Fried Chicken

I think one of my dad's favorite foods is fried chicken. When, I was a young kid I can remember mom frying chicken, and dad almost eating the whole bird. Mom had her own way of preparing her fried chicken. She would salt and pepper the chicken and roll it in the flour and fry it in hot grease. It was a simple way, no dredging or dipping in an egg bath. She would fry the chicken till it was crisp and golden brown. I can't even describe the fragrace or smell. Heres mom's recipe for frying chicken.

1 whole chicken (that dad usually cut into pieces)
1c flour
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
1/2 c oil (your choice/I prefer peanut)

Rinse or soak chicken pieces off in the sink, then salt and pepper chicken. You will need a large bowl for your flour. Then roll your chicken in the flour and coat each piece. When I fry chicken I like my cast iron skillet, but my mom likes non stick skillet. You heat your cooking oil on high heat looking for a temp around 350 degrees. You place chicken in the skillet start with the dark meat pieces first. You fry the chicken until it is golden brown and pieces are cooked through, (no blood). If you use a deep fryer the chicken will float to the top when it is done. I hope y'all enjoy my mom's chicken.




Dave's Fried Chicken

I like bathing 1 whole chicken cut up in 1 cup of buttermilk, 2 eggs, and Louisiana Hot Sauce. I take my chicken and place it a flour mixture in a zip lock bag. Mix 1 c. flour with 1 tsp. garlic powder, 1tsp. onion powder, 1/2 tsp. cumin powder, 1 tsp. black pepper, and 1/2 tsp. salt in a large zip lock storage bag. Season chicken with Old Bay Seasoning, and place chicken in the zip lock bag and shake flour over the chicken. Then place/dunk the chicken into the egg bath, and roll chicken into flour within a large bowl. Heat your grease to 350 degrees and fry your chicken tills it's golden brown, and done inside not bloody. I surely hope y'all try these recipes and enjoy them. As we say down south "y'all come back ," and visit me again.