AD HOC Fried Chicken at home

AD HOC Fried Chicken 

"World's best fried chicken" cooked at home

Thomas Keller's Ad HOC fried chicken is truly the best chicken you will ever eat.  The crunchiest, juiciest, and most flavorful fried chicken you'll ever consume.  Now the cook at home can make this recipe at home!  Enjoy the step by step pictures! 

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Chicken Brine Recipe(Above)

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• For Coating and Frying
• Peanut oil for deep-frying (Don't change any other oil)
• 1 quart buttermilk
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Coating:
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup garlic powder
• 1/4 cup onion powder
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Ground fleur de sel or fine sea salt
• Rosemary and thyme sprigs for garnish
• 5 lemons, halved
• 12 bay leaves
• 1 bunch (4 ounces) flat-leaf parsley
• 1 bunch (1 ounce) thyme
• 1/2 cup clover honey
• 1 head garlic, halved through the equator
• 1/4 cup black peppercorns
• 2 cups (10 ounces) Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 2 gallons water