Halia’s Fried Chicken Wings with A.L. Herbert

INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon seasoning salt (such as Morton’s Season All)
2 teaspoons black pepper
1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1 teaspoons poultry seasoning
12 whole chicken wings
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornstarch
4 tablespoons instant mashed potatoes
2 cups whole milk
4 cups Panko bread crumbs

Fill deep fryer with enough vegetable oil for wings to be completely submerged and heat to 350o.

Whisk together seasoning salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and poultry seasoning.

Sprinkle seasoning mix over both sides of wings and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Whisk flour, cornstarch, instant mashed potatoes, and milk until blended.

Dredge wings in the flour mixture and then into the Panko bread crumbs.

Let coated wings set at room temperature on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

Cook wings, a few at a time, for 7 to 10 minutes, turning occasionally.

NOTES:
For best results divide Panko bread crumbs into two bowls as they tend to clump after a few wings are dipped in them.

Cooking times vary due to wing size. Use smaller wings for more even cooking.

12 Wings

 

9781617731747Welcome to Mahalia’s Sweet Tea–the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In between preparing her famous cornbread and mashed potatoes so creamy “they’ll make you want to slap your Momma,” owner Halia Watkins is about to dip her spoon into a grisly mystery. . .

Halia Watkins has her hands full cooking, hosting, and keeping her boisterous young cousin, Wavonne, from getting too sassy with customers. Having fast-talking entrepreneur Marcus Rand turn up in her kitchen is annoying enough when he’s alive–but finding his dead body face-down on her ceramic tile after hours is much worse.

Marcus had his enemies, and the cast iron frying pan beside his corpse suggests that at last, his shady business deals went too far. Halia is desperate to keep Sweet Tea’s name out of the sordid spotlight but her efforts only make Wavonne a prime suspect. Now Halia will have to serve up the real villain–before the killer returns for a second helping. . .

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