Description
This was my grandmother’s and mother’s recipe. It is 125 plus years old. If you are going to fry anything, let it be a frying size chicken. Cut your calories some other way! Start a new tradition, as I have, of fried chicken on Christmas Day!
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces
Instructions
- Heat the shortening in a large
- cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
- In a brown paper lunch bag
- combine the flour
- salt
- and pepper. Shake two chicken pieces in the bag to coat
- and place them in the skillet. Repeat until all of the chicken is coated and in the skillet.
- Fry the chicken over medium-high heat until all of the pieces have been browned on both sides. Turn the heat to medium-low
- cover
- and cook for 25 minutes. Remove the lid
- and increase heat to medium-high. Continue frying until chicken pieces are a deep golden brown
- and the juices run clear.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 8