Southern Fried Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
1 cut-up chicken
flour
salt water
pepper
buttermilk
lard
Cooking Instructions
Place chicken in salt water. Refrigerate 2-3 hours or overnight. Drain. Dip chicken in buttermilk. Roll each piece in flour; sprinkle with pepper. In heavy frypan, heat lard (should be about 2 inches deep) until it just begins to smoke. Add chicken pieces, being careful not to crowd. Cover. Fry about 15 minutes. Turn chicken and brown other side about 15 minutes. Drain in colander lined with paper towels.