Simple Fried Chicken

Ultra simple and fast, ready to serve after 15 minutes once all preparation has been done. It's reducing the flour to equal parts with the cornstarch that makes it much lighter. It's good cold later too.

Ingredients

Brine
2 quarts	cold water
¼ cup	salt
¼ cup	sugar
Batter
1¾ cups	cold water
1 cup	flour
1 cup	cornstarch
5 tbsp	black pepper
1 tsp	sweet paprika
2 tsp	baking powder
1 tbsp	salt
¼-½ tsp	cayenne pepper

Preparation

1. Brine chicken pieces in ¼ cup salt, ¼ cup sugar up to 2 hours.

2. While bringing chicken, wisk batter ingredients together and refrigerate.

3. When ready to prepare dinner, heat oil to 350°.

4. Remove chicken from brine and barely pat dry.

5. Rewisk the cold batter, dredge chicken liberally in cold batter.

6. Fry chicken between 300° and 350° for 12-15 minutes, remove to grill or paper towels.