Fried Chicken
A staple of southern dinners, good fried chicken goes good for Sunday dinner as well as for a Saturday picnic. The same process can be used for fish fillets too.
Fried Chicken
Ingredients
- Chicken pieces
- Buttermilk 1-2 cups (this can be made with milk plus 1 Tbsp vinegar or lemon juice per cup of milk).
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Season the flour with the paprika, salt and pepper and put in a plastic bag for shaking.
- Put the buttermilk in a bowl that will work for your chicken pieces
- Dip a few of the chicken pieces in the buttermilk, and then shake in the flour bag.
- Place the chicken on a cookie sheet and allow them to sit until the flour has a pasty consistency.
- Fry in a skillet or deep fry in a cooker, but don’t overcrowd the chicken. Cook for 5 minutes per side. Keep finished chicken warm in the oven until it is all done.