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Default I finally made fried chicken

On 4/20/2010 5:08 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 4/20/2010 11:56 AM, Christine Dabney wrote:
>>
>> No, I don't. I use a lot less than that. Maybe about 2 tablespoons
>> of lard, plus a tablespoon of bacon fat. Maybe less than that. It
>> really is very, very shallow.

>
> Boy, things really are different down South! I'll have to measure out
> my oil the next time I fry up some chicken. Which, if I were to
> predict, is gonna be real soon. Good luck frying chicken! :-)


When I fry chicken, the oil comes almost half way up the chicken. I
start out with about 1/2" to 3/4" of oil in the pan, but when you add
the chicken, the oil rises.

Becca