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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Monday, July 7, 2014

MAGNIFICENT FRIED CHICKEN # 215

The following chicken recipe is one that I and have used with great success and one that I have no qualms to give out to those who love a great recipe.  I hope you will try it and enjoy making this special recipe!
INGREDIENTS:
     1 frying chicken cut into pieces
     3 qts of water with 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup os salt
     (the same combination I use for turkeys and roasts)r
     put the chicken pieces in a large bowl with the water, sugar ,
     and salt,  and soak at least 2 hrs or over night about 12 hrs
REST OF INGRIEDIENTS FOR THE BATTER:
    1 cup of flour
    1 cup of cornstarch
    1 tsp white or black pepper
    1 tab paprika
    2 tbls baking powder
    1 cup of water
DIRECTIONS:
1. pour about 1 1/2 qts of canola oil into a large fry pan
    at a medium high temperature and heat until oil is hot
2. mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl
3, pour water into dry ingredients and stir until well mixed
    (batter should be thick but not overly so
4. dip each piece of chicken into batter, let excess batter drip
    off
5, put chicken pieces into lg fry pan  and fry at least 30 or so
    minutes check doneness (no red showing
6, should serve 6 to 8 people     

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