Give Fried Chicken Extra Flavor With One Sweet Ingredient

For fried chicken with a sweet twist, add powdered sugar to your flour mix. Its sweetness helps balance the salty and acidic flavors from the chicken's marinade and seasoning.

Too much powdered sugar may not pair as well with bitter herbal seasonings like rosemary and cumin. However, it pairs well with paprika, cayenne, garlic salt, and pepper.

Be sure to consider the marinade you'd like to use for the chicken. Buttermilk is the obvious go-to, but pour in a little lemon or dill pickle juice for some sour zing.