Dixie Fried Chicken

Total Time: 3 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (3 -3 1/2 lb) broiler-fryer chickens
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 dash pepper
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• fat, from fried chicken
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 chicken.
• 2 preheat oven 375°f.
• 3 cut up chicken into frying pieces, place pieces into a bowl and pour buttermilk over chicken, marinate for 2 hours in the fridge.
• 4 in another bowl combine flour, parsley, salt, thyme and pepper.
• 5 remove chicken from buttermilk.
• 6 pour buttermilk from marinating chicken into a shallow baking pan.
• 7 roll chicken pieces into flour mixture.
• 8 heat shortening and butter in a heavy skillet.
• 9 brown chicken pieces on all sides , a few at a time, over medium high heat.
• 10 place chicken pieces on top of buttermilk in baking pan.
• 11 *(remove your 1/3 cup fat from skillet and set aside for biscuits.)*.
• 12 now add chicken broth to skillet with fat and scrap up browning's.
• 13 strain and pour juice around chicken in baking pan.
• 14 bake chicken uncovered about 50 minutes or until crisp and tender and the juices from chicken run clear.
• 15 *bake biscuits along with chicken for the last 20 minutes of cooking time. serve with chicken.
• 16 *biscuits*.
• 17 mix flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• 18 stir in butter and fat from skillet, add buttermilk to make a stiff dough.
• 19 knead lightly, roll out on floured surface.
• 20 cut into small rounds, bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.