Honey Fried Chicken

Name: Honey Fried Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, salt; 1/2 cup, sugar; 3 pounds, bone-in chicken pieces (split breasts cut in half, drumsticks, and/or thighs), trimmed; 1 1/2 cups, cornstarch; 3/4 cup, cold water; 2 teaspoons, pepper; 1 teaspoon, salt; 3 quarts, peanut or vegetable oil; 3/4 cup, honey; 2 tablespoons, hot sauce

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2012, Cook's Country TV

The combo of crunch, heat, and sweet is always fantastic. But did dipping crispy fried chicken in honey have to spell “soggy”?

SERVES4

TIME1½ hours, plus 30 minutes brining

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Honey dipped fried chicken should be juicy and tender inside, with a crispy, honey-kissed coating. To keep it moist, we brine the chicken first. After a dusting of cornstarch, we dip it in a thin cornstarch-and-water batter, but the key fin...

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