My Mom's Fried Chicken

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 lb) roasting chickens, cut up
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, unsifted
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 wash chicken pieces.
• 2 combine flour, salt and pepper in a paper bag.
• 3 add a few pieces of chicken at a time shaking to coat with flour.
• 4 in a large cast iron skillet over moderate heat melt enough lard or vegetable shortening to measure about 1 inch deep.
• 5 when cooking liquid has reached frying temperature you can see a little steam rising up.
• 6 cook chicken 30 minutes on each side.
• 7 lay cooked chicken on a paper towel lined platter and cover the top with paper towel also.
• 8 this helps top keep the chicken from sweating and to stay crisp.