Name: Hot Fried Sasso Chicken
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken ( (Ideally a Sasso from La Pera Poultry Bros in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)); 00 flour (, for batter); Canola oil (enough to fill a large, tall walled pot halfway); Honey (, to season); Salt (, to season); Pickles (, to serve); White bread (, to serve); 1 cup salt; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup Gochujang paste; 2 gallons water; 1 quart buttermilk; 1/2 quart milk; 1/2 cup celery salt; 1 bottle Crystal Hot Sauce; 1/2 cup cayenne pepper; 1/4 cup garlic powder; 1/4 cup onion powder; 1/2 cup dried shiitake mushrooms; 1 1-inch sqaure kombu; 1 cup dried Tianjin chile; 2 tbsps black peppercorn; 2 tbsps garlic powder; 2 tbsps onion powder; 2 slivers dried orange peel; 2 cups guajillo chiles; 2 cups Tianjin chiles; 1/2 cup Thai bird chile; 1 tbsp star anise; 1 tbsp cloves

Hot Fried Sasso Chicken

Servings

3servings

Servings

3servings

Ingredients

1whole chicken (Ideally a Sasso from La Pera Poultry Bros in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
00 flour, for batter
Canola oilenough to fill a large, tall walled pot halfway
Honey, to season
Salt, to season
Pickles, to serve
White bread, to serve

BRINE

1cup salt
1cup sugar
1cup Gochujang paste
2gallons water

BUTTERMILK DIP

1quart buttermilk
1/2quart milk
1/2cup celery salt
1bottle Crystal Hot Sauce
1/2cup cayenne pepper
1/4cup garlic powder
1/4cup onion powder

HAIL MARY SPICE

CHILE OIL

WINE PAIRING

Sparkling Wine

Instructions

BRINE

BRING water to a boil. Dissolve salt, sugar and Gochujang paste. Then chill fully. Break whole chicken down into drumsticks, thighs, breasts, and wings. Place chicken pieces in brine and let rest for 12 hours. Remove and place on a wire rack in a pan in the refrigerator for 12 more hours to let dry.

BUTTERMILK DIP

COMBINE all Buttermilk Dip ingredients. Reserve.

HAIL MARY SPICE

PLACE all Hail Mary Spice ingredients in a blender. Blend until a fine powder forms. Place in a dry plastic container and reserve.

CHILE OIL

PLACE all Chile Oil ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth.
PLACE in a pot and simmer for 30 minutes. Then, let oil steep for 6 hours before straining through double layer of cheesecloth and reserve.

FRIED CHICKEN

FILL a large, tall walled pot halfway with canola oil and heat to 325°F.
DREDGE chicken pieces in flour. Then dip in Buttermilk Dip, shaking off excess, then dredge in flour again and add to pot. Fry until the inside of the chicken pieces register at 170°F.
REST chicken on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then season with salt, Hail Mary Spice, honey and Chile Oil.
SERVE immediately with pickles and white bread.