Hey friend, it's Rosie, and in this video, I'm going to show you how to make classic
fried chicken wings. We're going to season our wings using basic ingredients,
and we're going to use a nice simple brine with something other than
buttermilk. So I'm going to start off with my chicken wings. Now someone's
going to ask me, so I'm going to answer it: yes you can use this recipe for
chicken legs and thighs and all that other good stuff. Since someone requested
wings, I'm going to use wings. So I rinse the chicken under cool water, got it nice
and clean. And now I'm going to make my brine. For this brine, all you need is
some cold water. You're also going to need some regular old table salt.
So let's sprinkle that on in there, and you'll also need some sugar. Don't forget,
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Don't try to guess just by looking at
the video. So stir everything until the sugar and salt is well dissolved, and
then we're going to place our chicken into a nice sized container.
So once the chicken is in there, we're going to pour our sugar-salt water all
over the chicken. You want to make sure it's nicely covered, and then we are
going to cover our container. So I'm just going to place this in the refrigerator
for about 4 hours, but you can certainly leave it overnight if you choose. So once
I was ready, or once the four hours was up, I just drained all the sugar-salt
water out. I did not rinse the chicken, and I'm going to season this chicken,
starting off with my poultry seasoning. My poultry seasoning does not have any
salt in it, I like to control how much salt I use. Just FYI, I think you should
really be careful what kind of poultry seasoning you use because some of them
are mostly salt. I'm also going to use some garlic powder, onion powder, and
smoked paprika. And then I'm going to use my hands to make sure all of this
chicken is nicely coated with the seasonings. So once I'm done with
that, of course, you know, I wash my hands. I'll just put that out there. And now I'm
going to work on my season flour. SO you will need some all-purpose
flour, you do not need self-rising flour for this. You'll also need some corn
starch - the corn starch makes it really nice and crispy so that's why I'm using
it. And I'm going to add a little bit of salt. Now I don't like too much salt on
mine because I like people to, you know, be able to add salt if they want it. Once
it's done, if you want to add more salt you certainly can. Once everything was
mixed up, I'm going to pour my seasoned flour into my little freezer bag here - or
large freezer bag - and then I'm going to start adding my chicken into the freezer
bag. I like using the freezer bags because I can see through them. I know a
lot of people always say, "why don't you use a brown paper bag, my grandma used to
do," because I can't see through a brown paper bag and I'm a nosy person! Nosy
Rosie is what they call me, I got to see everything! So I shook the bag up until
all the chicken was nicely coated with that seasoned flour. I'm going to shake
off the excess flour, and now I am ready to start heating up my oil. So I'm using
corn oil, you can use canola, peanut oil, whatever you want to use. I'm going to
use my cast-iron skillet, and I'm going to heat this oil over a medium heat for
about 10 minutes before adding the chicken in there. So one thing you want
to remember - do not overcrowd your pan/ skillet, otherwise your chicken will not
cook evenly. Another thing, if you're using a cast-iron skillet, you want to
make sure it's well-seasoned. It should not be sticking at the bottom
of your pan. So just move the chicken around, and if it moves easily, you have
yourself a nice skillet, okay. So don't forget, if you want the exact methods,
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give it a thumbs up. So once the chicken is done, it's going
to be nice and golden brown, just like this. I'm just going to remove it out of
my pan and place it on a paper towel- lined plate so it can absorb all of that
excess oil. And now we are ready to dig in! So I'm just going to show you how
juicy this chicken is, and let's just look on in. And there you have it, that is
what a little salt and sugar water can do for you! Thank you so much for
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