Growing up we only had lard. We rendered our own lard (and made our own fried pig skins in the process). My granny made the best fried chicken (along with about a thousand other things) you ever tasted. Those were different times, drinking fresh milk (I milked the cow twice a day), making our own butter, growing all our own veggies. We had cows, chickens, pigs, ducks and rabbits. The freezer was always full.

My grandma fried everything in lard for all her life. Her cholesterol level was something like 350. I guess it finally killed her...at the grand old age of 96.

Butter Bob! Please come back! We miss you! Our community needs you! You are greatly loved!!!

Bob, if you are still watching the comments, your people out here want more great videos. You are so down to earth and common sense and proven results that folks are being helped by your advise. At least give us an update on how you are doing. People feel like they kinda know you.

Hey Bob you inspired me I have lost 54 lbs and went from 245 to 189 I am feeling like a new man I can run a mile now and hike in the woods again this Keto life style has changed my life no more blood pressure medicine Thank you Bob

All my relatives were Okies that ate food fried in lard every day. Most of them lived well into their 80's and 90's. There's just something about simple food, prepared simply, by simple people.

Lard is Life! Pure lard is a great fat for all kinds of cooking and baking!

This is how my grandmother and her generation cooked. Ive adopted this into my cooking. Not only is it better tasting it brings back memories of my sweet grandmother cooking away in the kitchen. I love and miss my grandparents everyday.

I am shaking in my boots. We grew up on lard and I haven't used it in 50 years. It feels kinda naughty buying it. I'm going to do it though. I love this channel

Speechless! I cannot believe it! After seven years vegan, two of them raw vegan I find myself here knowing every word is true. I am appreciative my friend. It was the sugar, rice, carbs and low fat that ruined my veins, caused diabetes and tooth decay! Humbled and exhausted. Going somewhere to take a seat, I know nothing! 🐾🐾🐾

I just fried some wings for my son, I've done it all before with sunflower oil, vegetable oil,this batter,that batter and this was the first time I fried them naked, I seasoned them a little and a bit of baking powder to crisp up the skin and let me tell you something....my sixteen year old who loves chicken wings said these are the best wings he's ever had and I agree! Took them out and brushed some with sweet chili sauce and some as they are.....the best wings ever!!! I am on a health journey so to know I can have these wings with zero guilt is everything to me. Best wings ever. THANK YOU.

I've recently started a low carb, actually keto diet. The strange thing about it is that in 1964 when I came to the US at 5 years of age, this is how we ate with the exception of toritllas some rice and beans. My great grand father lived 106, great grand mother 99, grand mother 94, mom and dad both 92. We then adopted a more oil and starch diet. Diabetes came along. There's a book called, "good calories bad calories by Gary Tauber. It's a study of the change in the American diet. This food is delicious. Thank you, it brings me back to my old way of eating.

Wowee! Real butter & Real lard!!!! I've lost 35 lbs, and dropped my A1C by 5 points by cutting those nasty carbs and processed foods! I love fried food, and am gonna try this simple recipe! Looks good! Thanks!

I'm 300 pounds and started today, thank you for all you do teaching what you have learned..

I miss, him too! I often wonder how he's doing. I hope he's staying well and is happy. Butter Bob videos were a life changing event for me two years ago. I am healthier than I've ever been thanks to him. I am making Butter Bob's Chicken right now in my kitchen! Thank you, Butter Bob, for great chicken, and the best morning coffee in the world. God bless and keep you.

Butter Bob , please come back! 😢

I made your chicken lastnight EXACTLY how you did it...it's the very first time in my life I've made fried chicken that was done all the way and not just a little burned...thank you for giving me my fried chicken back!!!

Butter Bob please come back soon. Miss you so much. Love from India.

I'm so glad these videos are still available! I'm 63 and disabled, on oxygen now from smelter environment as a kid... BUT, I've lost 55lbs doing ketogenic eating with intermittent fasting 20/4. I've had a bit of a stall, so I'm excited to fast 24 hours every other day as Butter Bob recommends. So grateful for this knowledge. I'm going to conserve my expensive coconut oil and start frying in lard. YAY! Can't wait for the yumminess!!

