Buttermilk Pecan Chicken

southern recipe

• Ready In: 2 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1  cup  fresh dairy buttermilk
• 1  large egg, beaten
• 1  cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1  cup ground pecans
• 1⁄4 cup sesame seeds
• 1  tablespoon paprika
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper (your choice for heat) or 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (your choice for heat)
• 3 1⁄2 lbs fryer chickens, cut up
• 1⁄2 cup pecan halves

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. F.
3. Place butter in a large shallow roasting pan, and melt.
4. Remove and set aside.
5. Mix buttermilk and egg in a shallow bowl.
6. Combine the flour, ground pecans, sesame seeds, paprika, salt and pepper, in an other bowl.
7. Coat chicken pieces in the buttermilk/egg mixture.
8. Then coat each piece in the flour/nut mixture.
9. Can double dip again into milk and then flour if desired.
10. Place each piece in the butter in roasting pan, turning each piece to coat with butter.
11. Place skin side up.
12. Sprinkle the pecan halfs over the chicken and bake 1 1/2 hours to 1 3/4 hours, until golden brown deep colour.