Smothered Southern Fried Chicken

"This is a wonderful recipe from the "Old South" that I got from an old woman in Alabama many years ago."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 10mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • FRIED CHICKEN

  • 2 12 - 3 lbs fryer (cut up)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon pepper
  • 12 teaspoon garlic powder
  • cooking oil (at least 6-8 tablespoons for frying)
  • GRAVY

  • 8 tablespoons flour
  • 8 tablespoons oil, the oil the chicken was fried in
  • 6 -8 cups water (or a little more)
  • salt and pepper
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directions

  • Wash the chicken pieces and pat it dry with paper towel.
  • Heat the oil to 365 degrees for frying the chicken. Salt and pepper the chicken.
  • Mix the flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder together.
  • When the oil is hot, roll the chicken pieces in the flour and place into the skillet. Cook 3 to 4 pieces at a time on both sides until golden brown and almost done. Drain the chicken on paper towel and place into a baking dish and set aside until the rest of the chicken is done.
  • To prepare the gravy, on medium heat, preferably in the same skillet, & if necessary, spoon out some of the oil, leaving 8 tablespoons of the oil in the skillet. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add the water and stir until boiling. Salt and pepper to taste. The gravy will be kind of thin, but it will thicken.
  • Return the chicken to the skillet of gravy. Cover with a splatter screen and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until gravy is thickened and the chicken is smothered and fork tender.

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I was born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in this GREAT United States of America. I have since resided in Baltimore Maryland, Atlanta Georgia, Orlando Florida, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Los Angeles California, Selma Oregon, and now in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have enjoyed not only eating, but cooking all my life.
 
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