I haven’t started my Keto plan yet, I’m still in the research phase. I’ll tell ya.... I feel like we have been so brainwashed into thinking this stuff is bad for us but, knowing how the US government works🤐, I’m becoming more and more convinced that we are literally poisoning ourselves for the riches of others. You, Sir, are a true testament of strength and courage and I’m more excited than ever to enter into the unknown. Admittedly, I’m a bit scared but, anything is worth a try once. I look forward to watching lots more of your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge....you are appreciated. 💞💞💞

please make more videos! Your gentle manner is so comforting!

Bob you are a bad bad man! I went to the store and bought the only lard I could find. There was only 1 choice in my store. I fried up chicken. Holy crap! It was AMAZING!!! Thank you! Please make more videos I know we all are missing you.

my granny fried everything in lard. they made there own lard we use to say granny had magic skillets. her cooking was so good. yens have a good day.

Come Back Butter Bob the world needs you! It's time for the "Return" you've helped so so many don't stop now! Much Love Brother Semper Fi 🇺🇲💪

Just found your videos tonight. Can't wait to try this. My grandma used to cook with lard a lot. She lived to be 98. I'm new to Keto and love this new way of life. Glad to find people who know their stuff teaching others like me. Thank you for sharing your videos with us all. :)

I use lard in my pie crusts too. I keep it chilled for making the pie crusts, along with chilled water to mix with the flour.

My grandmother lived on a farm. Tons of eggs, sausage, bacon, cream, butter every bfast. Fried EVERYTHING in Lard. She lived until 92. One surgery. 6 home births. My grandfather lived til 99. They didn't run to doctors. Walked without canes. Proof is in the pudding.

I tried this once just to see what it tasted like...let's just say it's the only fried chicken I will make! I've made it dozens of times now with the garlic butter and it doesn't get much better then this! YUM! It also tastes good the next day cold right out of the fridge!

I have been watching all your videos and you have taught me so much. My diabetes was running between 300-400. I started LCHF and my sugar has dramatically improved after just a week and a half. I cooked this chicken tonight and my whole family loved it. Thank you so much for all your videos.

Im going back to cooking the old way when I was younger and healthier. Before I listened and believed the lies that real butter and lard was bad for you.

My grandparents were born in the early 1900's and they used lard for frying, ate red meat daily, ate bread 3 times a day with each meal, drank whole milk, etc. I believe that is the way we should eat. The things they didn't do was open a can, use the microwave, eat frozen meals, and certainly did not drink soda and eat heavy sweets. Love the video, I'm gonna try the recipe - looks so amazing.

My wife makes an awesome breading out of ground up pork rinds parmesan cheese and seasonings. Also we save our bacon grease, it works great for deep frying.

I am so happy that I stumbled across this video today. Every Easter I cook a fried chicken dinner for my family and extended family. I cook about 15 lbs of all chicken pieces. I am on a keto type way of eating that seems to be working for me. I was already wondering how I was going to cook the chicken this Easter to keep it low carb. Now I know! Thank you!

I came here from Headbanger's Kitchen. A commenter had mentioned your fried chicken. I had to see how you do it without breading. It is so simple! I'm old enough that I remember when lard was all there was to use. The food was so good then. I can't believe I didn't think about going back to it. Thank you and you have a new subscriber.

Bob is a wonderful human being, God bless you Bob.

Hey Bob... I made this last night and I tell you it was great! I remember my Grandma used to make it this way. My wife was impressed and is drinking your coffee. Thanks for the videos keep them coming.

Made this today and am so happy right now. It totally satisfies my fried chicken cravings. The melted butter and garlic salt used at the end, is the best ever secret. Thanks Bob for your instruction and recipe. A keeper in this Keto household for sure.

Started keto 7/2015 and am so much healthier lost a lot of weight too. I miss fried chicken I had no idea its would taste so good this way. Threw some ribs in the mix too. Awesome...... Fantastic w/o breading....

