Ingredients:
►Ingredients for the KFC Fried Chicken
►Chicken Prep
Chicken drumsticks or Whole Chicken cut into 8 pieces (1.5kg or 3.3lbs)
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsp salt
½ cup vinegar
Water
►Marination
2 tbsp chili sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp hot sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
1/4 cup pickle juice
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp white pepper
1 tsp mustard powder
1/2 tsp red chili flakes
1.5 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
2 tsp chicken seasoning
1 tsp msg
2 tsp salt
1 tsp red chili powder
►For the KFC Flour Mix
3 cups (360g) plain flour
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp smoked paprika
1 tbsp sweet paprika
2 tsp mustard powder
2 tsp white pepper
2 tsp celery salt
1 tbsp garlic powder
2 tsp ginger powder
2 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp MSG
2 tsp salt
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil
½ tsp sage
½ tsp marjoram
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp red chili
1 tbsp chicken seasoning
►For Frying
1.5 litre or 50.7fl oz sunflower oil
►For the Sauce
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp sriracha
1 tbsp hot sauce
2 tbsp pickle juice
1 tsp chipotle paste
1 garlic clove
1 tbsp vinegar
1/2 tsp chicken seasoning
1/4 tsp black pepper
Salt to taste
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Method of making
This is how you make the best KFC fried chicken.
This is my secret recipe for KFC.
Without further ado, let’s get started.
. First, we are going to prep the chicken. And there’s going to be a two-step marination. I’m using a chicken drumsticks. You can use any other pieces that you like. Using your knife, you want to add few cuts onto the chicken. We want to marinate the chicken down to the bone. So, make sure you do this if you got some extra time. I’m using the chicken without the skin today. Chicken is roughly around 1 and 1/2 kg.
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Could use this part of the thigh. This is with the bone. Again, I’m just going to add two cuts.
Make sure it goes down to the bone. And some cuts on the back. Make sure to get rid of any excess fat. It’s not very pleasant. Now, we’re going to do our first marination. You want to remove all this chicken into a bowl. Now, we want to neutralize any bad aromas that we might have in the chicken. Going with the baking soda, a good touch of salt in there, good touch of vinegar.
And finally, some water. Enough water to cover the chicken.
Give that a real good mix.
So, it’s been around 30 minutes. We’re going to wash off the excess salt and vinegar. You can see the chicken has changed its color. You know, exactly what we’re looking for as well.
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Now for our second marination, we’re going with some of the chili sauce. I’m using a Sriracha. You can use whatever you like. L soy sauce. It’s going to add a really nice rich umami flavor. I also like to use some of the Tabasco. You know, just a hint of it. Some of the vinegar or you could use a bit of the lemon juice. Some of this pickle juice.
For the spices I’m using here, black pepper, mustard powder, red chili flakes, garlic and onion powder. Some of the chicken seasoning, MSG, salt, and finally some of the red chili powder.
All go straight in. All right. Now, using your hand, you want to give this a really good mix and combine everything properly. All right.
Look at that.
Honestly, one of the best fried chicken that you guys going to try. It’s going to be so much better than KFC. Now, you want to cover and leave this chicken to marinate for a couple of hours. Ideally, around 3 to 5 hours in the fridge. The longer you leave, the more flavorful it will become. This is exactly some of the chicken shops do. They marinate their chicken. in the leaf for longer hours.
It makes it nice, juicy, so delicious.
Going to make a quick sauce for our fried chicken. Here I’ve got some the mayonnaise, Sriracha, some the chipotle sauce. And now I’m going to throw in some vinegar, chicken seasoning, pinch of salt and pepper. Give that a really good mix and combine everything properly. Beautiful color. Exactly what we’re looking for. Have a taste.
M. That’s perfect. Our delicious smoky fire sauce done. Now for our flour makes all the dredge with a plain flour. You want to use a lot of flour especially if you’re using a large amount of chicken.
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Now for the spices I’m using a oregano, thyme, black pepper, some the chicken seasoning, smoked paprika, mustard powder, celery powder, salt, MSG. Also go ahead some of the cayenne pepper, white pepper all go straight in. Now you should be able to taste the flour. You know, if you can’t taste it, it’s going to be just blunt. So now we’re just going to mix this properly. Oh, that looks great. Just set aside for later use. or before we start coating that you can turn up the heater on high. And here I’m using sunflower oil. You can use any oil that has a high smoking point. You need more than a liter of oil in here.
