Easy Homemade Chicken Fried Chicken Recipe

For the chicken

• 2large chicken breasts
• 2 cupsbuttermilk
• 1 tspsalt
• 1 tspblack pepper
• 1egg

For the seasoned flour

• 1½ cupsall-purpose flour
• 1 tspground black pepper
• 1 tspsalt
• 1 tsppaprika
• ½ tspsmoked paprika
• ½ tspcayenne pepper — optional
• ½ tsponion powder
• ½ tspbaking soda
• ½ tspbaking powder

To Cook

• 1 cupvegetable oil

• 2 tbspbutter — or fat from cooking your meat
• 2 tbspAP flour
• 1½ cupsmilk
• 1 tspblack pepper
• ½ tspsalt
• 2 tbspheavy cream
• —additional salt and pepper to taste