Annie Mae Jones' Old Fashioned Fried Chicken Recipe
- 2 x Chickens,small*
- 1 1/2 c. Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Mustard,dry
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 2 c. Lard
- 2 Tbsp. Butter
- 1 Tbsp. Flour
- 3/4 c. Chicken stock
- 1/4 c. Light cream Salt Pepper
- * - Cut each into 8 pcs, backbone removed (save liver and gizzard for another use).
- 1.
- Wash each piece of chicken under cool running water.
- Pat dry with paper toweling.
- 2.
- Place flour, salt, mustard, and pepper in a large paper bag.
- Twist closed and shake to blend ingredients.
- Drop the chicken pcs into the bag a few at a time and shake the bag vigorously till each piece is thoroughly coated.
- Remove the chicken pcs from the bag and shake off excess flour - there will be plenty of it.
- Then lay them side by side on waxed paper and place them near the stove so which you can get to them easily when you start frying.
- 3.
- Preheat oven to hot and in it place a large baking dish lined with paper toweling.
- 4.
- Heat the lard in a heavy 10-12" skillet.
- The fat should fill the pan to a depth of about 2 inches.
- Add in more lard if necessary.
- 5.
- Place over moderate heat and when the fat is warm but not smoking, begin frying chicken.
- Put in the thigh and legs first and cover the pan at once.
- Let the chicken fry over moderate heat, lifting the cover occasionally to check the process, and when deep brown turn - with a wooden spoon, so you do not pierce the skin.
- Cover and brown the other side.
- As each piece is cooked, remove it, place it in the hot oven, and put an uncooked piece in its place.
- 6.
- Cook all of the chicken in the same way.
- Just remember which the white meat will take a little less time to cook than the dark pcs.
- 7.
- Leave the chicken in the oven while preparing the gravy.
- *** CHICKEN GRAVY***
- 1.
- Pour the frying fat from the pan, replace it with the butter, heat, then stir in the flour.
- When bubbly, stir in the stock and cream, and cook till sauce thickens.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- 2.
- Serve the sauce separately to spoon over the chicken pcs at the table.
flour, salt, pepper, lard, butter, flour, chicken stock, light cream salt pepper
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/annie-mae-jones-old-fashioned-fried-chicken-65678 (may not work)