classic southern fried chicken
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This is chicken the way your grandma used to fix it. The only difference is we use vegetable oil where she used lard or fat of some sort or the other.
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yield
4 Servings
prep time
10 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For classic southern fried chicken
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14-pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces
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2 lgeggs
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1/2 cwhole milk
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1 1/2 call-purpose flour
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1 Tbspseasoned salt, such as lawry's
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1 tspseasoned pepper, such as lawry's
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24 ozsolid vegetable shortening, such as crisco
How To Make classic southern fried chicken
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1Pat the chicken pieces dry and line a baking sheet with wax paper. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk. Add the chicken. In another bowl, whisk the flour with the seasoned salt and seasoned pepper. Dredge the chicken in the seasoned flour and transfer to the baking sheet.
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2In a 12-inch, cast-iron skillet, heat the vegetable shortening to 365°. Add all of the chicken and fry over moderate heat, turning occasionally, until deeply golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted nearest the bone registers 170°, 20 to 24 minutes. Drain the chicken on paper towels and serve right away.
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