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Picard
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Forgotten your old thread already, Picard?
Erm, seems so.
Anyway if might be good thing to have a thread like this in our new food section.
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Erm, seems so.
Anyway if might be good thing to have a thread like this in our new food section.
cerebus
Honorary Master
The secret to getting the right batter/breadcrumb consistency is to dip the chicken in stages. First dry off with a paper towel, then coat in flour, then in egg, then only in your batter mix. Otherwise it congeals and comes off in the pan. Personally I prefer doing a breadcrumb mix for healthiness. I mix crumbs, paprika, Parmesan, origanum, powder mustard and cumin together but it all depends on taste, there is not a right way.
Edit 11000 posts awe yeah.
Edit 11000 posts awe yeah.
I watched an unwrapped episode where KFC showed a vial of their supposed 11 herbs and spices and they also went through the process of making it, highlighting the importance of the pressure fryers. For those still under the impression that it's a batter, it isn't. It is certainly a flour mixture, after an egg dip. They use powdered milk in their flour mixture too...
Craving...
Playing around and mixing stuff from the recipes below should create something very decent,
http://megseverydayindulgence.wordp...-spicy-fried-chicken-crazy-cooking-challenge/
http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2009/01/crispy-southern-fried-hot-wings-with.html
http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2012/08/spicy-southern-fried-chicken.html
http://deep-fried.food.com/recipe/kentucky-fried-chicken-seasoning-mix-12125?ic1=obinsite
http://www.food.com/recipe/kentucky-fried-chicken-original-recipe-393795
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
I would love a KFC recipe that is less greasy than what they sell at their stores! 
I would love a KFC recipe that is less greasy than what they sell at their stores!
Exactly! I've often wondered whether these "air-friers" would be able to closely reproduce the crispy coating.
I would love a KFC recipe that is less greasy than what they sell at their stores!
I don't buy KFC often but when I do I place the chicken pieces on a grid with a drip tray underneath and grill them in the oven. Lot of the fat drips out and the skin/batter becomes super crispy. Yes a lot of oil/fat gets collected in the drip tray.
Give it a try.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
will do!
Certainly not. Without a flour coating, yes. With a flour-coating, no. You'll land up with an odd concoction though, that's for sure...
Maybe a mix of mostly bread crumbs with some flour instead of all flour will give a nice crispy result in an air frier.
What do you think?
You need the fat to work with the flour and/or the breadcrumbs. In an airfryer the fat from the skin (which isn't really enough) will just fall off. The air-fryer is just a convection oven. That is all it is. Fancy-marketing gimmicks have people believing it is a miracle fryer. It isn't. It is an oven...
That sounds more than a little dangerous - KFC uses pressure fryers which are a different beast than a pressure cooker.
I was referring to the air friers like the Phillips Viva Collection Airfryer and the Tefal Actifry you still add oil but very little.
You need en even casing of fat/oil. What's stopping the oil from falling off? The bottom will fry while the top just, well, kinda burns flour into the chicken. No thanks...
Somebody gonna get hurt real bad and in the process probably burn down the house.
A pressure cooker is NOT a pressure fryer!
A pressure 'frypan' is NOT a pressure fryer!
/speaks from experience and it wasn't even a pressure cooker, just a tight lid.
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I take it you've never seen one of the ones I mentioned, no worries then.
I have. I've used them. The oil goes into a tiny receptacle and is supposedly dispersed over the meat evenly. Properly deep-fried foods do the same thing too in terms of oil absorption. I'm not a fan of air-fryer marketing gimmicks...
They use less electricity than a conventional convection oven though, so they're good for that at least. But they are not fryers of anything...
Kornhub
Blackburn Fan
I checked on some food channel a chef frying the chicken twice. Looked so good!
Number Six
Senior Member
I would love a KFC recipe that is less greasy than what they sell at their stores!
Check this article. Tastes great!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/sep/06/how-cook-perfect-southern-fried-chicken