Recipe - Fried Chicken With Puffs And Gravy

2 Young broiling chickens (2
One half pound Ea)
Salt & pepper
2 cup Flour
2 cup Lard
1 One half teaspoon Baking powder
3 One half cup Milk

Quarter chickens. Season with salt & pepper & roll each in flour. Use
2 iron frying pans. Add lard to depth of 2" or more. Heat lard, add
chickens & cover for a few minutes. Then saute', uncovered, until
nicely browned. Remove chicken to absorbent paper & keep in warm
place. Make biscuit dough using 1 One half cups flour, One fourth cup lard, 1
tsp. salt, the baking powder & One half cup milk. Pat out on board to 1/2"
thickness & cut in 2" rounds. Drop biscuits into hot lard the chicken
was cooked in. Brown biscuits on both sides, drain on paper, & keep
hot. To make gravy, pour off lard. Return One fourth cup lard to one of the
pans & blend in One fourth cup flour. Gradually add 3 cups milk. Cook,
stirring constantly, over low heat until thickened. Season to taste.
Serve chicken with biscuit puffs & gravy.

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