![]() This giveaway closes on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at noon CST. Use your Google account, or select "Anonymous" or "URL/Name" to enter your comment, but if you post anonymous, please leave a first name and last initial to identify yourself. To enter, scroll to the bottom of this post below and leave a comment on this post (It may take a moment for your comment to post, so please comment only once!). "My husband and daughter love to cook and these recipes are amazing! A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen would be the best Father's Day gift for the two of them.and believe me the daughter is teaching her father many kitchen skills and it makes me so happy to see the two of them together in the kitchen!" Please contact me at and let me know your full name and address as well as whether you would like the book personalized by Matt. Sounds perfect, doesn't it? Well, as if that weren't enough. Note: This recipe was tested with White Lily Enriched Bleached All-Purpose Flour. ![]() Repeat the procedure with the remaining chicken pieces (breasts and wings), reducing the frying time to 7 minutes on each side. Remove the chicken from the oil, and transfer it to a wire rack set over paper towels. (Increase the heat for first few minutes, if necessary, to maintain an oil temperature at 350 degrees F.) Carefully turn the chicken, rotating the pieces away from your body, and fry 8 more minutes or until browned and cooked to the desired degree of doneness. Fry the drumsticks and thighs in hot oil, bone sides down, 8 minutes. Heat the oil over medium heat to 350 degrees F.ģ. Pour oil to a depth of 1 inch into a 12-inch cast-iron skillet. Cover with plastic wrap, and chill 1-24 hours.Ģ. Sprinkle flour and ½ cup water over chicken and then toss the chicken to coat it with the flour mixture, using your fingers to rub flour paste into skin until thoroughly coated. Place chicken in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt and pepper, tossing to coat. Rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry. 1 (3-lb.) whole chicken, cut into 8 piecesġ.Along the way you'll find cook's notes in the form of a "Gent's Tip" and little sidebar tidbits about the people and places in the south that keep us humble while making our world much richer.Ī hefty, hardback book containing 288 pages, y'all know I like to give you a peek inside the books I love, and here's a little preview of just some of the 150+ recipes that you'll find in A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen. You'll find classics here, and some new twists on traditional favorites in this part cookbook, part scrapbook, and culinary travelogue, filled with childhood food memories and recipes from, or inspired by, friends and relatives. The son of a cattleman and the grandson of a butcher, it's not all that surprising that he found his way to the kitchen, and ladies, if you have a man in your life who loves to cook, get this book for them, although frankly, Matt cooks quite a bit like I do, so if you love my recipes, you'll love his too.Ī Southern Gentleman’s Kitchen is published by Southern Living, so it is loaded with beautiful mouth-watering color photography you've come to expect from Southern Living books. A southern gentleman is hospitable, generous, adventurous, humble and self-sacrificing, respectful, chivalrous, worldly, intellectually curious and appreciative.Ī Nashville, Tennessee-based musician, self-taught home cook, husband and now, just last month, a new daddy to a beautiful baby daughter (congratulations Matt!), Matt's personality shines through every page of this book. Over a bet in a Manhattan bar and to dispel the perception of a New Yorker that what defines a "southern gentleman" is a stuffy, bow-tied, seersucker clad snob, Matt came up with a definition based on what most women in a street poll agreed. I'm a southern woman and we gals have certain expectations of our fellas from the get-go and I could tell that Matt was a true southern gentleman. I mean, doesn't that just make you want to grab a beer, hang out by the grill or in the kitchen with him and then gather around his table for good food and conversation?
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