This baked BBQ fried chicken is a wonderful Southern treat everyone will enjoy! Remember, you can also eat the chicken without the sauce as well.
Ingredients
- eggs: 3 piece
- water: 1 cup
- milk: 0.5 cup
- salt: 2 Tbsp
- black pepper: 2 Tbsp
- all-purpose flour: 6 cups
- salt: 0.25 cup
- black pepper: 5 tsp
- garlic: 2 Tbsp (minced)
- dry mesquite flavored seasoning mix: 2 Tbsp
- oil for frying: 4 cups (or as needed)
- skinless, boneless chicken breast halves: 3 pound (cut into strips)
- butter: 1 tsp
- barbecue sauce: 1 bottle (12 ounce bottle)
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Stages of cooking
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Set up a batter station: Whisk together eggs, water, milk, 2 tablespoons salt, and 2 tablespoons pepper in a large bowl with a fork until smooth. Stir together flour, 1/4 cup salt, 5 teaspoons pepper, garlic, and mesquite seasoning in another large bowl.
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Fill a large heavy skillet or wok halfway full with oil. Heat to 365 degrees F (180 degrees C).
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Coat chicken in batter: Use a fork to pick up one chicken strip at a time and dip it into the egg mixture, then into the flour mixture, back into the egg mixture, and into the flour mixture again.
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Place coated strips into the hot oil to fry. Cook in batches without crowding. Once chicken is browned on one side, flip over and brown on the other side.
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Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Butter a 12x20-inch glass baking dish, or two 9x13-inch baking dishes.
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Pour enough barbeque sauce into the prepared dish to coat the bottom. Arrange fried chicken strips in rows in the dish. Pour remaining sauce over the top.
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Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce is caramelized onto the chicken, 10 to 15 minutes.
