Fried Chicken
2 -3 1/2 pound Frying chicken -- cut into 8 pieces Salt Freshly Ground Black Pepper 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons paprika - plus more for the finished chicken vegetable oi...
Ingredients
- 2 -31/2 pound frying chicken -- cut into 8 pieces
- 2tablespoonpaprika
- 1) trim the excess fat and skin from each piece of chicken. s
- 2) pour enough vegetable oil into a heavy deep skillet (cast-
- 3) add only as many of the chicken pieces as will fit without
- 4) remove the chicken pieces from the skillet to drain. if yo
Directions
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2 -3 1/2 pound Frying chicken -- cut into 8 pieces Salt Freshly Ground Black Pepper 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons paprika - plus mo
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Sprinkle the pieces with salt and pepper
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Stir the flour and paprika together in a shallow bowl
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Dredge the chicken pieces in the seasoned flour to coat on all sides
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Shake off the excess flour
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2) Pour enough vegetable oil into a heavy deep skillet (cast-iron is perfect) to fill it to 2 inches
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Heat over medium heat to 375oF
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A small cube of bread dropped in the dropped in the oil will brown in about 20 seconds.) 3) Add only as many of the chicken pieces as will f