Baked BBQ Fried Chicken
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup salt
- 5 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons dry mesquite flavored seasoning mix
- 4 cups oil for frying, or as needed
- 3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into strips
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle barbecue sauce
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Instructions
- Set up a batter station: Whisk together eggs, water, milk, 2 tablespoons salt, and 2 tablespoons pepper in a large bowl with a fork until smooth. Stir together flour, 1/4 cup salt, 5 teaspoons pepper, garlic, and mesquite seasoning in another large bowl.
- Fill a large heavy skillet or wok halfway full with oil. Heat to 365 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Coat chicken in batter: Use a fork to pick up one chicken strip at a time and dip it into the egg mixture, then into the flour mixture, back into the egg mixture, and into the flour mixture again.
- Place coated strips into the hot oil to fry. Cook in batches without crowding. Once chicken is browned on one side, flip over and brown on the other side.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Butter a 12x20-inch glass baking dish, or two 9x13-inch baking dishes.
- Pour enough barbeque sauce into the prepared dish to coat the bottom. Arrange fried chicken strips in rows in the dish. Pour remaining sauce over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce is caramelized onto the chicken, 10 to 15 minutes.
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