Southern Fried Chicken And Gravy

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 lb) chicken
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup flour
• shortening, for frying
• 1 tablespoon water
• 4 tablespoons chicken pan drippings
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 lay chicken pieces in a shallow baking dish.
• 2 sprinkle with salt.
• 3 cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 4 next day pour off all the accumulated juices.
• 5 pat chicken dry with paper toweling.
• 6 sprinkle chicken with pepper and roll in flour.
• 7 melt shortening 1 inch deep in skillet.
• 8 cook chicken 30 minutes on each side or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
• 9 add water.
• 10 put on skillet lid and let stand until fat stops sputtering.
• 11 drain on paper towel.
• 12 gravy:.
• 13 in skillet put chicken grease, 1/4 cup flour.
• 14 stir until flour is brown.
• 15 add 2 cups water, salt, and pepper.
• 16 heat and stir slowly until gravy thickens.