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Skillet-Fried Chicken

Classic comfort food. Make our juicy fried chicken in less than an hour.

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  • Prep Time 10 min
  • Total Time 45 min
  • Servings 6

Ingredients

1/2
cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1
tablespoon paprika
1 1/2
teaspoons salt
1/2
teaspoon pepper
3- to 3 1/2-lb cut-up whole chicken
Vegetable oil

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LOCATION

Directions

  • 1 In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
  • 2 In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil (1/4 inch) over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil, skin sides down, about 10 minutes or until light brown on all sides; reduce heat to low. Turn chicken skin sides up.
  • 3 Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Lighten it up: For 11 grams of fat and 250 calories per serving, remove skin from chicken before cooking. Use only 2 tablespoons oil in step 2.

To make Buttermilk Fried Chicken: Increase flour to 1 cup. Dip chicken into 1 cup buttermilk before coating with flour mixture.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
330
(
Calories from Fat
180),
% Daily Value
Total Fat
20g
20%
(Saturated Fat
4 1/2g,
4 1/2%
Trans Fat
0g
0%
),
Cholesterol
85mg
85%;
Sodium
670mg
670%;
Total Carbohydrate
9g
9%
(Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
  Sugars
0g
0%
),
Protein
28g
28%
;
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
20%;
Vitamin C
0%;
Calcium
0%;
Iron
10%;
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 2/2/2013 4:24:16 PM REPORT ABUSE RockportTX said:
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To make the chicken even tastier, use corn meal instead of flour and omit the paprika, just use salt and pepper as desired. The corn meal sticks better than flour and adds to the skin crispiness.
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Posted 1/25/2013 7:05:01 PM REPORT ABUSE michelleinmichigan said:
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Wonderful coating for tilapia. Yum. Adjusted cooking time for fish and it turned out perfectly.
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Posted 1/24/2013 1:14:35 PM REPORT ABUSE GrammaReen said:
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For a crispy true Southern Fried Chicken dinner use an egg wash and self rising flour. OMG! There wont be any leftovers Y'all!
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