Best Mamas Fried Chicken Recipes

MAMA'S FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken pieces and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Marinate pieces for 1 hour in buttermilk. Remove chicken pieces 1 at a time from buttermilk, coat with flour, and deep-fry until golden brown.

MAMA'S FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
• Place chicken in shallow dish or ziploc plastic bag; add buttermilk.
• Cover or seal, and chill at least 2 hours.
• Remove chicken from buttermilk, discarding buttermilk.
• Dredge chicken in flour.
• Pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches in a deep skillet or Dutch oven; heat to 360°F.
• Add chicken, a few pieces at a time; cover and cook 6 minutes.
• Uncover chicken and cook 9 minutes.
• Turn chicken; cover and cook 6 minutes.
• Uncover and cook 5 to 9 minutes, turning the chicken the last 3 minutes for even browning, if necessary.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Test chicken with meat thermometer (170°F) or by piercing thickest portion with fork.
• When juices run clear it is done.

MOM'S OLD FASHIONED FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put the flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder in a brown paper bag. One by one, coat the chicken parts with mixture.
• In a large skillet, fry the chicken in 1 inch of hot oil until golden brown. Remove the chicken from the pan and drain the oil.
• Put the chicken back into the pan and cover the pieces with cooking sherry. Cover the pan and reduce to simmer. Let simmer for 20 minutes. Serve.