Batter Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• Make batter of 1 cupful flour
• 1 teaspoonful salt
• 2 grains white pepper
• Y% cupful water
• 2 well beaten eggs
• 1 tablespoonful melted Crisco
• Have kettle of Crisco hot enough to turn crumb of bread a golden brown in sixty seconds.

Method

1. 1

   Make batter of 1 cupful flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 grains white pepper, 0.5 cupful water, 2 well beaten eggs, and 1 tablespoonful melted Crisco.

2. 2

   Have kettle of Crisco hot enough to turn crumb of bread a golden brown in sixty seconds.

3. 3

   Drain chicken but do not dry.

4. 4

   Dip each joint separately in batter and fry in the Crisco until golden brown.

5. 5

   It should take from ten to twelve minutes.

6. 6

   Serve on a folded napkin garnished with parsley.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Make batter of 1 cupful flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 grains white pepper, Y% cupful water, 2 well beaten eggs, and 1 tablespoonful melted Crisco. Have kettle of Crisco hot enough to turn crumb of bread a golden brown in sixty seconds.

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