- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2 servings
This spicy, extra-crunchy fried chicken will burn your mouth and thrill your stomach.
Ingredient:
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups whole buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce (such as Louisiana)
- 1/4 cup dill pickle juice, plus dill pickle slices for serving (from 1 [16-ounce] jar)
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 2 (10-ounce) boneless, skin-on chicken breasts, halved crosswise
- 4 (6-ounce) boneless, skin-on chicken thighs
- Canola oil
- 3 tablespoons lightly packed light brown sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoons MSG (optional)
- 2 cups (about 8 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (about 5 1/4 ounces) white rice flour (such as Bob’s Red Mill)
- Sliced white bread