There's a famous chicken place over in Dallas that my wife heard about a few years back. She wanted to know what all the hubbub was so we went there late one night and the drivethru had a line wrapped around the block. Once we finally got our chicken we dug and and I realized the secret to their success. They were using lard rather than the "vegetable" oil every other fried chicken joint uses. Lard gives food a better flavor because it's a real food product. "Vegetable" oil is NOT a real food product.

Dear Bob: Im 14 days in and very greatful for you. Feeling a little down but I'll feel better when some weight comes off. Again, thank you.

Bob, dude I am down from 290 to 272 so I am still starting. But it was a delight to see a southerner make food that I recognize as food that I want to eat. So please keep doing what you are doing. You are giving me hope to get down to what ever it is 'normal' is supposed to be! P.S. I will be making some fried chicken in lard soon.

If you don't have a thermometer to check the meat, you can poke the chicken with a knife before frying it and it will cook the insides just as well as the outsides

I just fried up a package of 12 legs, they fitted nicely in my large dutch oven, followed the 7-7-7-7, covered and uncovered cook, basted with the Garlic Butter and this turned out great. This WILL be a regular meal and no need to buy precooked fried chicken with too much unhealthy coating.

Miss you Mr. Butter Bob! Need more videos! God bless you always.🙏🙋

I wish Butter Bob would come back. I miss him. He's like my Southern buddy.

For some reason, I find this video very therapeutic, must be all the crackling happening in the background. It's like I am in my own little happy place. Nice job, Bob Briggs! Keep up the nice work! Best video yet! 126lb loss and counting. See you around the Fung Shweigh support group! :)

I've never cooked with lard in my life but my Grandma sure did. Gonna go buy me some!

This is the video that got me into Butter Bob! I wish he’d make more videos. You’re awesome, BOB!!!

Can't wait to try frying some chicken in lard. I did a pork chop in lard and it was so much tastier.

Thank you Bob, I knew the goodness of lard as a child in North Alabama and I have now returned to the goodness of lard thanks to your videos.

I love the fact that u also advise us what to put with the meat. Great.

My Grandma cooked everything in lard and i loved it! I thought nobody in the world could cook as good as her.....

Your chicken would , greatly, improve by frying in a cast iron skillet or cast iron dutch oven due to their ability to handle the quality, plus intensity, of using lard for frying, Bob. These stick free pots are not geared for quality frying ! Also, lard will stay fresher, without going rancid, if kept in the fridge. Learned these tidbits of wisdom from the elders; women and men. 🐔 Alida/New Iberia, La. 🐷

Bob, unless you have more chicken in the pan, turn off the stove as soon as the last piece is out of the pan and, move the pan to a cold burner. Lard smokes easily and the oil temperature increases even faster with the lid on. Leaving it on a hot burner is asking for a fire and/or a flashburn when you remove the lid. I happen to like you and your videos. This is why I'm leaving this comment.💜

I have used Bob's method shown here. (I am a professional cook). Best way I have ever found. I use a big iron skillet.

Thanks for the video Bob, my wife is on her way home from the store with lard only instead of chicken this time we're frying rabbit! Bon appetit

I'm starting Keto tomorrow. Been doing a lot of online research and your videos are at the top of my list.

We have been on the keto diet for a week, so just learning a lot of new ways to eat. It's funny I've heard all my adult life about how bad lard is for your body, and how it's the reason most of the people from the previous generation developed clogged arteries and got heart disease, and proceeded to die off from heart attacks. My parents both used lard for many years and both died from heart disease. So you can understand how hard it is for me to accept lard as being good for the body. But I'm no scientist, and I know we've been lied to about so many things over the years, so it's likely we were lied to about lard also.

One Thanksgiving we deep fried a turkey in lard and it was frigging amazing.

I ran out of lard ,so I used a little veg. oil, butter, and saved bacon grease! my granny ,that just passed away last week at 98 years old always cooked with lard and bacon grease. never overweight , no major health problems!

I forgot to add that I have recently started the Keto diet and I have had more energy and my nails and hair grow very fast now....I am subscribing to your to your videos and have shared them with my friends and family. Keep up with the informative videos!

