Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, southern style brined chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Southern Style Brined Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Southern Style Brined Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook southern style brined chicken using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
- Get 1 whole chicken (3-6 pounds)
- Take 8 quart stock pot
- Prepare 1 gallon water (cool tap water)
- Get 1/2 cup regular table salt
- Make ready 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- Prepare 1 tbsp garlic powder
- Get 1 tbsp onion powder
- Prepare 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Get 1 lemon halved and squeezed into brine
Steps to make Southern Style Brined Chicken:
- Please refer to my Southern Style Brined Oven Roasted Crispy Chicken recipe as a basis on how to cook this.
- Pour tap water and remaining ingredients into your stock pot. Stir and allow for the salt and sugar to dissolve. 10-20 minutes.
- Add chicken and and allow to soak in brine for at least 2 hours refrigerated. Overnight is optimal.
- If using boneless skinless breast or the like, 2-4 hours soaking is fine. Cook brined chicken as desired. Cut up and fried, roasted, smoked, grilled,etc. No matter how you choose to cook it, it makes a big difference taste wise. Enjoy
- Feel free to add any herbs that you like. Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Oregano, Etc. Even add a bottle of your favorite beer. Have fun with it. This is also excellent for pork and turkey as well. There is no substitution for salt in this recipe.
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