You know when you’re just starting out and learning how to live on your own you usually don’t eat all that well. This was the case for me. When I first moved out on my own I knew very little about preparing food for myself. So when I met my husband I was of little help in the kitchen. He is almost 8 years older than I am, so he had many years of figuring out how to feed himself before I came along. But in our early months together we still ate a whole lot of bachelor food. I knew I couldn’t live like that for long. I may have known very little about cooking at the time, but I still could appreciate good food. The bachelor food wasn’t it. So I started learning the basics and slowly but surely we started eating better. One of the first things I perfected was fried chicken.
Now when I first started out, we had very little in the way of cooking utensils. The first time I made this, I actually limped along with some Lucite salad tongs to flip my chicken in the oil. It was bad. But they were all I had. Needless to say, as my equipment and my skills improved… so did this recipe. Over the years I have come up with many different ways to make this classic dinner dish. I even have an oven fried version, which is great. But this version is the first- the one I have been making for over 20 years.
My fried chicken recipe is a family favorite. My kids will definitely leave the house not only knowing far more about cooking than I did, but I will make sure they have perfected this particular recipe to share with their families. If you love simple and easy fried chicken… you will love this!
Don’t miss these delicious side dish ideas to go along with your chicken!
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