Skillet-Fried Chicken
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Brief Description
Classic comfort food. Make our juicy fried chicken in less than an hour.
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Main Ingredient
Chicken
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Category: Poultry
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 10 min(s)
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Cook Time: 45 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Notes:
Lighten it up: For 11 grams of fat and 250 calories per serving, remove skin from chicken before cooking. Use only 2 tablespoons oil in step 2. To make Buttermilk Fried Chicken: Increase flour to 1 cup. Dip chicken into 1 cup buttermilk before coating with flour mixture.
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Posted By: deanna
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Posted On: Aug 23, 2013
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Ingredients:
- 1/2 cups - all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoons - paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoons - salt
- 1/2 teaspoons - pepper
- 3 1/2 pounds - cut-up whole chicken
- - Vegetable oil
Directions:
In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil (1/4 inch) over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil, skin sides down, about 10 minutes or until light brown on all sides; reduce heat to low. Turn chicken skin sides up.
Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).
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