Fried Chicken - Prince's hot chicken

Brine:
2 quarts water
1/2 c table salt
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c hot sauce


1/4 chicken: 

cut out spine
score breast bone cartilage with knife and crack breast bone in half
remove leg quarters
cut breast in half along breast bone

Brine chicken 1 hour in refrigerator

Sauce:

3 T vegetable oil
1/2 t paprika
1/2 t table salt
1/2 t sugar
1/4 t garlic powder
1 - 3 1/2 T cayenne

heat oil in pan until it shimmers

mix dry ingredients and cook in oil 30 seconds and cool

breading:

mix together

2 c all purpose flour
1/2 t black pepper
1/2 t salt

Dredge chicken in flour mixture and place it on a cooling rack while oil heats to 350

Re-dredge chicken

fry 2 pieces at a time letting the temperature drop to 300 - 325 about 20 minutes until chicken is 160

put chicken on a rack over a sheet pan and put in 200 oven while remaining chicken cooks

When chicken is done brush spice/oil mixture all over chicken

Serve on white bread with pickle slices