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Pickle-Brined Chicken. © Simon Watson. "When you have leftover pickle juice, isn't it a waste not to use it to make chicken taste delicious?" asks Frank Falcinelli. These juicy, flavorful chicken tenders are marinated in pickle juice then breaded and baked in the oven or air fryer! Brining chicken in pickle juice tenderizes the meat and amps up the flavor.
Pickle-Brined Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Pickle-Brined Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pickle-brined chicken using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pickle-Brined Chicken:
- Prepare 64 oz Jar pickles
- Make ready 6 Bone in chicken thighs
- Get 1/4 cup Flour
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Ground black pepper
- Get 2 tbsp Olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 cup Merlot wine
- Prepare 3/4 cup Chicken broth
- Take 1 tbsp Butter
- Make ready 1 tsp Dry Dill weed
The pickle brine helps tenderize and flavor the chicken in a wonderful way. You'd think however, that the chicken would taste like a huge pickle. This pickle-brined fried chicken is marinated in pickle juice and dredged in buttermilk and spices and fried to perfection. Pickle-brining chicken was something I used to do in restaurants I worked in, it makes the meat super moist and perfectly seasoned with a hint of dill-pickly yumminess.
Instructions to make Pickle-Brined Chicken:
- Drain pickles, reserving brine. Store, covered, in fridge up to two weeks. Place chicken in jar of brine. Cover and chill in fridge 8-24 hours
- Preheat oven to 475?F. Prepare a 9x13 baking pan by lining with foil and spray with cooking spray. Remove chicken from brine and pat dry with paper towels. Discard brine.
- In bowl, combine flour and pepper. Heat oil in large fry pan to medium high. Coat chicken in flour and place skin side down in hot oil. Fry 8 minutes to sear.
- Place in prepared pan, skin side up. Bake for 15 minutes. Loosely tent with foil and rest 5 minutes after removing from oven.
- Drain all but 1 tbsp oil from pan and add wine. Boil over medium-high heat for two minutes, loosening brown bits from pan with wooden spoon. Add broth, and bring to boil. cook down about 2 minutes.
- Add butter, stirring till melted. Remove from heat and stir in dill weed. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.
- Recipe tweaked from a magazine. Not sure if it was Good Housekeeping or Family Circle
Pickle-Brined Chicken Tenders have a burst of flavor from pickle juice and are so juicy and tender. Place chicken and pickle brine in a gallon-sized zip-lock bag and refrigerate overnight. Mix flour, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and salt in a large bowl. Pickle juice and buttermilk lend this fried chicken zippy tang while ensuring moist, tender meat. Pickle Juice and Buttermilk Brined Fried Chicken.
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