Escovitch chicken

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2016/08/spicy-escovitch-chicken.html

Ingredients

To season chicken

10 drumsticks or wings

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon Smoked paprika

¼ teaspoon Cayenne pepper

¼ teaspoon Chile powder

¼ teaspoon Habanero powder

½ teaspoon Allspice powder

1 tablespoon Onion powder

½ scotch bonnet minced

For the flour

1 cup flour

¾ cup corn starch

1 tablespoon cayenne pepper

¼ teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon onion powder

Oil for deep frying

Spicy pickle

½ cup sliced onion

2 scotch bonnet pepper sliced

1 tablespoon Allspice berries

¼ teaspoon Salt

¼ teaspoon Sugar

½ cup Vinegar

Instructions

• Make the pickle by combining all the pickle ingredients and set aside in a dish to soak. You can even make the pickle from the night before and refrigerate it in a jar
• Season chicken with all the seasoning ingredients
• Allow the chicken to marinate for at least 45 minutes
• Heat oil to 365 degrees
• In a bag combine, flour, corn starch, cayenne pepper, salt, and onion powder
• Place the chicken in the bag and shake to coat thoroughly
• Once the oil has reached temperature shake off the excess flour and fry the chicken until dark brown and crispy about 12-15 minutes
• Serve with pickle sauce on top.