Lemonade Fried Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 cup water
1 (2 -2 1/2 lb) roasting chickens, cut up
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup oil
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix lemonade concentrate and water in small bowl. Pour over chicken in larger bowl. Refrigerate 2 hours or longer. Drain chicken and retain liquid.
Mix together flour, salt, and pepper in a small paper bag. Add well-drained chicken, one piece at a time. Grasp bag closed and shake to flour chicken evenly.
Heat oil in a large skillet over moderate heat. Add floured chicken; cook until evenly browned, turning pieces over carefully.
Remove chicken and arrange in a single layer in a shallow baking pan. Brush chicken with melted butter. Add reserved lemonade.
Bake, uncovered, about 1 hour, basting chicken with lemonade from pan every fifteen minutes. About 15 minutes before chicken is done, drain off excess juice from pan.