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Buttery Garlic Fried Chicken

02/27/18 | Main Dishes, Recipes

This Buttery Garlic Fried Chicken is an addicting, flavorful and melt in your mouth comfort food. You won’t want to make fried chicken any other way!  

Garlic Fried Chicken 2

What makes this chicken taste so delicious, is partly due to the simple marinade. For 1 hour, the chicken sits in the mixture of olive oil, minced garlic, and garlic powder. Then when your ready to fry, the chicken is coated in egg whites and covered in a seasoned flour mixture and left to sit in the fridge for 30 minutes to set.

While the chicken is being fried, the garlic butter sauce is prepared. Garlic butter is perfect on top of a nice steak, baked potato and of course those Red Lobster biscuits! This time, we are going to add even more butter to these beautiful pieces of fried chicken to give it that ultra succulent bite.

Garlic Butter Fried Chicken

The marinade is important to achieving the right flavor of the meat. It is just as important to let the dredged chicken set in the fridge as well. This helps the flour mixture really hold onto the chicken. In the hot oil, you’ll want that breading to remain in place to cook it’s way to that extra crispy texture. 

Garlic-Fried-Chicken-1

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Garlic Fried Chicken - Featured
Buttery Garlic Fried Chicken
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This Buttery Garlic Fried Chicken is an addicting, flavorful and melt in your mouth comfort food. You won't want to make fried chicken any other way!  
  • CourseMain Dish
  • CuisineMain Dish
Servings Prep Time
4 servings 1.5 hours
Cook Time
30 minutes
Servings Prep Time
4 servings 1.5 hours
Cook Time
30 minutes
Garlic Fried Chicken - Featured
Buttery Garlic Fried Chicken
Print Recipe
This Buttery Garlic Fried Chicken is an addicting, flavorful and melt in your mouth comfort food. You won't want to make fried chicken any other way!  
  • CourseMain Dish
  • CuisineMain Dish
Servings Prep Time
4 servings 1.5 hours
Cook Time
30 minutes
Servings Prep Time
4 servings 1.5 hours
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
Chicken
  • 3 pounds skin on, but trimmed, bone-in chicken pieces (mix of drumsticks, thighs, wings or halved breasts)
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder or granulated garlic
  • 5 garlic cloves, minced (or 5 teaspoons of bottled minced garlic)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3-4 large egg whites, lightly beaten
  • 3 quarts vegetable oil
  • salt and black pepper
Garlic Butter
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
  • 7 garlic cloves, minced (or 8 teaspoons of bottled minced garlic)
  • pinch of salt and black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons water (to prevent from burning the garlic)
Servings: servings
Instructions
For the Chicken
  1. In a large bowl, mix together olive oil, 1 tbsp of garlic powder, minced garlic, 2 tsps of salt and 2 tsps of black pepper. Fold in chicken pieces and toss to throughly coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
  1. In a medium size bowl, whisk flour, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 2 teaspoons of pepper together. In a smaller dish, lightly beat the eggs whites together.
  2. Set a wire rack in a rimmed baking pan, or just use the baking pan. Remove chicken from marinade. One at a time, take a piece of chicken, dip into egg whites to coat, letting excess drip back into dish; then put into flour mixture to coat, while pressing firmly so the flour sticks to the chicken. Repeat for each piece. Transfer chicken to prepared wire-racked baking sheet pan and refrigerate, uncovered, for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
  3. Set up another baking sheet or paper towel lined serving plate. Add vegetable oil to large Dutch oven until it measures 2 inches deep. Heat oil to 325 degrees. Add half of the chicken to the hot oil and fry until breasts register 160 degrees and drumsticks/thighs are at 175 degrees. Use a heat thermometer to be sure (Rotate chicken pieces every few minutes to ensure even cooking and prevent the skin from burning). Transfer chicken to paper towel lined pan. Let cool.
For the Garlic Butter
  1. In a small skillet on med heat, melt 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter, minced garlic and water. Cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute. Add remaining 7 tablespoons until melted. Remove from heat and pour into small bowl. Add minced parsley, salt and black pepper and whisk together. Spoon or brush over tops of the chicken pieces right before serving.

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Hello! I’m Ada. I’m so excited to welcome you to Forks ‘N’ Flip Flops! I am a full-time Social Work Graduate Student at USC and full-time Foodie at heart. As you can imagine, I live a fast-paced lifestyle so I appreciate the moments where I can rest and re-charge. One of my favorite & ultimate Self-Care activities is cuisine! I love cooking and baking for my family and friends. It is my favorite way to relax and have fun. I hope to spread the fun and share some of my favorite recipes with friends like you! I hope the recipes can inspire you to set aside some time to practice some self-care.

Comments

  1. Kylee from Kylee Cooks says

    March 1, 2018 at 3:29 am

    drooooool!!! This looks absolutely MOUTHWATERING!!

    Reply
  2. Karyl | Karyl's Kulinary Krusade says

    March 1, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    You had me at butter and garlic!! I must make this soon

    Reply
  3. grace says

    September 10, 2018 at 1:37 am

    Cannot wait to try this recipe. My mouth is already watering for this chicken. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Carolyn L Perkins says

    November 5, 2019 at 6:58 am

    This is a great recipe I first tried it 5 years ago when it was aired on Americas Test Kitchen. Its exact same recipe, amounts and ingredients. It has been a constant hit with my family and my daughters family, and on occasion my son and his kids. We all love it!
    The difference is instead of melting all the butter together. They suggest that you mix the 7 tbsp of butter with the parsley, then add the heated garlic butter to the bowl and stir, it emulsified and your chicken doesn’t get soggy. Maybe you should try it that way. It works the chicken stays crisp and that garlic flavor come through but not overpowering.

    Reply
  5. Dee Jeffries says

    April 9, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    We’ve made this garlic butter fried crack twice now. A perfect recipe. We didn’t change a thing.

    Reply
  6. Gail P Mathis says

    June 27, 2021 at 1:03 pm

    OMG😱 absolutely 💯% fantastic! So easy to make, and the taste is off the chain!! Only thing different is I added a little red pepper to spice it up.👍👏👏👏👍

    Reply
    • Ada says

      November 11, 2021 at 10:56 pm

      That sounds delicious!

      Reply
  7. Natasha says

    May 10, 2023 at 5:52 pm

    I just made this for lunch and it’s really good. Next time I will make the correct amount of the butter sauce because it was excellent.

    Reply
    • Ada says

      September 29, 2023 at 10:19 pm

      Glad you enjoyed your lunch!

      Reply

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