oil. Season the chicken with kosker salt and freshly ground black pepper liberally.
Place the lemon wedges into the cavity of the bird.
Now roast that bird in either a 350 degree oven or in a covered BBQ kettle (indirect heat) until done, about 50 to 60 minutes or until the breast meat reaches 160 degrees.
Let me know if this is the sort of thing you were looking for.
L
Next time I make fried chicken, I'll FedEx you a couple of pieces. ;-)
TheMom cooked your roasted yardbird and it was GREAT!
Thanks!