Bert's Southern Fried Chicken

Name: Bert's Southern Fried Chicken
Prep time: 3 h 40 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 kilograms chicken, washed and cut into 8 serving pieces; 3 eggs; 79 milliliters milk; 6 servings Peanut oil, for frying; 6 servings Salt and pepper; 473 milliliters all-purpose or self-rising flour

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Bert's Southern Fried Chicken a try. This main course has 690 calories, 50g of protein, and 39g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. If you have self-rising flour, eggs, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the milk you could follow this main course with the Milky Way Brownie Bites as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Liberally sprinkle each piece of chicken with salt and pepper several hours before cooking.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Place it in a dish, covered with plastic wrap, in the refrigerator.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Place the flour in a plastic kitchen storage bag. When ready to cook, beat the eggs with the milk. Dip the chicken pieces into the egg mixture, then place each piece in the bag. Shake until chicken is coated. Set the floured chicken on a plate while you heat the oil.

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Chicken Pieces

Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Dip

Egg

Milk

Cooking Oil

Pour enough oil into a cast iron skillet to come only about halfway up the sides of the pan. This is important, as the oil rises when each piece of chicken is added.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Turn the heat to medium high; test by adding a drop of water to the oil. If it sizzles, the oil is ready; this takes about 4 to 5 minutes.

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Water

Cooking Oil

Place about 4 pieces of chicken into the hot oil. Allow to cook on the first side about 8 minutes, and on the second about 6 minutes, until brown and crispy. Pieces with large bones, the legs and thighs, may need an additional minute per side to get completely done.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

Remove the chicken from the oil and drain well on brown paper bags. Cook the second batch of chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

Wrap tightly in aluminum foil to keep warm or place in aluminum pans with parchment paper between layers of chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Baking Paper

Aluminum Foil

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Servings:

1kilograms

chicken, washed and cut into 8 serving pieces 3

eggs 79milliliters

milk 6servings

Peanut oil, for frying 6servings

Salt and pepper 473milliliters

all-purpose or self-rising flour

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Domaine Leseurre Dry Cuvee Classique Riesling with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 23 dollars per bottle.