quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Fried chicken southern style serves 2

The recipe says fry the chicken in a deep pot about half full of oil. You can do it in a frying pan with enough oil to go just ½ way up the sides of the chicken pieces. If you do the frying pan don’t crowd the chicken pieces.




2 eggs
a little less than 1/4 cup water
About 1/2 cup hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete)
1 cup self-rising flour
1 teaspoon pepper
House seasoning, recipe follows
1/2 chicken, cut into pieces or 6-8 tenders
Oil , for frying, preferably peanut or canola

In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper. Season the chicken with the house seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour mixture.
Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with oil.
Fry the chicken in the oil until brown and crisp. Dark meat takes longer then white meat. It should take dark meat about 13 to 14 minutes, white meat around 8 to 10 minutes.

House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.