Kentucky-Style Fried Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium whole chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
pepper, to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk (or more as needed for a smooth batter)
fat or oil, for frying

Preparation

Steam or poach chicken until tender (I like to poach it in chicken stock); dry and keep cool until time to fry (it is convenient to do thes the day before if a large quantity is needed).
Just before frying, make a batter of the remaining ingredients.
Preheat fat or oil to 380\u00b0F.
Dip each piece of steamed chicken in batter and fry until a beautiful golden brown.