Southern Fried Chicken

Ingredients:

 2 lbs cut-up chicken

Sauce mixture

• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 cup hot sauce (I use Louisiana Hot Sauce, Tabasco might be hotter)

Seasoning blend

• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Dredging mixture

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Heat peanut oil in a large deep pot to 350°F (do not fill more than half full--you don't want a hot-oil spill-over accident!).
2. For sauce mixture: in a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs with the water.
3. Add hot sauce and whisk together well.
4. Pour this mixture into a large plastic zip-top bag.
5. For seasoning mixture: In a small bowl, combine 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
6. For dredging mixture: In a another bowl, mix flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
7. Rinse and pat dry chicken pieces with a paper towel.
8. Cut breast pieces in half across ribs.
9. Sprinkle chicken generously on both sides with seasoning blend.
10. Drop a few chicken pieces of chicken into bag of sauce mixture and squish around to coat thoroughly.
11. One piece at a time, roll chicken in flour mixture and drop into hot oil.
12. Don't crowd chicken pieces--I cook about half the chicken at a time.
13. Fry chicken until brown and crisp.
14. Drain on paper toweling.
15. Dark meat will take about 14 minutes, white meat about 10 minutes.
16. Remember smaller pieces cook faster than the larger ones.
17. You can check for doneness by piercing to the bone in the thickest part with a fork.
18. If the juices run clear, it is done.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Ingredients:

6 Medium Green Tomatoes sliced
2 cups Corn Meal 1/2 cup Flour
2 Cups of Cooking oil
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Put your oil into frying pan at medium heat. Slice tomatoes, Mix egg and milk together in a separate bowl, whip eggs and milk mixture. Place corn meal and flour on a plate and add a dab of salt and pepper to taste. Take tomato slice and put in plate of flour and meal, coat both sides, then take tomato slice and dip into the wet mixture in the bowl, then back into the dry mixture on the plate. Take coated slices and drop into heated oil and let it get golden brown on each side. Remove and place on paper towels to remove excess oil. Serve while they are hot. You can sprinkle hot sauce on them if desired.