Fried chicken - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 80g salt
• 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces (or 4 chicken legs, split into drumsticks and thighs)
• 4 garlic cloves, loosely crushed in their skins
• 10 thyme sprigs
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 spring onions, chopped
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper, cut in half
• 200ml buttermilk (or plain yogurt mixed with the juice of 1 lemon)
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp white pepper
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 200g plain flour
• vegetable oil, for deep-frying