This 2015 Canada Day we decided to prepare some buttermilk fried chicken with our good friends Heidi and Henri. I got some back legs with bone-in and skin-on and some chicken breasts with bone-in but skinless. I am told by Heidi and Chuck that if you are going to fry chicken, why worry about a bit of skin 🙂

I cut the back legs in 2 to separate the legs from the drumsticks with a kitchen shear (must-have in my kitchen).

I prepared a mixture to coat the chicken.

Since we do not have buttermilk on hand, I poured about half an inch of vinegar in a 2-cups measuring cup. I then filled it to the 2 cup line and let it sit.

In a large bowl, I whipped 2 eggs and added 1 tbsp paprika, some salt, 1tbsp celery salt, 1 tbsp of chilli powder and 1 tsp of Tabasco sauce. You can season it to your taste.

Then I mixed 2 tsp of baking powder and 1 1/2 of baking powder and added to the egg mixture. Then I poured in the buttermilk and mixed everything together.

Then I poured about 1 1/2 cup of flour in a separate dish wide enough to roll the chicken in.

Now roll one piece of chicken in the flour and then submerge it in the buttermilk mixture then back in the flour. Make sure it is covered in flour and set aside in a platter.

Repeat the process for each pieces. Once the are all covered, you are ready to fry.

While I was preparing the chicken mixture, Chuck was warming up about 1 inch of oil in a cast iron pan on the side burner of the BBQ.

Gotta use the BBQ on Canada Day at the cottage in Muskoka!

Once the oil is hot, put 3 pieces at a time making sure they do not touch so they cook thoroughly.

Leave the meat side down in the oil for a good 8-10 minutes. Then flip them and finish cooking for about 7 minutes. Lay them on paper towel to soak off the excess oil.

Chuck cooked some baked potatoes and green beans in foil while the chicken was frying so the whole meal was done on the BBQ with very little dishes to wash for Heidi!

We served on fancy paper plates for even less work and enjoyed our evening by the lake.

Hope you enjoy it too!!