Recipe for Blue Corn Fried Chicken with Buttermilk-Bacon Potatoes 
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Yield:
4
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
CHICKEN ----------------
1 whl chicken - (3 to 4 lbs) cut up
3 cup buttermilk
Peanut oil as needed
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
3 cup all-purpose flour seasoned with
salt and pepper
4 lrg eggs mixed with
2 tbl water and seasoned with
salt and pepper
2 cup blue cornmeal seasoned with
salt and pepper
----------------- ANCHO-HONEY SAUCE ----------------
1 cup honey
2 tbl ancho chile powder
----------------- BUTTERMILK-BACON POTATOES ----------------
2 lb red bliss potatoes skin on, boiled
3 tbl butter
1 cup buttermilk
4 x roasted garlic cloves smashed to a paste
1/2 cup cooked bacon crumbled
Salt to taste
Instructions:
Instructions: For the Chicken: Place chicken in a large baking dish, add buttermilk, turn to coat. Cover and place in refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

Heat 1-inch of the peanut oil in a cast-iron skillet to 350 degrees. Remove the chicken from the buttermilk, pat dry and season with salt and pepper. Dip each piece of chicken in the flour and pat off excess. Dip in the eggs then cornmeal.

Slowly add the chicken pieces to the hot pan skin-side down in batches. Cover the skillet and reduce the heat to medium-high and cook for 7 minutes, remove the cover, turn the chicken over and continue to cook for 6 to 7 minutes. Drain on paper towels and transfer to a platter. Drizzle with the Ancho Honey Sauce.

For the Ancho Honey Sauce: Mix all ingredients together until blended.

For the Buttermilk-Bacon Potatoes: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and smash, dont puree.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

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