Country Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• salt
• pepper
• flour
• 1 cup of lard
• 1 cup of milk
• bacon slices

Directions

1. Cut up the chicken, pepper and salt it, and then dredge it over with flour.
2. Mix the lard and some slices of bacon in a frying pan. Heat the lard until very hot.
3.  Add a few pieces of chicken, leaving room for each piece to be flipped without crowding.
4. Remove the fried pieces, and put them on a dish over hot water to keep warm.
5. Pour off some of the grease the chicken was fried in, and then dredge some flour into the frying pan. Let it brown.
6. Add the milk, pouring in a little at a time. Let it froth up.
7. Place your chicken back into the gravy for three minutes.
8. (Optional) If you like the chicken brown and dry, pour the gravy under it on the dish when serving.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Chance Back
Louisiana Anthology
March 20, 2020