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This wonderful fried chicken makes enough for eight servings but if you want more, you can always double the ingredients. It has to marinade in the delicious spices overnight and then it takes about ten minutes for each batch to fry. It will smell so good, you'll be dying to try that first bite!

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The Ingredients To Gather:

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup coarse kosher salt
• 6 cups  ice water
• 4 chicken thighs
• 4 chicken drumsticks
• 2 cups buttermilk
• ¾ cup coconut milk
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon chicken shake*, plus additional for serving
• 2 cups  flour
• ¼ cup semolina flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon white pepper
• Peanut oil for frying
• Chicken shake:
• ¼ cup berbere
• ¼ cup hot smoked paprika
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons white pepper
• 2 tablespoons celery salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons granulated garlic
• 1 ½ teaspoons coarse kosher salt

The Step By Step Directions To Follow:

1. In  saucepan over high heat, add 2 cups of water,  salt. Simmer, stirring to dissolve salt. Remove from heat, pour into pot.
2. Add  ice water into pot to cool. Add chicken, cover, refrigerate  1 ½ hours.
3. Whisk  chicken shake ingredients. Makes about 1 cup that will keep for 6 months.
4. In dish, whisk  buttermilk, coconut milk, garlic, 1 tablespoon of chicken shake.
5. Remove  chicken from  saltwater,  add into  marinade. Roll to coat each piece. Cover,  refrigerate overnight.

The Additional Directions To Follow:

1. Fill  your cast iron  pan about two-thirds full or so of the oil and put over medium-high heat.
2. Make sure the oil is heated to 360 degrees.  ⅔-full with peanut oil over medium-high heat. Heat to 360˚F.
3. Make sure your marinaded chicken gets coated. Combine  your   flour, semolina flour, cornstarch, and your white pepper.
4. Take chicken out of your marinade, then roll each one of the chicken pieces in your flour mixture until it is all covered.
5. Make sure you work in batches and fry each batch for about ten minutes or so.
6. Make sure oil stays between 350-375 degrees, adjust it as needed.
7. Allow your chicken to drain over a baking sheet.
8. Allow to rest for about ten minutes.
9. Fry each chicken piece again for a few minutes, allow to drain again.
10. Top with more chicken shake mix.

Finished!

Chef Marcus Samuelsson's fried chicken recipe is so delicious, you'll want to make it all the time- Have you made tried this fried chicken yet?

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