Southern Fried Chicken Recipe?

Question

Anyone have a good recipe for southern fried chicken?

Answer 1

Take the skin off of the check. Dip the chicken in stirred up egg and then in flour. Set the chicken on a plate for a minute. Then dip it in the flour again. Put about an inch of oil in the bottom of a black cast iron frying pan that has been seasoned.....(rub the pan in oil and place on the oven rack in a 250 degree oven for about 30 min. then take it out...this only has to be done on NEW black, cast iron frying pans before you use it the first time). Let the oil get hot and place the chicken in, single layer, salt and pepper. I usually add a little bit of butter to the oil. Do not cook quickly, turn the heat down to med. If you cook it too quickly, the outside gets crispy and brown but the inside doesn't cook completely. Keep check on the side in the oil. Do not turn it over until it is nice and brown and crispy. When it is, use a fork to turn the chicken over. Once both sides are crispy brown, take it out and drain it on several layers of paper towels. If you are not sure if it is done inside, take a knife and cut through the thickest part of chicken. There should be no blood or pink. If there is, put it back in the oil and cook more, just be careful not to burn the outside. That is why it is so important to cook it slowly from the beginning. Good luck!!

Answer 2

The key to good southern fried chicken is soaking the chicken over night in buttermilk. After that I think it is a taste preference. Get your flour salt, pepper, other spice and cornmeal mix it together. Make a egg "bath" with egg and water to thin the egg out some. get a deep fat fryer or an iron skillet. heat your oil to the right temperature. If it is too cool the chicken will absorb the oil and be greasy. If it is too hot the breading will burn and the chicken will be raw. You know it is the right temp when you put some moistened breading in the oil and it sinks hits the bottom of the pan and immediately rises.
Pat dry the chicken from the buttermilk, put into the breading mixture , put into the egg bath and back into the breading mixture set on a rack or a plate to let the breading set and start frying. Put chicken breats and thighs in skin side down. Breasts should enter the pans first then thighs, then legs and wings are last. I put a lid on my chicken after about 4 minutes to let them fry and "steam" for about 4 minutes and then I turn them over and do it again I take the lid off and let them continue to fry until they have the right browness for me and right "crunch" appeal" for my tastes. I let them drain on a rack with paper towels underneath.
I serve with home made mac and cheese(email me for my recipe) and collard greens.Yummy made me want to make this for Sunday dinner tonight lol. Good Luck.

Answer 3

How about southern style chicken fried chicken...
chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
1 5oz can evaporated milk
2 TBS green tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 c flour
2 tsp paprika
3/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp each s&p
veg oil

Trim chicken and pound if needed to 1/2 inch thick.
Combine milk, tabasco amd salt in a bowl. In a bowl measure 1 c flour.
In a separate bowl, combine remaining flour, paprika, garlic powder, s&p.
Dip chicken into flour, into milk, then into seasoned flour. Fry in
1 or 2 inches oil until golden brown

Answer 4

Soak the chicken in buttermilk with about 3 tablespoons hot sauce (dosen't make it hot just adds loads of flavor) for at least a few hours preferably overnight. drain.
Mix flower, salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder, poultry seasoning in a plastic bag
Egg wash (egg and milk) in a bowl
Lay chicken on a paper towel dip into egg wash then shake in bag place on a plate to rest for a few minutes before putting in oil.
Cook in a large cast iron skillet on med heat with about a quarter inch of hot oil place thigh peices in the middle (they take longer to cook and the midddle of the pan is the hottest part. Cook each side approximately 12 minutes until juices run clear when punctured.
When chicken is done drain on paper towel lined plate
Empty oil from pan reserving bits on bottem and a few tablespoons oil. Sprinkle skillet with flour (still on med heat) and whisk flower into oil and allow to cook until brown in color. Add milk (approximately 1 qt) and stir allow to simmer add salt and pepper to taste. Fried chicken with milk gravy the best there is. Hot homeade biscuits with this is heaven!

Answer 5

Southern Fried Chicken
The Lady's Cheesy Mac
Cheese Biscuits
Collard Greens


saw this episode last night & YUMMY!!!

Answer 6

Chicken pieces
flour
cayenne pepper
dried basil leaves
salt
garlic powder
black pepper
4 eggs
buttermilk
Blend eggs in 1 bowl, put buttermilk in another bowl, combine all dry ingrediants in another bowl. Preheat frying oil. Roll chicken in egg mixture, then in buttermilk mixture, then in dry mixture, drop in deep fryer at 350 degrees, cook until golden brown, serve with mased taters, country gravy, and green beans.

Answer 7

Go to FoodNetwork.com and look under Paula Dean's recipes.
She's as southern as it comes, im sure her fried chicken would be awesome.