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Ingredients
2 tablespoons sweet unsalted butter
1-cup milk
Optional Ingredients
1 bay leaf
whole peppercorns
chopped shallots
1 stalk of celery
1. 1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium. Add onion and cook until
softened, about 6 minutes. Add flour and salt; cook, stirring frequently, until
mixture is pale golden, has a slightly nutty aroma, and is the texture of cooked
oatmeal, about 5 minutes.
2. 2. Whisking constantly, pour in 2 cups milk; add 2 more cups milk and whisk until
smooth. Cook mixture, stirring constantly along the bottom of pan, until boiling,
about 7 minutes.
3. 3. Reduce heat to low. Simmer gently, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens
and does not feel grainy when a very small amount is rubbed between two fingers,
about 10 minutes.
Ingredients
Steps
Skillet-Fried Chicken
Ingredients
½ cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon paprika
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoons pepper
3- to 3 1/2-lb cut-up whole chicken
Vegetable oil
Steps
1. In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and
pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
2. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 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.
3. Cook uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning,
until juice of chicken is clear when thickest pieces are
cut to bone (at least 165°F).