Picnic Basket Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Picnic Basket Buttermilk Fried Chicken requires roughly 6 hours and 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1210 calories, 50g of protein, and 75g of fat each. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have flour, vegetable shortening, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a main course.
Instructions
With a cleaver or heavy knife, split the chicken breasts, then cut each breast 1/2 in 1/2 again.
Place the chicken pieces in a shallow container skin side down and pour the buttermilk over them. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours or overnight, if possible.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Remove the chicken from the buttermilk and season both sides with salt and pepper.
Place the beaten eggs and flour in separate shallow bowls. Dredge the chicken pieces first in the flour, then the egg, and then the flour again.
In a 12-inch saute pan with deep sides, melt enough shortening so that it is 2 inches deep and heat the pan until the oil begins to smoke.
Fry the chicken for 2 minutes on each side, until the skin is golden brown.
Transfer to a baking sheet and bake the chicken for 15 minutes, or until cooked through.
Serve warm immediately, or store in the refrigerator for the next day's picnic.