Lard-Fried Chicken

Name: Lard-Fried Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 pounds, bone-in chicken pieces (2 split breasts cut in half crosswise, 2 drumsticks, and 2 thighs), trimmed; 5 teaspoons, kosher salt, divided; 1 tablespoon, pepper; 1 1/2 cups, all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking powder; 4 cups, water; 2 pounds, lard for frying

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2020, Cook's Country TV

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American

Chicken

Chicken fried in oil is already one of our favorite foods. Swap in lard and it gets even better.

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In Indiana kitchens, chicken pieces are seasoned with salt and plenty of black pepper, dunked in a light coating of flour, and then cooked in bubbling lard. The result is fried chicken that is crisp (not craggy) in texture on the outside, s...

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