My Mother's Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup balsamic vinegar 
• 10 servings pepper black freshly ground
• 0.5 cup buttermilk 
• 2 cups corn flake cereal crushed
• 0.5 cup flour all-purpose
• 1 pinch lawry's seasoned salt generous such as lawry's
• 1 quart unrefined sunflower oil 
• 1  meat from a rotisserie chicken whole cut into 10 parts ( 4 pounds)

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• paper towels

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, mix the buttermilk and balsamic vinegar.
2. In another medium bowl, combine the cereal, flour, seasoned salt and a few grinds of black pepper.
3. Fill a large, deep frying pan a little less than half full with oil and heat over medium-high heat to 350 degrees F.
4. Dip the chicken pieces in the buttermilk mixture and then in cereal mixture. Fry the chicken, a few pieces at a time, until golden brown and cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes per piece.
5. Remove from the oil and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
6. Bring the oil back to 350 degrees F before cooking the remaining pieces of chicken.