Fanny's of Evanston's Fried Chicken

From the time it opened in 1946 until it closed in 1987, Fanny's of Evanston was known for its unusual orange juice/pecan/chutney salad dressing, spaghetti with meat sauce, and fried chicken. You can still buy the dressing and the meat sauce from the Bianucci family's Worldwide Foods online (www.fannysofevanston.com) Not so, the chicken. But now, you can make the chicken yourself at home! (Thank you, Helen Bianucci!) The recipe has a really-truly "knock-knock" story to it: Upon opening, Fanny (a woman of faith) prayed for a cook. Two days later, Bob Jordan knocked at the restaurant door announcing "The Lord sent me to be your cook." To Fanny's "what-do-you-cook?" query, Jordan answered, "The best fried chicken around!" Hyperbole notwithstanding, we think Jordan's recipe, which he prepared at Fanny's for 25 years, has phenomenal flavor. Really a fricassee,(i.e. not crispy) this rich, fall-off-the-bones rendition has cream in the coating and butter in the dish.