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Title: Deep Fried Chicken
Categories: Poultry Fake
Yield: 8 Servings
| 1 | Archer Teacher Fish Batter (see below) | |
| 1 | Dry Coating Mix from The Big Bucket InThe Sky Recipe (see be | |
| 3 | lb | Fryer chicken or all chicken wings or all drumsticks or chic |
| Oil | ||
| Crisco Shortening | ||
| ARCHER TEACHER FISH BATTER | ||
| 3 | c | Boxed pancake mix |
| 3 | c | Club Soda |
| DRY COATING MIX | ||
| 2 | pk | Good Season's Italian Salad Dressing Mix |
| 3 | tb | Flour |
| 2 | ts | Salt |
ARCHER TEACHER FISH BATTER: Whip together the boxed pancake mix (used dry from the box) with the club soda, till the batter becomes the consistency of buttermilk. You may have to add a little more club soda to achieve this consistency. (Perhaps a 1/2 cup more will do!) Set it aside.
Now make up the dry coating mix from the Big Bucket In The Sky recipe, putting it into the plastic food bag, just as directed.
Moisten your chicken pieces, using the chicken pieces indicated but only 3 pounds, mind you. First dip the moistened pieces, 1 at a time, into the dry coating mix and then into the prepared fish batter and back again into the dry coating mix and then into 385 degree F -- hot oil in equal parts with solid Crisco -- at least 3" deep in your electric fryer or 2 1/2 quart heavy saucepan.
Fry on all sides till coating is golden brown and crispy looking. Spear the pieces, 1 at a time, out of the hot oil mixture, using the tip of a sharp knife, instead of tongs, so that you do not risk breaking the coating surface and suffering through the heart ache of having the coating end up in the bottom of the pan. Transfer the browned pieces to a cookie sheet and keep them in a 325 degree F -- oven, uncovered, until all of the pieces have been fried.
Loosely cover pieces in foil and continue baking at 325 degrees F about 15 minutes or till fork tender, testing the largest piece of chicken for doneness. A 3 pound fryer will accomodate 4 people nicely.
Archer Teacher as in Arthur Treacher Big Bucket In The Sky as in Kentucky Fried Chicken
Source: Gloria Pitzer's Secret Fast Food Recipes 1976 reprinted 1985
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