Fried Chicken
Ingredients:
- 8-12 pieces of chicken
- 1-teaspoon salt or seasoned salt
- ½-1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Vegetable oil
Instructions:
- Season the flour generously with salt, pepper and garlic powder. (Some prefer to dip chicken in buttermilk or milk before flouring). You may also put the flour into a bag or large freezer or plastic bag and shake the flour.
- Dredge the chicken in flour until coated on all sides.
- Shake off any excess flour.
- Pour enough vegetable oil into a heavy deep skillet (cast-iron is perfect) or an electric skillet to fill it to 1-2 inches.
- You can also use a deep fryer.
- Heat over medium heat to 375 degrees. (A small cube of bread dropped in the oil will brown in about 30 seconds.)
- Add only as many pieces of chicken as will fit without touching.
- Cook them, turning them once, until cooked through (no trace of pink remaining in the center) and deep golden brown, about 15-18 minutes for dark meat, 12-15 for white meat.
- Use a long-handled fork or tongs to prevent getting splattered.
- Remove the chicken and drain.