Garlic Fried Chicken

What's up everyone?  It's Friday and Friday is usually Soul food day for me....Unfortunately..one of my favorite  establishments that serves this kind of cooking has gone out of business...My wife and I are still on the hunt for a new place for Friday night dining...but in the meanwhile, let me share with you one of our favorite dishes that our old place used to fix and fix quite well...

Garlic Fried Chicken!!



This  particular garlic fried chicken breast recipe works well for lunch and or as a light dinner.I'm thinking a light dinner...where you can take your time and don't have to rush back from work.

What I like most about this garlic fried chicken  recipe is the fact that it's easy to prepare and cooks up in about 25 minutes.
Here are the simple instructions for how you can cook garlic fried chicken breast.


INGREDIENTS:

• 2 to 4 boneless chicken breast
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• vegetable oil

Cookware & Utensils:

• paper towels (lots of them!)
• measuring cup
• spoons
• brown paper bag
• small mixing bowl
• heavy cast iron skillet

DIRECTIONS:

1. You can use fresh or frozen chicken as the main ingredient to this chicken breast recipe. If you use frozen allow for ample time to thaw the chicken. Start by pounding each chicken breast to an even thickness so it cooks evenly. Go ahead and rinse your chicken under running cold water. Pat chicken breast dry with paper towels and set aside.
2. To make flour mixture, add all dry ingredients to a brown paper bag or plastic big. Close bag and shake to get a uniform mix of the dry ingredient, set aside.
3. In a small mixing bowl whisk together your egg and milk. Dip each chicken breast into the wet mixture, then thoroughly coat with the seasoned flour and set aside.
4. Add about 1 inch of vegetable oil to a heavy bottom or cast iron skillet and heat on medium high until sufficiently hot.
5. Test the cooking oil by tossing a drop of water into the skillet. If the oil crackles or pops it's ready for cooking. Depending on your stove, you may have to adjust the temperature up higher.
6. Add the chicken breast to the skillet. Do not overcrowd the skillet this will only hamper your cooking efforts. Cook chicken breast uncovered for about 5 minutes on each side, turning only once. The chicken breast is done when it center has reached an internal temperature of 160-165 degrees.

With this much fried and greasy eating...A nice salad is great to top this off with-

and chase it all down with some sweet ice tea-

Enjoy!