Lemonade Fried Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
• 1 cup water
• 1 (2 -2 1/2 lb) roasting chickens, cut up
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 mix lemonade concentrate and water in small bowl. pour over chicken in larger bowl. refrigerate 2 hours or longer. drain chicken and retain liquid.
• 3 mix together flour, salt, and pepper in a small paper bag. add well-drained chicken, one piece at a time. grasp bag closed and shake to flour chicken evenly.
• 4 heat oil in a large skillet over moderate heat. add floured chicken; cook until evenly browned, turning pieces over carefully.
• 5 remove chicken and arrange in a single layer in a shallow baking pan. brush chicken with melted butter. add reserved lemonade.
• 6 bake, uncovered, about 1 hour, basting chicken with lemonade from pan every fifteen minutes. about 15 minutes before chicken is done, drain off excess juice from pan.