1/4 cup hot sauce
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 whole chicken, cut into pieces
1 cup flour
1 tbsp cornmeal
1/4 cup bread crumbs
2 tsp biscuit mix
1 tsp baking powder
1 salt and pepper to taste
1 oil for frying
Directions
Pour hot sauce and mustard into a bowl. Rub chicken
pieces in hot sauce mix. Let stand for 10 minutes.
Place flour, cornmeal, bread crumbs biscuit mix and
baking powder in a plastic bag. Add salt and pepper to
taste. Shake to mix. Drop chicken pieces into bag;
Shake to coat well. Preheat iron skillet on high heat,
add oil to fill about half full. When oil is very hot,
but not smoking, add chicken piceces: do not crowd.
Cook on high heat until brown on one side. turn pieces
and lower heat. Cover and cook until almost crispy (10
to 15 minutes). Remove cover and let cook for three
minutes before turning over and raising heat back up.
Cook until crispy brown, about 3 minutes more. Drain
on paper toweling. Makes 4 servings.
Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Chicken; Poultry
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