Chicken Fried Chicken

I cooked last night because, well I usually do. And because this man is handsome and I like to feed him.


Pioneer Woman (www.thepioneerwoman.com) rocks my face off and inspired me to share some of my recipes with you guys. Most of them are family recipes, but some of them are just plain made up!

So lug your computer to the kitchen, roll your sleeves up, and lets cook!

Chicken Fried Chicken
Disclaimer: This is not for the faint of heart or anyone on a diet...just run...run now
Here's what you'll need! Except eggs. Please pretend that I remembered to put two large eggs in that picture up there. In case, those cute little bottles are too small for you to see: boneless skinless chicken breast, season salt, pepper, salt, garlic powder (not garlic salt), Vegetable oil, and flour...

...and eggs. Don't forget the eggs.

First, you need to pound your chicken breasts. I really only pound the really thick part so that its about the same width as the skinnier parts of the chicken breast.

Go ahead and poor about half an inch of vegetable oil into a good size skillet. Put it on medium.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that if you "theoretically" put your skillet on high instead of medium, and if you "theoretically" took too much time getting your chicken ready because you "theoretically" were too busy taking pictures of your chicken for your blog, then you "theoretically" will cause the oil to start smoking and just MIGHT "theoretically" make all of the smoke detectors go off in your house...theoretically speaking of course.

Now, moving on, you'll want to pour some flour on a plate and season it with the garlic powder, pepper, and season salt. I don't really measure this, I just give the flour a good coat like so:


Then mix it all in!
Dip your chicken in the egg (which came first again?)...

...and then in flour (which definitely didn't come first)...

...and then repeat. You can give your chicken as many layers as you want. I wouldn't do more than 3 or 4 though. You'd just make a huge mess in your pan and it would be too heavy to stay on the chicken. Now just plop it in the pan which did not "theoretically" start to smoke and almost burn your house down.

It will take about 5 minutes on each side, but I'm not gonna lie, I don't time it. I just check the color of the side in the oil every couple of minutes. When its golden brown, its time to turn it over! Since it's cooking on medium heat, you're sure to get the center cooked by that time. Do the same thing for the other side and you should end up with something like these babies!
I usually pair this with mashed potatoes and packet homestyle gravy from the grocery store. Listen, I work a lot and don't have time to make my own so just get off my back about it! Just kidding. Love you. I do. I really do.
Goodnight.