Buttermilk Country Fried Chicken with Cucumber Salad

Name: Buttermilk Country Fried Chicken with Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: 1/4 cup halved and very thinly sliced red onion; 1 very small clove garlic; Kosher salt; 1 Tbs. canola or vegetable oil, plus 1 to 1-1/4 cups for frying; 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. buttermilk; 1-1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbs. chopped fresh dill; Freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 English cucumber, halved lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced crosswise (about 1 heaping cup sliced); 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 3/4 lb. total), pounded to an even thickness (about 1/2 inch thick)

Buttermilk Country Fried Chicken with Cucumber Salad was pinched from <a href="http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/country-fried-chicken-cucumber-salad.aspx" target="_blank">www.finecooking.com.</a>

"Many buttermilk fried chicken recipes call for marinating the chicken overnight, but not this one. Here,Âa dip in the buttermilk and a dredge in flour is all you needÂto get theÂgolden, crunchy coating everyone loves. The bright cucumber salad balances out the meal...."

INGREDIENTS

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1/4 cup halved and very thinly sliced red onion

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1 very small clove garlic

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Kosher salt

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1 Tbs. canola or vegetable oil, plus 1 to 1-1/4 cups for frying

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3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. buttermilk

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1-1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice

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1 Tbs. chopped fresh dill

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Freshly ground black pepper

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1/2 English cucumber, halved lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced crosswise (about 1 heaping cup sliced)

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3/4 cup all-purpose flour

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2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 3/4 lb. total), pounded to an even thickness (about 1/2 inch thick)

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