Southern-Style Fried Chicken

Name: Southern-Style Fried Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black pepper; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 4 servings Chicken Velouté; 907 grams skinless chicken breast halves each), or 1 whole chicken (3 to 3 1/2 pounds), cut into serving pieces; 2 larges eggs, beaten; 355 milliliters flour; 2 teaspoons salt; 4 servings Shortening for frying

The recipe Southern-Style Fried Chicken could satisfy your Southern craving in about 45 minutes. This recipe makes 4 servings with 724 calories, 78g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, chicken breast halves, chicken velouté, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the buttermilk you could follow this main course with the Buttermilk Pie as a dessert.

Instructions

Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels.

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Whole Chicken

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Paper Towels

Place shortening in a large cast-iron skillet and heat to 350°F. Melted shortening should be 1/2 inch deep.

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Shortening

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Frying Pan

In a shallow bowl, whip together buttermilk and eggs. In another shallow bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Dip chicken pieces in egg mixture, then dredge in seasoned flour. Carefully place about half of the chicken pieces in hot shortening. (The temperature of the shortening will drop when you add the chicken; try to maintain a temperature of 325°F.) Fry chicken until golden brown on all sides or until each piece reaches an internal temperature of 160°F, turning the chicken several times to prevent burned spots. This will take about 10 minutes for skinless breasts and 20 minutes for pieces with skin and bones.

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Chicken Pieces

All Purpose Flour

Buttermilk

Shortening

Whole Chicken

Pepper

Egg

Salt

Dip

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Bowl

Drain cooked chicken on a rack, then keep warm in a 200°F oven while frying remaining chicken.

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Cooked Chicken

Whole Chicken

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Oven

Serve with chicken velouté.

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Whole Chicken

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Servings:

1teaspoon

black pepper 118milliliters

buttermilk 4servings

Chicken Velouté 907grams

skinless chicken breast halves each), or 1 whole chicken (3 to 3 1/2 pounds), cut into serving pieces 2larges

eggs, beaten 355milliliters

flour 2teaspoons

salt 4servings

Shortening for frying

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. You could try Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.