Szechuan-Spiced Fried Chicken | The Bittman Project

Ingredients

• 3 cups buttermilk
• Salt
• 1 whole cut-up chicken, or about 3 pounds chicken parts
• 1 tablespoon Szechuan peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• 3 tablespoons Korean chili powder (Gochugaru) if you can find it, or any other ground chili powder
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• Peanut or vegetable oil as needed
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole small dried red chiles, like Tien Tsin or chiles de arbol (optional)
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced (optional)