Southern Fried Chicken Dinner Recipe
Here we have assembled all the recipes for a Southern Fried Chicken dinner all on one page. We suggest you proceed in the following manner:
1. Make the Cole Slaw, Ice Tea and Mississippi Mud Pie ahead of time, even the day before and store in the refrigerator.
2. Then, boil potatoes and keep hot on stove.
3. Next, start the chicken and biscuits.
3. Last, after chicken and biscuits are cooked, mash the potatoes.
With any luck everything will come out cooked at nearly the same time. The biscuits and mashed potatoes should be served steaming hot.
Ingredients
* Fresh, cut-up chicken* 2 cups flour
* 2 tablespoons salt
* 1/2 tablespoon black pepper
* 1 whole egg
* 3/4 cup buttermilk
* Cooking oil as required (see directions)
Directions
1. Using a large frying pan (cast iron works best), fill with enough cooking oil to cover at least half the thickness of the chicken (about 2-3 inches oil depth in the pan).2. Place frying pan on stove top burner on medium-high heat
3. In a medium size mixing bowl, combine egg and buttermilk, mix well
4. On a large plate, combine flour, salt, pepper, mix well
5. Wash chicken parts, pat dry.
6. Dip each chicken part in the egg-milk wash, then roll in flour mix to coat on all sides
7. Place chicken parts back in the egg wash again and then in the flour mix again to coat a second time.
8. Check oil temperature (place handle of wooden spoon in oil. You should get bubbles rising around the handle immediately.)
9. Place chicken parts in frying pan (should not be touching each other)
10. Fry chicken on first side 2 minutes then turn to other side
11. REDUCE HEAT TO MEDIUM
12. Continue to fry on each side until golden brown
Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
* 2 pounds of potatoes* 1 teaspoon of salt
* 1 cup of half and half (half milk and half cream - you can use regular milk if you prefer)
* 6 tablespoons of butter
* Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Peel and quarter the potatoes1. Add the potatoes to a large pot with enough cold water to cover them by an inch or so. Add salt and bring the water to a boil. Cook until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.
2. Drain the potatoes, return them to the pot and cook the drained potatoes over low heat for a couple of minutes to evaporate some of the water still in the potatoes.
3. Mash by with a potato masher by hand
4. Blend in butter, half and half, and any other ingredients you prefer (garlic, onion, bacon bits, etc.).
5. Season with salt and pepper.
Cole Slaw
Ingredients
* 1 large head of cabbage, chopped fine (about 1/4 inch pieces).* 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
* 1 cup chopped onion
* 2 tablespoon celery seed (optional)
* 1 cup white vinegar
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 tablespoon olive oil or salad oil
* 2 tablespoons salt
* 1/4 tablespoon black pepper
* 1/4 cup mayonnaise
Directions
1. Mix chopped cabbage, bell peppers and onion, in a large bowl. Set aside.2. In a small saucepan, bring vinegar, sugar and salt to a boil, stirring until sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Allow vinegar/sugar mix to cool 5 minutes then pour over cabbage mix.
4. Stir in black pepper, olive oil, celery seed and mayonnaise. Mix well.
5. Adjust ingredients to taste. If too sweet, add vinegar. If too much vinegar, add sugar and oil. If bland, add salt.
6. Refrigerate for 30-45 minutes. Pour off excess liquid before serving.
Biscuits
Ingredients
* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 4 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 teaspoons salt
* 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
* 1 cup buttermilk
Directions
1. Combine the dry ingredients. Gently kneed (cut) in the shortening until the mixture looks like "meal" (a very course powder)
2. Add the buttermilk, stirring GENTLY until a dough starts to form.
3. When you get a "sticky" dough ball, turn out on board, flour lightly, and form a flat mass. Cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter.
4. Place the biscuits on a cookie sheet and then into a 450-degree preheated oven. Bake until tops are a golden brown (about 10-12 minutes).
Yields 8-10 biscuits.
Ice Tea
Ingredients
8 tea bags black tea1 1/2 cups sugar
1 qt water
Directions
1. Pour the sugar in a 2 quart pitcher. Sit aside2. Place 1 quart water in large pot on stove top burner set on medium-high heat.
3. Add tea bags to water
4. Bring water just to the point where small bubbles begin to form around edge of pot. Do not bring to a full boil.
5. Remove from heat and discard tea bags
6. Pour hot tea in pitcher containing sugar. Mix well until all sugar is dissolved.
7. Add one tray of ice. Stir
8. Add water from tap to bring water level to within 4 inches of top of pitcher
9. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
Mississippi Mud Pie
We offer recipes for two versions of Mississippi Mud Pie, a cake version and an ice cream version. You may go to the following link for the recipe of the version you choose to make: Mississippi Mud Pie Recipes
