Southern-styled fried chicken

What you'll need...

• Chicken drumsticks and wings (smallish pieces for easy cooking)
• Cajun spice mix (or make your own with cayenne pepper, papikra, dried oregano, chilli flakes, dried thyme and any others to your own liking)
• Crushed dried chilli flakes
• S&P
• Beaten eggs
• Flour
• Panko breadcrumbs

Pulling it together...

1. Mix flour with some of the cajun spice mix, dried chilli flakes and S&P (for ease - do it in a bag). Place remaining cajun mixture, chilli flakes & S&P in a bowl with Panko breadcumbs - make sure this is mixed through
2. Coat chicken in the flourly-spice mix, shaking off excess flour
3. Toss chicken into beaten egg mixture to coat
4. Transfer chicken to bowl with Panko breadcrumbs and make sure surface of chicken is well coated
5. Place chicken mixture into the fridge for 1hr
6. Fry/bake chicken till golden brown

Goes good with...

• Coleslaw (see below)
• Beer
• Gravy