Fried Chicken with Gravy

Name: Fried Chicken with Gravy
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black pepper, or to taste; 4 Tbsps skillet drippings; 79 milliliters unsifted all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters water or milk, if you prefer milk gravy (the McCollums dont); 1 teaspoons salt, or to taste; 1 Tbsp water; 1 kilograms broiler-fryer, cut up for frying (see Note above); 1 can Vegetable oil for frying or lard, if you get it (Mrs. McCollum used lard)

The recipe Fried Chicken with Gravy could satisfy your Southern craving in roughly 45 minutes. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 163 calories, 6g of protein, and 4g of fat each. If you have lard, broiler-fryer, unsifted flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Arrange the pieces of chicken, not touchingand one layer deep, in a shallow baking dishor nonreactive pan.

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Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle with the salt,cover, and refrigerate overnight.

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Salt

When ready to fry the chicken, drain off all accumulatedjuices and pat the chicken dry on severalthicknesses of paper toweling.

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Whole Chicken

Sprinkle thechicken with the pepper, then dredge by shakinga few pieces at a time in the flour in a plasticzipper bag. As you remove the chicken from thedredging flour, shake off the excess flour.

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Whole Chicken

Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Pour the oil into a large iron skillet until aboutan inch deep, set over moderate heat, and assoon as steam begins to rise from the oil, addthe pieces of chicken, skin side down. Fryslowly for 30 minutes, keeping the heat atmoderate or moderately low so that thechicken doesn't overbrown; turn and fry 30minutes more.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the 1 tablespoon water(the oil will spit and sputter), cover the skillet,and let stand until the spitting stops.

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Water

Cooking Oil

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Remove the chicken to several thicknesses ofpaper toweling to drain, arranging so thepieces don't touch one another. Also lay asheet of paper toweling on top.

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Whole Chicken

Pour the oil and drippings fromthe skillet, then spoon 4 tablespoons of themback into the skillet. Blend in the flour, and cookand stir over moderately low heat for about 5minutes or until a nice rich brown.

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All Purpose Flour

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Whisk in thewater, salt, and pepper, then cook, whiskingconstantly, for about 5 minutes or until thickened,smooth, and no raw starch taste lingers.Taste for salt and pepper and adjust as needed.

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Salt And Pepper

Pepper

Starch

Salt

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Whisk

Pour the gravy into a heated gravy boat.

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Gravy

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Gravy Boat

Pile the chicken onto a heated platter andserve. Pass the gravy along with a basket offresh-baked biscuits.

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Biscuits

Whole Chicken

Gravy

Collins

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Whisk

Gravy Boat

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Servings:

0teaspoons

black pepper, or to taste 4Tbsps

skillet drippings 79milliliters

unsifted all-purpose flour 473milliliters

water or milk, if you prefer milk gravy (the McCollums don't)1teaspoons

salt, or to taste 1Tbsp

water 1kilograms

broiler-fryer, cut up for frying (see Note above)1can

Vegetable oil for frying or lard, if you get it (Mrs. McCollum used lard)

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks 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. One wine you could try is Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 29 dollars.