Fried Chicken & Homemade Cornbread

A good southern meal consists of something fried with cornbread. It doesn't matter if it's chicken fried steak, fried chicken, or fried catfish they all go with cornbread! So for dinner I made fried chicken with rice and cornbread. Yum!

Fried Chicken - Printable Version

1 cup flour

1 1/4 tsp thyme

3/4 tsp onion powder

3/4 tsp seasoning salt

1/2 tsp pepper

2/3 cup buttermilk

cooking oil

1 cut up chicken or chicken breasts

Combine 1 cup flour, thyme, onion powder, seasoning salt and pepper in a large plastic bag or bowl. Add chicken to bag one or two pieces at a time. Shake to coat well. Dip chicken into buttermilk and return to bag. Shake to coat.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and saute 15 minutes or until cooked through.

Golden Sweet Cornbread - Printable Version

1 cup flour

1 cup yellow cornmeal

2/3 cup white sugar

1 tsp salt

3 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 egg

1 cup milk

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray or lightly grease a 9 inch round or square cake pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir in egg, milk and vegetable oil until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.