I actually tried this, the garlic butter and everything. I used a 6 pack of chicken wings. Thank you is too weak of a word. I feel like I owe you money now or at least my firstborn. I'm buying a deep fryer now. BTW, not that it matters but I have already lost 20 lbs.

Bob I saw this video last year on 3/31/23 and started eating high fat low carb. I lost 50 lbs in 6 months , and have kept it off for the last 6 months. Tomorrow 4/1/24 is my Butter Bob 1 year anniversary. Thank you sir.

Winn Dixie - 10 thighs for $6.50 - Cast iron skillet - Bacon fat - Light sprinkle of No-Salt & pepper. DAMN ! That was good eating. Bacon fat is the elixir of life in the kitchen ! ! Thanks, Butter Bob, for this extremely complicated recipe.

Thank you so much Bob! I have been doing the LCHF plan for about 5 or 6 weeks now. I've lost about 12-15 pounds so far. My wife will be starting on it soon as well. She is type 2 diabetic and we have seen first hand the devastating effects diabetes has on someone. Her mom passed about 17 years ago from complications of diabetes, (double amputee), and her oldest brother is currently in assisted living because of his diabetes, (ALSO a double amputee). It amazes me that for decades what was passed off as good nutrition is actually, in no small part, responsible for the current health crisis this country now faces. Thanks again for your videos. I am now a subscriber and Butter Bob fan!! Keep up the great work!

Best channel on KZfaq, he's humble and helpful

He’s the Bob Ross of the diet world. So soothing to watch.

Just tried this and was the best and easiest fried chicken ever!!!! In the UK the 4 whole legs/thighs were not very big. 1kg total weight. Fried them as directed 14mins each side and they were done! Beautiful crispy skin and juicy tender meat! Would have well overcooked them if I didn't check with the thermometer. The thermometer was also good for checking the oil temp and around 320-350F was just perfect! Thank you Bob for the thorough instructions.. The easy garlic butter was worth making too! 👍👍👍

Great Bob you explain every thing so well, everyone can understand. I'm going to try the Lard chicken fry. All the best to you Bob . Richard LA. Calif.

Thank you so much Mr. B.B.B. I am so glad that I found this channel. My days of eating out everyday have now become eating at home everyday. God Bless you for reaching out and teaching us how to save money and eat healthy. Amen.

Bob you are just the best - still. A wholesome man with good sense. Thank you for making these.

Gosh darn it!! I was waiting for the zoom in on the completed Fried Chicken!! 😋 Thanks Butter Bob!! I'm making a batch this weekend!!

Bob this is the best chicken I have ever had in my life. My hubby and I both love your chicken, thank you so much.

Your videos just get better and better, Bob. Thanks for making this because I had no idea how to make the fried chicken you talk about. :)

I love this guy! I hope he continues to make videos. I'm learning so much!!! I never would have tried lard before. So many people don't know how to cook with 'real' foods anymore. Their mother's got lost on the packaged/microwaving thing, so their kids did too. All those hidden carbs and chemicals. No wonder there's an epidemic of chronically ill and obese people in America. Thank you Bob! I'd be curious to know where Bob lives, city and state - because the country walk you took in your other video was very beautiful. When he said he liked turnip greens with his chicken, I like collard, turnip, mustard greens too. I think I'd like to make coleslaw with mine - I can't wait to try this.

My dear aunt when she was living made the best chicken. I asked her daughter what mad the chicken so good. She said no secret salt pepper and Lard. Lard has less cholesterol than the oils.

Made this last night. Bob, you were right!! So good! Delicious!

Hello...I stumbled upon your video about butter...I have been eating this way for about six months...and I have lost thirty pounds..I love your videos and agree wholeheartedly! I'm going to buy some lard, which is what my grandmothers and mother cooked when I was young, and we were all lean and healthy...my grandparents lived to be in their late eighties as did my father who fried everything in lard and loved bacon! By the way, you have my parent's kitchen cabinets....their gone as is the home I grew up in...so it brought back really good memories....keep up with the videos...I have learned a lot...and I'm diabetic so I am implementing what I learned.Thank you!!

Thank you, Butter Bob Briggs! I hope you are doing well. I am so glad I discovered you last year. By listening to your wise advice, we have lost weight and feel much better.

