Pollo Frito (Cuban Fried Chicken)

Name: Pollo Frito (Cuban Fried Chicken)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 12 pieces Chicken Drumstick (12 Chicken Drumsticks*); 2 cup Mojo (2 cups of Abuela's mojo); 1 cup All-Purpose Flour (1- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided — up to 1.5); 1 tsp Garlic Powder (1 teaspoon garlic powder); 0 pieces Black Pepper (Pepper to taste); 2 tbsp Table Salt (2 tablespoons salt (kosher preferred)); 1 tsp Onion Powder (1 teaspoon onion powder); 2 tbsp Sazon (2 tablespoons Abuela's Sazon (or a prepackaged Sazon of your choice)); 1 pinch Oil Blend (Smart Balance Oil Blend (half canola half olive oil))

Pollo Frito (Cuban Fried Chicken) - Entree (Caribbean)

60 minMexican

Servings8

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Dairy Free
Egg Free

Steps

112- 24 hours before you plan on making the chicken, place the chicken in a big ziplock bag and season it with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder. Then cover it in Mojo marinade. Our Mojo is best, but any Mojo will do. If you don't have 12 hours, try to let it marinade for at least 30 minutes before cooking.
2Begin heating oil until it gets to 375 degrees
3In another large zip lock bag or tray place the flour, remaining salt, pepper, and Abuela's Sazon. If you do not have the sazon, use 1 tsp of garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, and paprika and mix it into the flour.
4Bring the chicken out of the marinade and place into the flour mixture. Make sure it is covered all over. Remove the chicken from the flour mixture, dust it off and begin to fry for about 5-7 minutes (on medium heat) on each side or until golden brown and juices run clear. Drain on paper towels.Sprinkle with a little kosher salt, and some lime on the side.