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Summary
This recipe for Southern pan-fried chicken is from "The Gift of Southern Cooking" by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plus 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 chicken (3 pounds), cut into 8 pieces
- 1 quart buttermilk
- 2 pounds lard
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup country-ham pieces, or 1 thick slice country ham cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 2681 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 275 g 423.54%
- Saturated Fat: 119 g 593.98%
- Trans Fat: 2 g %
- Cholesterol: 347 mg 115.78%
- Sodium: 953 mg 39.7%
- Calcium: 304 mg 30.38%
- Potassium: 421 mg 12.03%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 8.97%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 39 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 3.79%
- Sugar: 12 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 24 g
- Vitamin A 30.72%
- Vitamin C 4.08%
- Vitamin D 58.42%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat55
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk1
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq