KFC Popcorn Chicken Recipe

it is one of the closely guarded secret of KFC and a perfect recipe to make for children. Like the others this recipe also uses the secret herb combination of KFC. here we are trying to create the famous KFC Popcorn Chicken. To prepare popcorn chicken we will require following ingredients:

100 grams of boneless and skinless chicken breast
2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour mixed with secret herb combination
½ teaspoon of powdered sugar
½ teaspoon of freshly ground pepper
¼ teaspoon of salt plus
1/8 teaspoon of onion powder
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons of milk (fat-free)
3/4 cup of Panko bread crumbs
And olive oil spray for greasing
For sprinkling you will require freshly ground pepper and salt





Method



in this recipe the first step is to preheat the oven to 475°F, next lightly spray a nonstick baking sheet with olive oil spray and set it aside.

Now place the chicken piece on a cutting board and cover it with a sheet of waxed paper. Now using the smooth side of a meat hammer, pound the chicken piece to a uniform thickness of about quarter of an inch. Now uncover the piece of the chicken and cut it into 24 to 25 even sized pieces.

Take the flour, sugar, ½ teaspoon pepper, ¼ teaspoon salt, and the onion powder and mix it well place the mixture in a bowl now add the chicken pieces and coat the chicken pieces well with the flour mixture and set it aside.

Now in a small bowl mix the egg whites and the milk. Beat the mixture with a fork until it becomes smooth. Next is take the full quantities of the bread crumbs and place it on a small sheet of waxed paper and keep it next to the egg-milk mixture.

Taking one at a time, dip the flour coated chicken pieces into the egg-milk mixture making sure to coat the chicken piece completely and allow the excess coating to drip off. Now dip the coated chicken piece into the bread crumb to coat it completely by turning it on both sides in the bread crumb. After you are done with all of the chicken pieces dip a second time into the egg-milk mixture and the bread crumbs. After you are through with the process place the chicken pieces on the nonstick baking sheet prepared earlier making sure that they're not touching each other, now spray the chicken pieces with olive oil spray lightly and season lightly to taste with salt and black pepper.

Bake the chicken pieces for 5 minutes and flip the chicken pieces. Again bake for 5 to 7 minutes. KFC usually does not bakes the chicken pieces instead they pressure fry them. If you have the arrangement for the pressure frying then you may enjoy this recipe in much better way.

KFC Original Recipe for Chicken

The original recipe chicken of KFC was created about half a century ago and this recipe made KFC famous. This recipe uses secret herb combination and that is the reason behind the special taste of the recipe. To prepare KFC original chicken we will require following ingredients:

1 chicken, cut into required size for frying pieces
150 grams all purpose flour
50 grams of KFC secret spice (prepared as per the directions given in the article)
1 Pack of Tomato Soup
2 egg whites well beaten
160 milliliters of milk
Sufficient quantity of vegetable oil or lard to cover the bottom of your frying pan about 1/2 inch deep.

Method



To make the Original recipe chicken we should combine egg whites and milk and mix well. When we are done we set it aside. Now combine flour with secret spice and soup mix and work out a evenly blended mixture. The next step is to dip the chicken pieces in milk-egg white mixture let all excess coating drip down and then roll the chicken pieces in the flour-secret spice mixture. Repeat procedure two times or more.
Now fry the pieces over medium heat for 24 to 30 minutes, turning often. Please take care to cover the lid of the frying pan to get the better results. When both sides are fried golden brown remove from fire. Drain the excess oil and serve hot.

KFC Crispy Chicken Recipe

The KFC Crispy Chicken is one of the most popular recipes found . it was created after the original recipe. The crispy chicken is marinated first and then fried the conventional way. This one is double soaked into the coatings to give it its unique taste.
following ingredients are needed for it:

1 whole chicken, cut up and marinated
About 2 liters of shortening (for cooking)
1 egg, well beaten
250 ml milk
200 grams of all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoon of salt
3/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4 teaspoon of mono sodium glutamate
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon baking powder

For Marinating
2 tablespoons of potassium chloride
2 tablespoons kosher salt
4 tablespoons mono sodium glutamate
1/8 tablespoon garlic powder
1/3 cup of chicken base and
5 cups water

Method of cooking

we mix together the above noted ingredients for marinate and soak the chicken in it for approx 24 hours in the refrigerator.
Preheat the shortening in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F and mix the beaten egg and milk in a medium bowling blend it nicely. In another medium bowl, add the remaining coating ingredients like flour, salt, pepper and mono sodium glutamate.
Transfer each piece of the marinated chicken to the paper towells so that excess liquid can drain out from chicken pieces. Take one piece of chicken at a time, first dip in egg and milk then coat the chicken with the dry flour mixture, then the egg and milk mixture again, and then back into the flour. Make sure that each piece is coated generously. Keep aside the chicken pieces on the plate until each piece has been nicely coated.
Now drop the coated chicken pieces, one piece at a time into the hot shortening. Fry 4 pieces of the chicken pieces at a time for 12-15 minutes, or until it is golden brown. Occasionally stirring the pieces to fry them evenly, after frying the pieces transfer them to paper towells to drain for approx 5 minutes. Now this is ready to serve.

KFC Fried Chicken Recipe

KFC Fried Chicken Recipe










Like other recipes this recipe also makes use of the secret herb combination of the KFC . To prepare the fried chicken followings are required.
1 egg
100 gram all purpose flour
1 Chicken cut into serving pieces, trimmed of excess fat
1 table spoon curry powder
30 gram secret herb combination
1 tea spoon chopped Estragon
1 tea spoon chopped garden chervil
1 tea spoon chopped chives
1 - 2 cloves of garlic thoroughly minced
Salt and pepper to taste
also there is need of sufficient oil or lard to fill frying pan to a depth of about 1/2 inch.

Method
to fry the chicken pieces you will require heavy base frying pan with cover; a large mixing bowl; tongs for handling chicken pieces and a frying thermometer as frying is the essence of this recipe. First of all in the mixing bowl, mix the chicken pieces with salt, pepper, spices, garlic, egg and 2 tablespoons of water. When it is thoroughly mixed, add all purpose flour, with the help of your hands keep mixing until most of the flour is blended evenly with other ingredients and chicken is nicely coated.

Now take oil in the frying pan fill up to a depth of about 1/2 inch and turn heat to medium. If you are using butter for frying, skim any foam as it rises to the surface. Build the temperature of the oil about 365 degrees F (185° C) that can be ascertained with a frying thermometer or by dropping a 2 inch square piece of bread in the hot oil and it should turn golden brown in about 60 seconds.

When the oil is appropriately hot raise heat to high. Slowly add chicken pieces to frying pan and cover it, reduce heat to medium and cook for 7 minutes. Uncover the frying pan, turn chicken pieces and continue to cook uncovered for another 7 minutes. Turn the chicken piece again and cook for about 5 minutes more, turning as necessary to ensure that both sides of chicken piece are golden brown.

Now remove the chicken piece from frying pan and drain the excess oil on paper towels placed on newspaper for additional absorption. Serve the chicken immediately.