OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

I learned how to make chicken this way from my mother in law. She's always been known for her tasty chicken dinners. We raised our own chickens for many years, I even cut their heads off and gutted them! The girls all remember having to help butcher chickens. I think it was the highlights of their summers. However the last few years I have bought them from an organic farm.
Start out with a chicken, cut into pieces. I have a chicken and a half here because we had company for supper and needed a little extra.

I like to fold the wings like this when I freeze them. They are easier to fry this way.

Warm your frying pan to a medium to medium high heat. I started using these black cast iron pans and absolutely love them. Put about 2 Tablespoons of butter into the pan.

Now a good glug of olive oil. Let this heat up until its ready to start smokin. You want the pan good and hot before you add the chicken.

Place some chicken in a shallow dish and pour buttermilk over them. You can use plain milk if you'd like.

Turn the pieces over to coat them in the milk.

Now dredge the pieces in flour in another shallow bowl.

Fill the fryer with a single layer of chicken. Sprinkle on some pepper.

And toss on some salt. I like using the coarse sea salt when I'm cooking meats.

Brown both sides just until they start crisping. Remove to a plate to do the next panful of chicken. You can see the chicken is still raw on the inside.

After browning all the chicken pieces , place them all in the fry pan. Put the biggest pieces on the bottom. My fry pan is very deep so they all fit. Otherwise you can put them into a roaster.

Pop it into the oven at 350 degrees for about an hour and a half. Keep it covered because this gets the chicken done to the bone. Remove the cover for another half hour. This makes the chicken crispier.

Yummy! Tyler and Hannah love eating the drumsticks.

And this stuff left in the pan? This makes the best gravy ever. Drain off any grease, add some water and cook on a burner until the yummy pieces let loose.

Thicken it up with some roux and you've got chicken gravy like no other.


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