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Southern Fried Chicken

Southern Fried Chicken Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup water
  • About 1 cup hot red pepper sauce suggested: Texas Pete
  • 2 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • House seasoning recipe follows
  • 1 1 to 2 1/2-pound chicken, cut into pieces
  • Oil for frying, preferably peanut oil

House Seasoning:

  • 1 cup salt
  • 1/4 cup black pepper
  • 1/4 cup garlic powder

Instructions

  1. In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper. Season the chicken with the house seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour mixture. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with shortening. Fry the chicken in the shortening until brown and crisp. Dark meat takes longer then white meat. It should take dark meat about 13 to 14 minutes, white meat around 8 to 10 minutes.

House Seasoning:

  1. Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.