Brined Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 4 ½ teaspoons paprika
• 7 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
• Brine (recipe follows)
• ½ cup sugar
• Oil for frying
• 3 cups buttermilk
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 3 cups flour
  • 2 chickens, 3 pounds each, cut into 8 pieces each
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ¼ cup salt
  • 4 ½ teaspoons cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 3 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

1. Put the chicken in a glass baking dish and pour the brine over the chicken. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 12-24 hours. 2. Remove the chicken from the brine, remove any peppercorns stuck to the skin, and let the chicken dry slightly on a wire rack while preparing the buttermilk an...

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