SMOTHERED FRIED CHICKEN
This is soooooooo good! It is fork tender and great served with buttered rice or mashed potatoes. Add green beans or collard greens with some cornbread or rolls, and you have a real southern meal.
Provided by southern chef in lo
Categories Chicken
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- For Chicken: Wash the chicken and pat it dry.
- Heat the shorting or oil to 365°F for frying chicken.
- Salt and pepper the chicken.
- Mix the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder together.
- After the oil is at the right tempura, roll the chicken in the flour and place in the skillet.
- Cook 3 to 4 pieces at a time until golden brown and almost done.
- Drain the chicken and place in a baking dish; set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Prepare gravy: On medium heat, heat the 4 tablespoons oil; stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the water and stir until boiling. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Gravy will be kind of thin, but will thicken as it cooks in the oven.
- Pour gravy over the chicken; turn the chicken to coat completely.
- Cover and cook for 30 to 45 minutes until smothered and fork-tender.
SMOTHERED SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN
This is a wonderful recipe from the "Old South" that I got from an old woman in Alabama many years ago.
Provided by Alan Leonetti
Categories Chicken
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Wash the chicken pieces and pat it dry with paper towel.
- Heat the oil to 365 degrees for frying the chicken. Salt and pepper the chicken.
- Mix the flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder together.
- When the oil is hot, roll the chicken pieces in the flour and place into the skillet. Cook 3 to 4 pieces at a time on both sides until golden brown and almost done. Drain the chicken on paper towel and place into a baking dish and set aside until the rest of the chicken is done.
- To prepare the gravy, on medium heat, preferably in the same skillet, & if necessary, spoon out some of the oil, leaving 8 tablespoons of the oil in the skillet. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the water and stir until boiling. Salt and pepper to taste. The gravy will be kind of thin, but it will thicken.
- Return the chicken to the skillet of gravy. Cover with a splatter screen and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until gravy is thickened and the chicken is smothered and fork tender.
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