Mama's Fried Chicken

Used this recipe to make chicken strips. Absolutely delicious! For a change, add some Cajun seasoning to the flour for an extra zing.

Dear Webmaster: Those of us who play by the rules and actually prepare the recipes before rating and/or posting on them need a way to report others who have not even attempted to at least prepare said recipe yet are intentionally low-rating and posting derogatory statements about the recipe. I would like a system by where someone can report these posts as "spam posts" and after a "member" has X number of "spam" reports, their ID is locked out. Just saying....... I used this recipe to prepare fried chicken for my husband (his favorite protein). It is very close to my paternal grandmother's recipe and I knew it would be delicious. Only thing my grandmother did differently is she pulled the skin off of her chicken when she was cleaning it. Husband loved it.

I'm from South Carolina and this is how my Mother made delicious fried chicken, though she used Crisco. She lived to be 99 and had fried food, cheese, biscuits (made w/Crisco), sausage biscuits, etc. almost every day of her life. So did her Mother - who lived to be 92. So, who knows why some people die young and others don't? One thing my Mother did every day was walk a dog 4 x day, regardless of weather.

Excellent! Great recipe, although I've been told that using peanut oil is better than vegetable oil. I'll be using this recipe again!

For added occasional heart attack flavor, fry like Grandma did, with lard and butter. Also makes great cream gravy.