Skillet Fried Chicken

(from khags42’s recipe box)

Source: Betty Crocker

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Serves 6 people

Categories: Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 3- to 3 1/2-lb cut-up whole chicken
  • Vegetable oil

Directions

  1. In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.

  2. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil (1/4 inch) over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil, skin sides down, about 10 minutes or until light brown on all sides; reduce heat to low. Turn chicken skin sides up.

  3. Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).

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