VIDEO: Cooking Low Carb Fried Chicken in Lard

YouTube ^ | March 2, 2019 | DUmmie FUnnies

[PJ-Comix]

I'm sure having a lot of fun with my new cast iron skillet. I am still amazed at how low I can keep the dial and still be able to cook well because that skillet is so efficient at maintaining the heat.

[miss marmelstein]

Where do you get lard - aside from that stuff they sell in the flour/sugar aisles?

[FrankR]

You politely ask a pig if you can have some of its fat. /s

Actually, I grew up in the south, in the 50’s, and cast iron skillets and frying in lard were the norm.

My mom even made bisquits, in an iron skillet, with lard.

I’m 73 now, and doing ok.

[PJ-Comix]

Where do you get lard - aside from that stuff they sell in the flour/sugar aisles?

Any major grocery store sells it, often under the name of "MANTECA." I got my lard at Walmart.

[Deaf Smith]

Was that really chicken?

Or is it Emu?

[miss marmelstein]

I meant the kind of lard you get from a butcher (the pristine white fat around a pig’s kidneys) - not that Hormel stuff that has been sitting on the shelves for years. It’s even tough to find down here which seems to be Pig Heaven.

[BBB333]

That’s where we buy lard, Walmart.

[PJ-Comix]

I’ve actually eaten Emu (and ostrich). They taste like low fat beef. If you ever touch an Emu, you can actually feel the oil on it’s feathers. BTW, Emu oil is a perfect treatment for dry hair. Just a drop of it will do the trick when you rub it into your hair.

[Hot Tabasco]

Fried chicken ping........

[4everontheRight]

Question PJ - how did you make the baste? Melt butter and add chopped garlic? Sounds like that is a good baste for several dishes.

[piasa]

BTW, Emu oil is a perfect treatment for dry hair. Just a drop of it will do the trick when you rub it into your hair.

Have you been preening for the fjords?

[PJ-Comix]

Question PJ - how did you make the baste? Melt butter and add chopped garlic? Sounds like that is a good baste for several dishes.

You cut the garlic into thin slices (I learned that from watching "Wise Guys") and then add it into the butter. BTW, one great trick for removing the garlic from the cloves is to microwave them for only 10 seconds. This not only allows for easy removal but also makes the garlic itself soft enough to be easily sliced very thin.

[moovova]

Another well-done cooking lesson.

The wife won’t touch skin-on chicken. I personally look at chicken and chicken skin as two different savory food groups joined together in a holy combination.

[SkyDancer]

Walmart (local one I know) sells it in the Hispanic food section.

[dinodino]

That’s what you use. Buckets of lard from the grocery store. Makes THE BEST fried chicken!

[Chickensoup]

I personally look at chicken and chicken skin as two different savory food groups joined together in a holy combination.

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true but remember dessert is chewing on the bone ends

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Please stop getting that lard. It is literal poison. The hydrolyzed shelf stable stuff is horrible for you. Go to a Mexican Supermercado and ask for fresh Manteca. Much better and much healthier.

[be-baw]

I’m surprised you were able to get it hot enough with a low heat setting. I just got some cast iron pans. Haven’t used them yet. I still have a couple of more seasoning exercises to do. I’m seasoning them with flax oil.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Is bacon grease a good substitute ?

[NorthstarMom]

Until recently, my entire family found chicken skin unappealing. I found roasted chicken recipe that makes the skin flavorful and fairly crispy. My eight year old calls it the “good skin recipe”. I suppose the unappealing aspect was due to the fact that I don’t fry chicken and baked skin is often slimy. Our kitchen renovations have paused (for 20 months 😡) and I have been without an exhaust hood during that time. Even bacon is made in the oven now as I can’t stand stale cooking smells/grease in the air.