An Easy Recipe for Good Old Southern Fried Chicken

I love to cook--especially these days when the days tend to be shorter and the nights are colder and longer. After a long day at work, I want to make dishes that are delicious and easy to prepare.

One of my favorite meals to prepare these days is good old Southern Fried Chicken with Mash potatoes and corn. Now, from the sound of this, it sounds unhealthy and a difficult meal to prepare-but trust me, it's not.

Fried Chicken to a Tee

I like to purchase skinlesss, boneless chicken breasts. The pieces are pretty big so I tend to cut them in half. I marinate each of the pieces with fresh,ground black pepper and salt to taste, as well as a touch of paprika.

I let the pieces sit in the marinade while I turn on the stove on medium heat, and place my skillet to warm up. Once the pan is heated, I place approximately 1/2 a cup of oil.

As the oil heats, I dip each of the pieces in a cup of buttermilk then coast them in flour ( like my fried chicken to be crispy so I put a thick coat of flour around each piece.)

The pieces have now been prepped for frying and the oil is hot enough for frying. I drop in each of the pieces slowly (to avoid spattering) and allow them to cook for about 5-7 minutes on each side.

Once the chicken is cooked, remove them from the oil; pat with a paper towel to remove excess oil.

Delectable Mash Potato

Mash potatoes are my ultimate comfort food, but I don't sit there and peel 10 potatoes! I like the red potatoes. After washing one, I wrap it in a paper towel and cook it for about 3 minutes. Once it's cooked, I cut it into half, throw it in a pan and begin to mash it. I throw in a bit of milk, sour cream, cream cheese, as well as salt and black pepper and mash it all up. Once all the pieces are mash, I use a hand beater and whip it up for a minute or so and voila-they're done.

My chicken is ready, my mash potatoe is done and I enjoy them both with a side of corn.