Country Pan Fried Chicken And Gravy

I recently had this at a restaurant and found the recipe similar to it on the internet and wanted to keep it for safe keeping. really good home-style cooking!!

Steps

Soak chicken pieces in buttermilk in the refrigerator for one hour.

In bowl , combine 2 cups flour , salt , and pepper.

Remove chicken from buttermilk and roll in flour.

Discard buttermilk.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In large oven-proof skillet , melt 1 / 4 cup butter.

Add chicken and fry about 5 minutes on each side or until golden.

Drain off the excess margarine and bits of chicken into a saucepan and add other 1 / 4 cup of margarine.

Place chicken back in skillet and place in oven.

Bake 20 minutes or until internal temperature is 165 degrees.

Add 1 / 4 cup flour to margarine in saucepan while chicken is baking.

Cook over medium heat 1 minute.

Add chicken broth and bring to a boil , whisking together , until thickens.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Remove chicken from oven and pour gravy over , simmering about 10 minutes in the gravy.

Serve over mashed potatoes and garnish with parsley.

Ingredients

chicken, buttermilk, flour, salt, black pepper, margarine, chicken broth, dried parsley