Fried Chicken Biscuits
Is it Sunday and Chick-Fil-A is closed? Make a delicious fried chicken biscuit right at home!
Ingredients
Buttermilk Biscuits
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cold cubed
- ¾ cup buttermilk
Fried Chicken
- 2 breasts boneless skinless chicken (about 1 lb)
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup dill pickle juice
- ⅔ cup milk
- 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup breadcrumbs
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1½ tsp onion powder
- ⅓ tsp chili powder
- peanut oil (or vegetable)
Maple Butter
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- ⅔ cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- pinch of salt
Instructions
Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits
Maple Butter
- Whip butter until light and fluffy
- Add half the maple syrup, sugar, and salt. Stir to incorporate.
- Slowly add the remaining maple syrup, tasting along the way until you reach the desired taste.
Fried Chicken
- Slice each chicken breast length-wise, and pound each piece out to about ½ inch thickness.
- Mix together eggs, pickle juice, and milk in a large bowl. Add in chicken and coat. Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, corn meal, sugar, salt, onion powder, and pepper.
- Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, back in the egg mixture, and in the flour mixture once more. Let it sit on a baking rack for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile, fill a cast iron skillet or saute pan with about ½-⅔ inch of oil and place over medium heat.
- Fry each piece of chicken for about 2-3 minutes per side, and drain on a paper towel or baking rack.
- Serve on a buttermilk biscuit with maple butter or honey.