Good morning Bob. Talk about some good fried chicken. Yesterday, I fried 🐔 thighs skin on no 🍞ing no seasoning just like you said and basted the chicken with butter & garlic salt. My guest's told me it was some good fried chicken. Thank you for sharing your recipe as this will be how I prepare fried chicken from here on out.

id love to see more recipes as well from this channel thank you for all you do

Thx for this Brother! I making my own bone broth weekly and have a big stock of rendered fat building up, I am missing fried chicken since I went Keto. I am 100% going to do,this technique with both chicken and fish! You Sir are appreciated!

I basically made my chicken tonight like this, except with a paprika coating. My sauce was coconut milk, simmered, red Thai curry paste, simmered more, then add a couple of spoons of peanut butter at the end and some double cream: beautiful ketogenic satay sauce. Delish!

I have returned to the UK after 30 years in Texas, I met an old school friend and she said I can still taste your Mum's chips/Fries...she only ever used Lard!!!!

Beautiful Recipe, I feel that lard has so much more flavor for cooking too.

Enjoy your videos very much. I have been toying with Keto for several months but appreciate your take on it. Have recently been lost in so much information from many sources. Yours is the most concise and understandable. Really liked that you said keep it simple. I am encouraged and will let you know how it goes. Definitely going to fast every other day! (Going to get me some LARD)

come on Bob, I got diagnosed 3 weeks ago with full blown diabetes, no rhyme or reason. I have watched your, butter makes your pants fall off, and have marched to the tune. Have already lost 12 lbs, and sugar is starting to reverse course. Have appt. at central baptist hospital monday morning to to labs. Have got a lot of questions. Want to thank you for the education on this insidious disease. I feel confident that I am going to beat this with your guiding hand. I sure wish you would continue with this educational material. I sure have seen a LOT of misinformation on this disease. I have already recommened you to a lot of people that are having a problem. Thank you from a hillbilly in kentucky. PS: I learned of your loss, and I want to tell you, that I lost my Dad, but the good Lord replaced him with a most beautiful grandaughter. She has blessed me with a beautiful Great Grandaughter. Point being, don't question God, we are not meant to know the answers, but he will replace your loss, I know first hand.

Butter Bob,you are an inspiration! Even though I am a vegetarian I love your videos! You make so much sense and are so intetesting to watch.I am not going to start eating meat but I am definately going to watch my carbs and focus on higher fat and protein thanks to you!

Bob you forgot to turn the oven off, Awesome videos everyone you do is perfect, I have gotten so much out of your show, please open a Ketogenic Restaurant in Tennessee you rock brother I love your shows, your going to develop a a cult following God bless you and your family you are my buddy I hope to meet you someday you are helping people more than you know...😁

Brother Bob, I really like your VLOG videos that explain what is wrong with sugar, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE your cooking videos! Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration to us all.

Butter Bob.... Thank you SOOO very much for reminding me on how exactly how to cook my chicken. I fixed some the other day, and thought, 'This is NOT how I used to cook it!!' So I really appreciate the video. I can't thank you enough.

The chicken looks great, Bob! Thank You for the tip on good lard. I had no idea that there was bleaching done to lard. The video is very good!

Love this!

I have never made fried chicken, but you made it so easy that I am adding it to my menu for this weekend. Looks mouthwatering delicious. Best part is, I render my own lard from the pigs we raise! I may become a fried chicken fiend......hehe

Miss this dude ! I hope he happy and healthy !

My grandmother fried her chicken in lard and used a well seasoned cast iron skillet...she used salt & pepper liberally...her fried chicken was legendary...she served the chicken with big ol cathead bisquits & red eye gravy...yummy for the tummy!

You are blowing my mind. Never thought that my favorite fried chicken could be a healthy meal. Ooh that's good!)

Thank you for showing me this awesome recipe, used duck fat because I don't have lard here and it was DELICIOUS ! :D

Just made this and it was absolutely amazing. The crisp, the flavor and smell!

I love ‘old school’ cooking! Thank you and keep sharing. Gonna go buy me some lard. 👍🏾🥴