You want to bring the oil temperature to around 170 Celsius. Let’s coat the chicken. Now, grab your flour. Here we got some cold tab water. And finally, our chicken which has been beautifully marinated. Ideally, you want to remove it from the fridge at least 20 minutes before you start cooking. All right. So, first the chicken will go into the flour.
If you notice, every time I’m adding it, I’m mixing it. Just going to add another one.
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You can use your right hand to add the chicken and left hand to mix it. This way, you won’t get the flour sticking onto your hands. Now, give this a really good mix. Do this movement that I’m doing with my hands. All right.
This fried chicken is going to be so much better than KFC. As you can see, you need all this flour to really coat it properly. The chicken will go into the water. Make sure to shake off the excess flour. And we’re going to leave it there for around 20 to 30 seconds. Do not worry. You know, the seasoning is not going to get off the chicken. It’s going to stay right there. Give it around 20 30 seconds. And then we’re going to remove it. And now, carefully, you want to remove the chicken back into the flour. Try not to shake it. Just make sure to drain off the excess water.
Of course, honestly, if you make the chicken this way, it’s going to be so much better.
You can see all the seasoning is still there. you know exactly what we’re looking for.
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All right, I’m just going to clean off my hands before I mix this. I’m right-handed, so I just prefer to do it with the right hand. Mix that chicken properly.
You want to really press that flour onto the chicken. All right, look at that.
Mix it properly.
Here we go. Look at that. You don’t want to hold it too strong. and just press it slightly.
I’m just going to grab myself a plate and now just shake off the excess flour like so. See, that’s exactly what we’re looking for here. Start placing it onto your plate.
Shake off the excess flour properly.
They look amazing. Let’s fry these. Now, I’m just double checking the oil temperature. What’s going to happen is when you add the chicken, the temperature is going to drop. So, always maintain the oil temperature for perfect results. Or throw in the chicken always away from you.
Keep it there for a few seconds and drop that in. We’ve got a big boy here.
You want to let the chicken cook for around 7 to 8 minutes until the internal temperature has reached 75 C or 165 fah.
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We’re looking for a nice golden brown color on the chicken. Like I mentioned before, you know, the temperature has dropped. So, turn the heat up a bit and we’re just going to, you know, raise the temperature again while it’s cooking.
Always leave the chicken to fry. You don’t want to move it too much. All right.
Just to show you. Look at that. Now, we got perfect finish on the chicken. You know, looks so nice and crispy.
Just let it fry.
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We’re going to drain our chicken onto a kitchen paper. So, make sure you get that ready. Is this going to be better than KFC? I will let you guys decide.
All right. So, we got an amazing color on the chicken now. And it’s done. We’re going to start removing it. So nice and crispy, you know. Look at that.
Always when you fry chicken, you need to drain off the excess oil, you know, otherwise it will just become soggy.
What an amazing color, you know.
Beautiful.
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We got the last one here. Oh, I really need to show you this one. Now, once the chicken is ready, what I like to do is throw a pinch of salt and some of the chicken seasoning. when you’re frying chicken, you know, after your first batch of frying, always clean the oil.
If you don’t do this, these will stick to your next batch of the chicken, you know, and it won’t be very pleasant.
Everything will just burn. So always do this step.
All right, guys. Let’s plate this up. We got our amazing fried chicken. Serving with some of the sauce. You know, you can serve with some of the mayonnaise, hot sauce, anything that you really like. I’ve also got the recipe for the KFC supercharger sauce. So, check that out. Our delicious and crispy KFC fried chicken done. You guys going to really enjoy this with your family and friends.
Lord, you can Heat.
Heat.
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All right, guys. Let’s try our KFC style fried chicken. It looks absolutely amazing.
Looks uh absolutely big, you know. Looks so nice and crispy, you know. Beautiful crumbs, you know. First, let’s try some of the fries.
M.
All right, let’s try with chicken now.
M.
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Wow. M. That is so so delicious. So mouthwatering.
So juicy from inside as well.
the straws from the sauce. Now, like I said before, one of the best KFC style fried chicken that you guys going to try.
You know, it’s so crispy from outside.
Absolutely flavorful, juicy inside.
And the sauce goes perfect with this.
You know, two pieces were enough for me.
You know, I’m feeling so full now.
I really hope you guys will enjoy this KFC fried chicken with your family and friends. Please do me a favor and get this video to 5,000 likes. I really appreciate it. Thank you.
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