Recipe: Your Own Fried Chicken - Western Living Magazine

Ingredients

• 1 whole 3- to 4-lb chicken, cut into 10 pieces (remove backbone and wing tips—save those for stock)
• 1 tbsp coarse flaky or kosher salt
• 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp thyme
• 1½ cups buttermilk, well shaken
• 1 cup water
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 1 tsp coarse flaky or kosher salt
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 4 cups peanut or canola oil, for frying