Saturday, November 28, 2009

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.

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