Georgian Jewish Southern-fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp garlic -- mashed
• 2 tsp sweet paprika
• 2 frying chickens, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 tsp bitters
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp bourbon
• ¼ cup water
• 2 large eggs -- well beaten
• 1½ cups matzah meal
• vegetable oil or shortening for frying

Procedures

1. Mix salt, garlic, paprika in container.
2. Place chicken in a bowl and sprinkle with the spices.
3. In saucepan, bring to boil the bitters, lemon juice, bourbon, and water and pour over the chickens.
4. Let marinate for several hours.
5. Drain the chicken and place on a plate.
6. Beat the eggs and add to the remaining marinade in a separate bowl.
7. Place the matzah meal in another bowl.
8. Roll the chicken pieces in the matzah meal, then in the egg mixture and finally in the matzah meal again.
9. Heat about 4 inches of oil to 375°F.
10. Gently, fry chicken until brown on all sides.