Skillet-Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Gold Medal™ All Purpose Flour
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3- to 3 1/2-lb cut-up whole chicken
• Vegetable oil

Instructions

• Step 1In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
• Step 2In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat about 2 cups oil (1/4 inch) over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil, skin sides down, about 10 minutes or until light brown; reduce heat to low. Turn chicken skin sides up.
• Step 3Cook uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest pieces are cut to bone (at least 165°F).