Beer Battered Fried Chicken

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• ice water
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 2 cups beer
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak chicken pieces in ice water for 30 minutes.
• 2 preheat oven to 200 degrees.
• 3 fill a large pot with enough oil to reach a 2 inch depth.
• 4 heat oil to 365 degrees.
• 5 in a large bowl, whisk together beer and eggs.
• 6 whisk in 2 cups of flour and cornstarch and salt into the beer and egg mixture until smooth.
• 7 place remaining flour in a shallow bowl.
• 8 season the chicken with salt and pepper, then coat with flour.
• 9 transfer to the beer batter and coat.
• 10 place chicken into hot oil with tongs. keep oil at 365 degrees at all times.
• 11 cook about 15 minutes for dark meat pieces and 10 minutes for meat.
• 12 place cooked chicken on paper towels to drain.
• 13 season chicken and serve.