Chicken fried chicken, but instead of traditional white gravy make it white sausage gravy! This is one of my favorite meals to order at a local restaurant for breakfast, they even make it with white sausage gravy. When my Uncle gave me leftover white sausage gravy from our family brunch, I knew what I had to do with the leftovers…make chicken fried chicken. Do you prefer chicken fried chicken with dinner sides? Green beans, potatoes, rolls, etc. Or with breakfast? Eggs, pancakes, hash browns. I tend toward the latter and like chicken fried chicken served with breakfast sides!

Ingredients

Chicken Fried Chicken

• 2 thick chicken breast, sliced into 3 thin chicken breasts

• 2 cups flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp ground pepper

• 1 1/2 cup buttermilk, if you don’t have buttermilk 1 1/2 cups milk & 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar

• 1 egg

• Splash of hot sauce to taste

• Rosemary & Thyme for garnish

• Neutral Oil for frying
  

White Sausage Gravy

• 1 16 ounce tube of mild ground pork sausage

• 1/4 cup flour

• 2 cups milk

• Salt & Pepper to taste

• Splash of hot sauce, optional

Instructions:

Chicken fried chicken

1. In a square baking dish put all your dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, garlic powder, onion powder salt, and pepper. Whisk together

2. In another square baking dish whisk together the buttermilk, egg, and splash of hot sauce to taste

3. Dip each piece of the chicken in the flour mixture until coated, move to the wet mixture and coat the chicken. Next move it to the dry mixture and dredge the chicken in the flour. Do these steps one more time to double coat the chicken. Place the chicken on a baking sheet

4. Heat oil in a cast iron to 350 degrees

5. Fry the chicken, in batches about 3 pieces to not over crowd the pan, until golden brown and cooked through

6. In a preheated oven at 200 degrees, place the cooked chicken in to keep warm until all the chicken is fried

7. Serve with white sausage gravy (see recipe below) and top with rosemary & thyme!

White sausage gravy

1. In a cast iron, heat pan on medium heat, add in sausage and crumble while cooking

2. Continue cooking sausage until browned and cooked through, remove from pan

3. Add in flour to the sausage grease and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes, stirring the whole time

4. Add in milk and cook until slightly bubbling, about 5 mins, if it looks too thick add more milk, if it’s too thin add more flour at this point

5. Place the sausage back into the pan and add salt & pepper to taste, splash with a little bit of hot sauce if you’d like

6. Serve over chicken fried chicken
   

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