What is the fried chicken recipe by former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox?

Answer 1

As I learned it, while living in Oxford, Mississippi in 1973, you mix flour, salt and lots of black pepper on a plate. Fill a bowl with buttermilk. Dip pieces of chicken first in the flour mixture, then in the buttermilk, and back in the flour. If you want it "extra Lester," repeat. Then the real secret is to heat about an inch of bacon fat in a big skillet over medium high heat. When a drop of water flicked off your finger sizzles and pops loudly in the fat (Full disclosure: I use spit flicked from my finger; NEVER spit directly into the pan), put in your chicken in a single layer. Turn after the edges look golden brown, reduce heat to medium low and keep cooking and turning until a fork poked to the bone produces no blood (about 20 minutes).

Then eat over the sink, 'cause this is some juicy chicken.