Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits
If you've never made Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits from scratch, now's your chance! Crispy fried chicken is surrounded by a homemade buttermilk biscuit, then topped with honey butter spread for a southern classic!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt with parsley (ad)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Texas Pete Dust
- 4 boneless chicken breasts (or cut 2 breasts in half to get the proper size)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt with parsley
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Texas Pete Dust ((or cayenne pepper))
- 1 cup vegetable or canola oil for frying
- extra honey for drizzling on chicken
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter ((cold))
- 1 cup buttermilk ((cold))
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter for tops of biscuits
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 1 stick butter (softened)
- dash of garlic salt with parsley
Instructions
- 1
Combine all ingredients for marinade. Pour into an airtight container.
- 2
Place chicken breasts in marinade for at least 2 hours in refrigerator or overnight.
- 3
Mix dry ingredients for fried chicken batter in a large bowl.
- 4
Set up a dredging station. Take chicken breasts out of marinade and place in batter mix. Cover chicken completely and pat into every crevice.
- 5
Heat oil on medium heat in a frying pan until it sizzles.
- 6
Place dredged chicken breasts in oil and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat. Using tongs, turn chicken over and cook 5 more minutes. Turn one more time and cook a few more minutes until crust is golden brown.
- 7
Remove chicken from oil and drain on paper towels.
- 8
Drizzle chicken with honey and allow to rest while making biscuits.
- 9
In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together until fluffy.
- 10
Grate cold butter into flour mixture and crumble with hands.
- 11
Make a well in the middle of the flour and pour in buttermilk.
- 12
Gently mix flour with buttermilk until ingredients are just moistened.
- 13
Pat into round balls and place in a buttered baking dish or pie plate with biscuits touching.
- 14
Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.
- 15
Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes until golden brown.
- 16
Soften butter at room temperature. Place in a mixing bowl with honey.
- 17
Beat butter and honey together with a mixer until smooth.
- 18
Stir in a dash of garlic salt. Cover honey butter and keep in refrigerator until time to serve.
- 19
Slice warm biscuits in half and spread each side generously with honey butter.
- 20
Place chicken breast on bottom half of biscuit.
- 21
Put top of biscuit on chicken and serve with extra honey butter if desired.