My Mom'S Fried Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 lb) roasting chickens, cut up
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, unsifted
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Wash chicken pieces.
Combine flour, salt and pepper in a paper bag.
Add a few pieces of chicken at a time shaking to coat with flour.
In a large cast iron skillet over moderate heat melt enough lard or vegetable shortening to measure about 1 inch deep.
When cooking liquid has reached frying temperature you can see a little steam rising up.
Cook chicken 30 minutes on each side.
Lay cooked chicken on a paper towel lined platter and cover the top with paper towel also.
this helps top keep the chicken from sweating and to stay crisp.