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Friday, September 5, 2008

My Version of KFC Fried Chicken Recipe

G'Day Everyone!
Hello - this is Ferris' wife here... Just thought I'd share a recipe that I used today to make KFC fried chicken. I love KFC fried chicken but it is pretty greasy and fatty. In order to create a healthier version of the chicken, I've browsed the internet for ideas and made up this recipe. Ferris said it tasted great - just like the fried chicken from KFC!
Happy cooking! :)

Ingredients:
- 1.7 kilograms Chicken Pieces
- 1 large Egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup Milk (full-cream)
- 1 1/2 cups Plain Flour
- 6 tablespoons Chicken Stock Powder
- 6 teaspoons Garlic Salt
- 4 teaspoons Italian Herbs Mix (from the spice section of the supermarket)
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper (ground)
- 2 teaspoons Paprika (ground mild)
- 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder

Directions:
1. Combine beaten egg and milk in a bowl.
2. Mix all dry ingredients well in a large container or bowl to
make the KFC seasoning mix.
3. Trim fat from chicken pieces. If you want to make it extra healthy, remove the skin too.
4. Dip chicken pieces one by one into egg and milk mixture, shake to remove excess liquid, then coat the pieces one by one with dry flour mixture. Shake well to remove excess flour, otherwise the crust will be floury.
5. Put a baking paper on an oven tray and spray it with extra virgin olive oil spray. Put chicken onto the tray and ensure the pieces do not overlay. Generously spray chicken pieces with olive oil spray. Bake chicken at 180 degrees for 40 minutes or until fully cooked. Turn chicken around once during baking to ensure each piece browns evenly. Check the oven regularly during cooking to ensure chicken does not burn.

6. Season chicken with ground black pepper, and serve it warm with oven-baked potato chips (in Australia I use McCain crunchy beer-battered steak fries) and salad.

Notes & Tips:
Please ensure that you use no more than half a cup of milk, otherwise the egg and milk mixture becomes watery, and the batter won't stay on the chicken. If you would like to make only half the quantity of the chicken, just reduce the quantity of all the ingredients by half (the cooking time will need to be adjusted accordingly). I made up this recipe with reference to this recipe and another one from my colleague Sarah.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

pass on my compliments ferris, just had some delicious fried(baked) chicken thanks to your wifes recipe!
sooo full :)

Ferris GTI said...

Haha, awesome joel! I'll pass your compliments on :)

Unknown said...

I suggest you turn over the blog to your wife. She post much tastier content :P

I think I need more practice at making them but for a first go my batch didn't turn out to bad :)