Fried Chicken with Bacon and Pepper Cream Gravy

Name: Fried Chicken with Bacon and Pepper Cream Gravy
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon slices; 710 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk; 0 teaspoons cayenne; 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons hot sauce such as Tabasco; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons paprika; 710 milliliters About vegetable oil; 2 kilograms whole chicken (about , cut into 8 pieces; 473 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Fried Chicken with Bacon and Pepper Cream Gravy a try. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 995 calories, 53g of protein, and 78g of fat. It works best as a main course, and is done in around 5 hours. If you have onion, vegetable oil, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Toss chicken with buttermilk, onion, Tabasco, and 2 teaspoons salt. Marinate chicken, covered and chilled, at least 12 hours.

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Buttermilk

Whole Chicken

Onion

Salt

Put flour, paprika, cayenne, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper in a paper or plastic bag and shake to combine well.

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Black Pepper

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Paprika

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Salt

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Ziploc Bags

Drain chicken well in a colander, discarding marinade and onions, then shake chicken in bag, 1 piece at a time, to coat well. Knock off excess flour and transfer to a sheet of wax paper.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Onion

All Purpose Flour

Shake

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Wax Paper

Colander

Let chicken air-dry 30 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Preheat oven to 250°F with rack in middle. Set a cooling rack in a large shallow baking pan.

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Wire Rack

Baking Pan

Oven

Meanwhile, cook bacon in 2 batches in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until browned and crisp.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Transfer to rack in baking pan and keep warm in oven.

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Baking Pan

Oven

Scrape up brown bits from bottom of skillet with a spatula and strain bacon fat through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, reserving bits in sieve. Wipe skillet clean and add strained bacon fat.

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Bacon Drippings

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Frying Pan

Spatula

Sieve

Bowl

Add enough oil to measure 1/2 inch fat in skillet and heat to 350°F over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Fry chicken 4 pieces at a time (keep each batch all white meat or all dark meat), skin sides down first, turning occasionally with tongs, until golden-brown and cooked through, 8 to 12 minutes for breasts and wings; 10 to 12 minutes for drumsticks and thighs.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Meat

Chicken Wings

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Tongs

Transfer chicken to rack with bacon and keep warm in oven. Return fat to 350°F between batches and reserve after frying.

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Whole Chicken

Bacon

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Oven

Strain frying fat through sieve into a bowl, then return 1 tablespoon fat and all brown bits in sieve to skillet. (Discard remaining frying fat once cool.)

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Frying Pan

Sieve

Bowl

Whisk in flour and cook roux over medium heat, whisking, 1 minute.

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Whisk in milk, 1 teaspoon salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper and bring to a boil, whisking, then simmer, whisking, until thick, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Pepper

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Serve chicken with gravy and bacon.

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Whole Chicken

Bacon

Gravy

Haggipavlu Nemea '04

Chicken can be marinated up to 24 hours

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Whole Chicken

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Servings:

227grams

bacon slices 710milliliters

well-shaken buttermilk 0teaspoons

cayenne 4teaspoons

all-purpose flour 2teaspoons

hot sauce such as Tabasco 1large

onion, thinly sliced 2teaspoons

paprika 710milliliters

About vegetable oil 2kilograms

whole chicken (about , cut into 8 pieces 473milliliters

whole milk

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. 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 King Frosch Riesling Auslese All Natural German with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.