Bacon-Fried Chicken Food Pr0n

I made some home-made fried chicken in a deep enameled cast iron pot.

I could have used my electric deep fryer, but I'm a old-school food masochist.

First, I soaked the chicken overnight in a mixture of salt, pepper, buttermilk,

Garlic-Pepper flavor Tabasco hot sauce and ground sage.

The next day, I drained off the excess buttermilk and coated the pieces in all purpose flour inside a paper bag.

SHAKE 'N BAKE!!!

Then I fried them in 325-350 degree oil (this time I used a combo of corn oil and bacon grease),

for about 20-25 minutes (turn pieces about halfway thru cooking time).

Important things to remember:

Have an accurate candy/frying thermometer to check the oil temperature.

Have an accurate meat thermometer handy as well to make sure the chicken is fully cooked:

Cook dark meat to 180 degrees F and white meat to 165 degrees F.

Have good ventilation, because you'll get a good amount of grease and smoke while you are cooking.

Square Bar Revisited - The American-er Dream

The American Dream burger @ Square Bar in Chicago...

just got American-er...
with the addition of Pulled Pork (and a side of sweet potato fries) !

They said it was the first time anyone had ordered it that way!

I think they should name it after us, don't you?

The VCB American-er Burger !

 has a nice ring to it!

For those unfamiliar with this feat of American culinary genious,
The 'American Dream' from Square Bar is:

10oz. char-grilled burger
topped with sautéed mushrooms
and smoked applewood bacon
and packed between a pair of
grilled cheese sandwiches 

You must be very hungry to eat this sandwich.
It can easily feed a small village.

2849 W Belmont

Chicago, IL 60618
www.squarechicago.com

Read the previous post about Square Bar:
Square Bar - The Other Red Meat