Fried Chicken Recipe

Easy Fried Chicken Recipe

Fried chicken is a dish that is about as classic as you can get. I know my mom had a fantastic fried chicken recipe that she would make for Sunday dinner. We all looked forward to that fried chicken dinner served with mashed potatoes and gravy. I’m sure there were vegetables but I don’t remember them. Fried chicken was the star of that meal. Is fried chicken one of your comfort foods?  Making fried chicken is a great way to make guests feel at home.  Although fried chicken is not always the healthiest selection for dinner, when made in moderation, fried chicken is quite  a delight.  Serving a fried chicken recipe for lunch, brunch buffets, Super Bowl parties, or dinner is always a treat.  Serve this fried chicken recipe with sides like mashed potatoes, collared greens, buttermilk biscuits, coleslaw, pasta salads or french fries. Fried chicken is such a popular food that there are fast food chains dedicated to serving only fried chicken.  Restaurant chains like Kentucky Fried Chicken and Popeye’s to name a few are serving up what they would consider to be the best fried chicken recipe.  These types of fast food places are popular because in general the American public loves eating fried chicken.  There’s something so comforting and easing about sitting down to some fried chicken with family and friends.  When you make fried chicken you it’s so good that you’re sneaking the refrigerator for leftovers later on.  Fried chicken makes a great breakfast for those of you who love cold chicken.

Southern Fried Chicken Recipe

This fried chicken recipe is a great dish to take to picnics, parties and potlucks for dinner.  You will love how suculent and this fried chicken recipe is and how perfect the skin turns out.  The skin of a fried chicken leg or breast is the best part.  That’s where all the flavor and spices meet to bring you all the flavors you love about a fried chicken recipe.  Serve this fried chicken recipe for your guests next time they come over with all your favorite southern sides.  Parties are made complete when you have your own recipe for fried chicken.  Keep this recipe on hand in a recipe binder or box so you can have fried chicken when ever you crave that southern taste of fried chicken. Image credit

Fried Chicken Recipe Ingredients

• 1 fryer, cut up
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon savory

Fried Chicken Recipe Directions

1. Soak the chicken pieces in the buttermilk for at least 2 hours in the fridge, turning now and then to make sure it all gets covered in the buttermilk.
2. Mix up the flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and savory in a large zipper bag. (Mom used a paper bag but a zipper bag is much easier.)
3. When you are ready to start frying, put ¼ cup of oil in a skillet.
4. Heat up the oil over medium heat.
5. Put one or two pieces of chicken in the bag at a time and shake to cover with the flour mixture.
6. Add to the pan and brown the chicken pieces, turning to brown on both sides.
7. Try not to let the chicken pieces touch each other. Remove chicken pieces as they are browned so you have room for more pieces.
8. After all the chicken has been browned, add about ½ cup water to the pan, being careful because it will steam.
9. Add all the browned chicken pieces to the pan and cover.
10. Simmer for about 45 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken is 180 degrees F.

Variation: If you want to spice it up a bit add ½ teaspoon or more of cayenne pepper.

Here’s a recipe cooking video with a little different method for cooking the chicken but it looks very yummy too!

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