Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken

• Pepper

• Salt

• Flour

• Oil

• 1/2 pint of cream

• Mace

Directions

1. Prepare chicken but cutting it up and draining the blood if necessary.
2. Wipe the chicken dry.
3. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
4. Roll the chicken in flour. Make sure the chicken is covered in flour.
5. Fry the chicken in oil until the chicken is a rich brown.
6. Remove the gravy that has accumulated on the fried chicken.
7. Combine the gravy with the 1/2 pint of cream.
8. Season the gravy with a little mace, salt, pepper, and parsley.
9. Serve the chicken with the gravy if desired. 

Source - Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Adam Lee Carlisle

Louisiana Anthology

June 5, 2019