Southern fried chicken & chilli corn

Name: Southern fried chicken & chilli corn
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 g/5½ oz/1¼ cups self-raising flour; 4 corn cobs, cut into chunks; 1 tbsp freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp sea salt; 1 tsp chilli powder; olive oil, for deep-frying; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 50 g/1¾ oz/3½ tbsp unsalted butter; 1 tsp Tabasco sauce; 500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups buttermilk; 12 chicken drumsticks or thighs, skin on; 2 tbsp smoked paprika; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 2 tsp chopped thyme leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

Delicious, inexpensive and easy to make, I think just about everyone must have tried this at one time or another but perhaps not made it for themselves. There’s no reason to be hesitant as you can follow this simple recipe to make the perfect crisp chicken with a side of chilli corn.

Ingredients

12 chicken drumsticks or thighs, skin on
500 ml/17 fl oz

Americas
United States
Main course
South America

Method

Put the chicken pieces in a bowl. Mix together the buttermilk and Tabasco sauce, pour over the chicken and turn to mix together. Cover with cling film (plastic wrap) and leave to marinate in the fridge for 8 hours or overnight.

Drain the chicken pieces, reserving the buttermilk in a shallow bowl. Preheat the oven to