Our Best Southern Fried Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 quarts water
1 Tbsp. salt
1 (2 to 2 1/2 lb.) broiler fryer, cut up
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 cup all purpose flour
2 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup bacon drippings

Preparation

Combine 3 qt. water and 1 Tbsp. salt in a large bowl; add chicken.
Cover and chill 8 hours.
Drain chicken; rinse with cold water, and pat dry.
Combine 1 tsp. salt and pepper; sprinkle half of mixture over chicken.
Combine remaining salt and pepper mixture and flour in a large heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Place 2 pieces of chicken in bag; seal.
Shake to coat.
Remove chicken; repeat procedure with remaining chicken, 2 pieces at a time.