Country Fried Chicken

By plilhig

Ingredients

• /2 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 3/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 (2 1/2 to 3 lbs.) broiler-fryer chicken, cut up
• 1 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
• OR 1 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from crisco.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. COMBINE milk and egg in a small bowl; beat with fork until frothy. Combine flour, salt, pepper, paprika and poultry seasoning in resealable plastic bag.

2. SHAKE chicken in seasoned flour to coat evenly. Dip into milk mixture. Shake chicken a second time in seasoned flour until thoroughly coated.

3. HEAT shortening in electric or large heavy straight-sided frying pan until it reaches a temperature of 365ºF. Fry chicken uncovered until brown on bottom, about 10 to 15 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; turn chicken over. Cover; fry 15 minutes. Uncover; continue frying 5 to 10 minutes until chicken is crisp and instant-read thermometer reaches 165°F.