It's Christmas Eve and y'all know what that means! Santa Claus is coming tonight! Well, as for my Christmas Eve, I had such a spectacular day. I got to go to the movies and see Young Adult and it was an interesting movie. Aside from that, I had a plan to bring a little bit of Tennessee to California and make a Southern Christmas meal. Surely, it isn't a traditional Southern meal, but it was good enough for me. For this meal I made fried chicken, corn bread, and salad. I originally intended to make creamed corn, however, an hour before I started, I realized there was no corn available. None of the family was in favor of creamed corn, therefore I decided it would be ok to sacrifice that part of the meal. I used Paula Dean's recipe for fried chicken and let me just say that the good Lord did in fact bless me and that chicken was the best chicken I had ever tasted. Yes, better than KFC. I just said it. I thought nothing could beat KFC, but this chicken right here did just that. So my one secret that I will reveal with y'all is that I breaded it twice. I took the raw drum sticks and thighs and put them first in the flour mixture, then in the egg & Louisiana mixture, then back into the flour. I would suggest using skinned chicken because that allows the breading to adhere better to the chicken. I, however, did not have the skin on the chicken, yet it still turned out marvelously. Yes, I truly mean marvelously. Then I followed a corn bread recipe I found through About.com and it was good cornbread. It wasn't as moist as I had expected. I also added cheese to make it taste a little bit creamier, and it was delicious. Aside from the fact I added slightly too much salt. Sorry family! Well, here's the family and I just wanted to show y'all the before and after of the fried chicken. Yes, indeed, that's how delicious it tasted. I am not lying. Give it go! I posted the links before for the recipes I used. Happy cooking and Merry Christmas!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/southern-fried-chicken-recipe/index.html
http://southernfood.about.com/cs/cornbread/ht/cornbread_howto.htm
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