KFC original recipe. From the past for posterity.
Nov 26, 2020 8:15:03 GMT 1
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Post by stew on Nov 26, 2020 8:15:03 GMT 1
Greetings. I was a member in the old KFC forumup and spent a few years collaborating and gathering recipe ideas for the original kfc seasoning.
It’s been so long I can’t remember who all came up with this final Original recipe below, but it was good enough that I stopped buying KFC. Nice to see the project lives on so I’d like to share this amazing chicken recipe as it’s not available with the site now gone. I tried about 100 different recipes over the years and this is by far the best and closest to original kfc I’ve ever had. Good enough I gave up the search.
This recipe is about 90% perfected. More than good enough for myself. The next day your fridge will definetly smell like a bucket of kfc.
-Brine the chicken in normal salt water solution
( personally I use a butter milk brine now. Yea not kfc but nothing beats a decadent butter milk brine)
-Wet Dip the chicken
1 egg
1 cup milk
BREADING/ KFC MAGIC
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp ground terichili black pepper
1/2 Tbsp MSG
1 tsp ground white pepper,
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
.5 tsp paprika
.5 tsp ground Savory
.5 tsp ground sage
.5 tsp ground marjoram
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp ground cayenne
-combine this mix a few hours in advance to help meld the spices best.
FRY IT UP
-Deep fry, pressure fry or cast iron skillet fry
( KFC uses vegetable or canola now, I use peanut oil myself but the colonel used safflower oil in earliest days. Hence the “finger lickin good” slogan as safflower oil makes the cooked chicken batter stick to your fingers.
-Rest on drip rack 5 minutes.
Enjoy!
It’s been so long I can’t remember who all came up with this final Original recipe below, but it was good enough that I stopped buying KFC. Nice to see the project lives on so I’d like to share this amazing chicken recipe as it’s not available with the site now gone. I tried about 100 different recipes over the years and this is by far the best and closest to original kfc I’ve ever had. Good enough I gave up the search.
This recipe is about 90% perfected. More than good enough for myself. The next day your fridge will definetly smell like a bucket of kfc.
-Brine the chicken in normal salt water solution
( personally I use a butter milk brine now. Yea not kfc but nothing beats a decadent butter milk brine)
-Wet Dip the chicken
1 egg
1 cup milk
BREADING/ KFC MAGIC
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp ground terichili black pepper
1/2 Tbsp MSG
1 tsp ground white pepper,
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
.5 tsp paprika
.5 tsp ground Savory
.5 tsp ground sage
.5 tsp ground marjoram
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp ground cayenne
-combine this mix a few hours in advance to help meld the spices best.
FRY IT UP
-Deep fry, pressure fry or cast iron skillet fry
( KFC uses vegetable or canola now, I use peanut oil myself but the colonel used safflower oil in earliest days. Hence the “finger lickin good” slogan as safflower oil makes the cooked chicken batter stick to your fingers.
-Rest on drip rack 5 minutes.
Enjoy!
