Wedding Fried Chicken
(adapted from The Gift of Southern Cooking, Barefoot Contessa Family Style, and The Black Cat Cafe & Bakery)
ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken pieces
- 1 quart buttermilk
- 1 lb lard (or Crisco if necessary)
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup thickly-cut, uncooked smoked bacon, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper (freshly ground)






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