On 4/20/2010 12:22 PM, Becca wrote:
> 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.

You are right about this. I tend to crowd my chicken so I might use even
less oil than you. Oddly enough, crowded chicken seems to come out fine.

>
> Becca