Materials/Ingredients:
A deep fryer made or designed to fry turkey's
Whole Chicken - 1 chicken per 3 adults, depending...
Tony's or Old Bay Seasoning
Peanut oil
Frying thermometer
To make the most of your cooking oil plan on getting a few friends together and cook several birds.
Wash
the chicken, slit the skin between the thigh and breast so the legs will
open outward some and season well inside and out. Rub seasoning under the skin and get some in the thigh joint
You can see the skin slit in the picture.
Preheat
oil to 350ºF [Follow the fryer instructions - this oil will cook you if
it hits you]Very slowly lower the chicken into the oil. It will bubble hard at first then settle down. Protect yourself from hot oil.
Cook about 4-5 minutes per pound. Keep the oil at 325-350ºF, no more no less
When
you think it's almost done take the chicken out and test the tightness
of the thigh joint with a pair of tongs.
Let
the chicken cool a few minutes and cut up as you would normally. I use a homemade fryer so the gadgets you see in the pictures are not available in the stores.
There are small deep fryers out there built for small turkey's that will work just fine for this.
If you don't have all this set up you can still do the same thing in a regular deep fryer, Just cut the chicken in half. Click Here to see...