CajunMama wrote:alot of the gas stations here sell fried chicken too. Krispy Krunchy i believe is the name. They sell quite a bit of it.
LOL! I was expecting you to be funny Kathy.....he he
But I guess that is more the norm than not.
Years ago when I started cooking everyday - 1973 - when my mom left my dad and dad and I went to town with groceries, grilling out (she only cooked the same 5 meals each week!) - I fried a lot of foods. In fact, people had individual fryers, you sat on your kitchen counter. Now if you had one of those babies, you were living! I remember making donuts from scratch and frying them in Crisco. No lie. Then dusting them with confectioner's sugar. I know I made fried chicken for my dad a lot, along with liver and onions (yuck, yuck!)....I could never eat it but I did make it for him.
So for a decade or more I continued to fry chicken the traditional way - in a deep skillet, in oil, lid off, med-high heat. 1975-1983, for my ungrateful ex too. Ugh.
Until I read that recipe about using a cast iron skillet, quickly browning all sides, then reducing the temp to simmer and covering the skillet. That was important! It turned out to be the best chicken I ever made.
Then of course we had a few relatives on my husband's (second and last hubby, wonderful guy!) side with heart problems, one sadly died, one had a stroke, my dad died from cancer and we both took very close looks at our diets. From then on, if I ever made fried chicken, I felt guilty. Truly I did!
I think I started making fried chicken in my oven! Similar to a shake-n-bake method but my own.
Now I broil or bake the chicken. De-boned and de-skinned.
And next I'll give it up altogether (not, just joking).
Funny how cooking trends have changed. My mom used to keep an old chipped mug in the fridge, filled with bacon fat. For flavoring of course! That's healthy!!!! NOT!