Fried Chicken A La Hawthorne.

Remember the other day I pounded chicken bosoms to make a chicken roulade? Well, I had a bunch of other chicken parts left over. As in all of them. The wings, the thighs, the drumsticks, and innard parts as in giblets, plus that skinny little fillet that comes off the breast.

First, I decided to marinate the chickie pieces in buttermilk and Texas Pete.

For at least an hour.

Whilst the chicken is bathing in the marinade, I'm assembling the ingredients for a blue cheese dipping sauce. Here, I have white vinegar, celery, green onion, red onion, mayo, sour cream, salt and pepper, lemon, fresh parsley and basil, blue cheese, and garlic.

I put in about a cup of mayo and 3/4 cup of sour cream and added 1 TB vinegar.

Then a TB of lemon juice.

A few garlic cloves.

I minced my parsley and basil.

Chopped celery.

Crumbled blue cheese and minced red and green onions.

Mix all together. Refrigerate dip for about an hour. Now, this is very good at this point. Tomorrow, I may add some milk or buttermilk and make a salad dressing out of it.

Next up, my seasoned flour to dredge the chicken pieces in. I have flour and corn meal, then my spices: salt and pepper cayenne paprika onion powder Adobo seasoning Cajun seasoning granulated garlic

I decided to make coleslaw. I have green and red cabbages, celery, green onion, carrot, and green pepper.

Chop, dice, mince.

Combine chopped, diced, and minced ingredients, then add cider vinegar, sugar, mayo, salt and pepper.

Mix well. I must say, this is one of the better coleslaws I've made. When Mr. Hawthorne makes slaw, he always adds a bit of oil into it. He claims it makes it keep longer. However, I don't like kept cole slaw. I try to make enough for one dinner and not have any left over. If you do have leftover slaw, you might want to add a bit of oil to it just in case.

Batter chicken pieces.

I'm frying in a combination of canola oil and a glop of lard. Yes, I said lard.

I cooked the bigger pieces first, saving the little fillet slices and the innards for last.

Perfectly fried chicken.

Here's the chicken with the blue cheese dipping sauce, my multi-colored slaw, and giblets.

Mr. H.'s plate.

Oh my.

Mr. Hawthorne declared this "absolutely delicious."

Dixie is asleep on her pillow, all sweet and cuddly and comfy. Just a big furry ball.

Isn't she cute?