Picnic chicken

Perfectly portable picnic chicken. Baked, not fried, and even better on the second day.

Perfectly portable picnic chicken. Baked, not fried, and even better on the second day.

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Summer is in full swing and with it comes family reunions and day trips to the park with the kids. One staple at our family reunion when I was growing up was my Aunt’s Fried Chicken, I’ve lost the recipe over the years so I thought I’d do a little searching and came up with

I was super excited for this #SundaySupper and to make Picnic Basket Buttermilk Fried Chicken. I have never made fried chicken.

A delicious fried chicken finished in the oven! NOTE: The longer you leave the chicken in the buttermilk mixture the more tender it will be, I recommend 12-24 hours but you can wait as little as an hour if you're pressed for time. How "hot" your chicken turns out will depend on how hot your hot sauce is.

How do you give cold picnic chicken great flavor without flabby, sticky skin? As with James Bond's martinis, the secret is shaken, not stirred. For a picnic chicken recipe that would be easy to pack (and eat), we threw out the idea of a sticky sauce, substituting a robust dry rub (brown sugar, chili powder, paprika, black pepper, and cayenne) that reproduced the flavors of a good barbecue sauce.

Spice-Rubbed Picnic Chicken. A dry-rub sauce of brown sugar, chili powder, paprika, and pepper for our picnic chicken makes it easy to pack (and eat!) for a summer afternoon al fresco.

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These spicy garlic parmesan chicken skewers are a must make on the grill! Packed with flavor, you have everything you could ever want from juicy chicken with crispy edges, roasted garlic, cheesy parmesan and a little heat.