Hello
Recently I've been trying to perfect fried chicken. I may have said before, I'm not really very adept at deep frying, but with the acquisition of a thermometer I feel things are improving greatly, though my results to date have been 'OK' but not yet my 'dream' home-fried chicken. I've also been using a method whereby I deep fry first, then finish in the oven to get consistent doneness (from The Food Lab book).
While I'm not one of these obsessives trying to recreate KFC, I am interested in making that style of chicken. I tried a few online recipes that started with buttermilk marinating (some with egg) but these tend to turn out to have a hard crunchy 'shell' of coating whereas a bit more research showed that KFC uses a quick brine before going into the flour mix - that's what I'll be trying next. I also see a bunch of recipes that seem to have way too much paprika.
Do you make fried chicken? What do you usually do?
Top: Crispy Southern Fried chicken from The Food Lab book
Middle: Chicago Tribune 'KFC secret recipe'
Bottom: Some other mix where I added Jerk seasoning
Recently I've been trying to perfect fried chicken. I may have said before, I'm not really very adept at deep frying, but with the acquisition of a thermometer I feel things are improving greatly, though my results to date have been 'OK' but not yet my 'dream' home-fried chicken. I've also been using a method whereby I deep fry first, then finish in the oven to get consistent doneness (from The Food Lab book).
While I'm not one of these obsessives trying to recreate KFC, I am interested in making that style of chicken. I tried a few online recipes that started with buttermilk marinating (some with egg) but these tend to turn out to have a hard crunchy 'shell' of coating whereas a bit more research showed that KFC uses a quick brine before going into the flour mix - that's what I'll be trying next. I also see a bunch of recipes that seem to have way too much paprika.
Do you make fried chicken? What do you usually do?
Top: Crispy Southern Fried chicken from The Food Lab book
Middle: Chicago Tribune 'KFC secret recipe'
Bottom: Some other mix where I added Jerk seasoning
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