Southern Fried Chicken
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This is a photo of our hot and crispy classic southern fried chicken. You have to experience southern fried chicken yourself to realize how good it can be. Nothing beats the flavor of authentic southern fried chicken. This delicious recipe is the cornerstone to any family meal and a homemade fried chicken recipe is a hundred times better than anything which comes out of a box or packet. Classic southern fried chicken is surprisingly easy to prepare, even if you are new to making southern fried chicken recipes, and the results are simply amazing. If you love fried chicken recipes you are going to love home-cooked fried chicken even more.
Classic Southern Fried Chicken with That Real Southern Flavor
Tradition southern recipes for fried chicken always give great results. Once you have made perfect fried chicken, you will want to make it a lot more. Fried chicken recipes tend to be very easy and are always appreciated by family and friends. This recipe includes Crisco, which is a brand of shortening, as well as flour and seasonings.
The ingredients are combined with the chicken by shaking everything together in a bag - no more floury mess all over your kitchen! You might need to throw in a little paprika when mixing your chicken with the other ingredients. It improves both the color and the flavor of this classic southern fried chicken recipe. There is nothing difficult about making this delicious classic southern fried chicken and the results are sure to be incredible, whichever side dishes you choose to make, to serve this fried chicken recipe with.
The chicken is dusted in a mixture of flour, salt and pepper and fried in a cast iron skillet. This is similar to many other southern fried chicken recipes and this simple preparation method for fried chicken is a tried and tested method to make crispy and tasty fried chicken time after time. If you are looking for an easy fried chicken recipe for beginners, consider making this one.
Classic Southern Fried Chicken
Ingredients -
1 fryer chicken (2 ½ lbs - 3 lbs)
⅓ cup Crisco
1 teaspoon salt
1 ¾ cups flour
¼ teaspoon black pepper
Preparation:
Cut the chicken into pieces.
Mix the flour, salt and pepper in a bag, then add the chicken, a few pieces at a time, shaking it well to coat evenly.
Add the Crisco to a skillet and bring it to 360 degrees F over a medium high heat.
Fry the chicken pieces for about 35 minutes without covering the skillet.
Turn them several times during cooking so they brown evenly.
(Serves 6)
What Defines Southern Fried Chicken?
There are lots of different recipes for southern fried chicken and, in fact, lots of fried chicken recipes in general. There is pan fried chicken, deep fried chicken and even oven fried chicken. There is the kind of chicken you get from fast food restaurants like KFC and there is home-cooked fried chicken. So what is the difference between classic southern fried chicken and all the other fried chicken recipes out there? Actually, if you want the true definition of classic southern fried chicken, it is chicken which is coated in a batter or breadcrumb mixture and deep fried.
This southern style of cooking chicken always gives incredibly good results, no matter whether you are new to frying chicken or a professional, seasoned chef. Fried chicken is such an easy dish to master and there are a lot of side dishes that go beautifully with it. Southern living is all about traditional family values, good hearty home cooking and more, and classic southern fried chicken is as deeply southern as the warming rays of the southern sunshine. This is a feel-good recipe which is guaranteed to do just that. Southern fried chicken is true comfort food and it is impossible to bite into hot, crispy, classic southern fried chicken and not feel good.