How to Make Sous Vide Fried Chicken

Sous Vide Fried Chicken Ingredients

• 4 ea. Chicken, skin-­on breasts

Sous Vide Fried Chicken Brine

• 1 lb, 2 oz Water
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Kosher salt,
• 1.5% salt solution
• 1 Tbsp Cayenne pepper
• 1 Tbsp Black peppercorns, whole
• 1 ea Bay leaf
• 1 Tbsp Garlic, minced
• 4 ea Thyme, fresh sprigs

Sous Vide Fried Chicken Breading

• 12 oz Buttermilk
• 1/4 cup BLiS Blast Hot Pepper Sauce
• 1lb All-­‐purpose flour, divided into two equal portions
• 2 Tbsp Kosher salt, for breading
• 1/2 Tbsp Black pepper, ground, for breading
• 1 Tbsp Cayenne pepper, for breading
• 1 Tbsp Garlic powder, for breading
• 1 Tbsp Onion powder, for breading

3/4 skillet Vegetable Shortening Finishing Salt (Maldon) after chicken comes out, and BLiS Blast Hot Pepper Sauce for enjoying with chicken.

Sous Vide Fried Chicken Process

Brine

Bring half of the water and remaining ingredients to a brief simmer in a pot to dissolve the salt and infuse the remaining flavors. Bring to a simmer then set aside for 5 minutes. Next, stir in the remaining water to cool the mix rapidly. Brine should be below 40f before adding chicken, refrigerate if necessary.

Bag Chicken

Package the chicken in cryovac bags with the chilled brine and vacuum seal. Refrigerate the chicken for 24 hours.

Sous Vide

Remove the chicken from the brine and rinse off any remaining brine. Vacuum seal the chicken and cook in a water bath set to 65C for 4 hours.

Breading

Pour the buttermilk in a shallow bowl and stir in the Blis sauce. In a bowl combine of flour with the salt, pepper, cayenne, and onion powder and shake to disperse seasonings evenly. Split to 2 bowls.

Bread Chicken

Remove the cooked chicken from the water bath and pat dry with paper towels. Arrange the cooked chicken, seasoned flour, buttermilk. Starting with the seasoned flour, drop the chicken in the bowl and toss to coat in a light layer of seasoned flour. Brush off excess flour and dip the chicken piece into the buttermilk for a light even coating and drop the chicken back into the 2nd bowl of flour and toss to coat. Dust excess flour off and set the breaded chicken on a draining rack over a sheet pan.

Fry

Preheat the frying oil to 380F. Fry 2 pieces at a time. Fry until the exterior is crispy and browned evenly. Remove from hot oil with spider strainer and drain excess oil with paper towel. Reserve the chicken on a wire rack in an oven set to it's lowest setting.

Variation

Sun-dried tomatoes pulsed in the processor with blue cheese, butterfly breast and stuff with mix and seal closed with toothpicks.