Southern Fried Chicken
Instructions
1. Prepare chicken by washing, drying, and removing excess fat, gristle, etc.
2. Salt, to taste, working the salt into the chicken, using your hands.
3. Place 1 cups flour in a gallon-sized zip-lock bag.
4. Dip each of the salted pieces individually into the bag of flour, and shake to coat.
5. Set coated chicken pieces aside. Heat cup peanut oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat.
6. Add 1 tablespoon butter, and continue to heat until a pinch of flour sizzles in the hot oil/butter combination.
7. Now, place a single layer of salted and flour-dredged chicken in the hot oil.
8. Brown on the bottom side, and then turn each piece.
9. Place the skillet in a 400 to 450 degree oven. Oven fry the chicken for about 10 minutes, then turn each piece over.
10. Continue to oven fry the chicken until crisp and golden. Chicken must be cooked all the way through, with no pink showing!
11. Remove the skillet of chicken from the oven, and place each piece of fried chicken on a tray covered with paper toweling to drain.
12. Repeat this process with additional peanut oil and butter, until all salted, flour-dredged pieces are done.
