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[BrewerGeorge]

Original Recipe Revealed

[CaptRon]

I copied and cleaned up from the site:

KFC Fried chicken with 11 herbs and spices

Prep: 30 minutes

Soak: 20-30 minutes

Cook: 15-18 minutes


Makes: 4 servings

2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 tablespoon salt

1/2 tablespoon dried thyme leaves

1/2 tablespoon dried basil leaves

1/3 tablespoon dried oregano leaves

1 tablespoon celery salt

1 tablespoon ground black pepper

1 tablespoon dried mustard

4 tablespoons paprika

2 tablespoons garlic salt

1 tablespoon ground ginger

3 tablespoons ground white pepper

1 cup buttermilk

1 egg, beaten

1 chicken, cut up, the breast pieces cut in half for more even frying

Expeller-pressed canola oil

1. Mix the flour in a bowl with all the herbs and spices; set aside.

2. Mix the buttermilk and egg together in a separate bowl until combined. Soak the chicken in the buttermilk mixture at room temperature, 20-30 minutes.

3. Remove chicken from the buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off. Dip the chicken pieces in the herb-spice-flour mixture to coat all sides, shaking off excess. Allow to sit on a rack over a baking sheet, 20 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, heat about 3 inches of the oil in a large Dutch oven (or similar heavy pot with high sides) over medium-high heat to 350 degrees. (Use a deep-frying thermometer to check the temperature.) When temperature is reached, lower the heat to medium to maintain it at 350. Fry 3 or 4 pieces at a time, being careful not to crowd the pot. Fry until medium golden brown, turning once, 15-18 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces to a baking sheet covered with paper towels. Allow the oil to return to temperature before adding more chicken. Repeat with remaining chicken.

A note on MSG: A number of readers have asked how much MSG to use in the recipe above. Although KFC has confirmed that its present-day recipe uses MSG, that ingredient was not part of the list of herbs and spices we received from the Colonel’s nephew, so we didn’t include MSG in the published recipe. But we did taste the fried chicken with a sprinkle of MSG. If you want to try the chicken with MSG, we suggest doing as we did: Sprinkle a little on the finished chicken pieces right before eating.

[AspenLeif]

can I shoot a guy in the chest?

[Stains_not_here_man]

You really need a pressure fryer to do it right

[Sidney Porter]

You really need a pressure fryer to do it right

this

[Sidney Porter]

We have a new place in town "Hot chicken take over". https://hotchickentakeover.com/

It is Nashville style but you can get it "cold" which isn't spicy. I had it for the first time the other day. It was really good. I had the traditional hot

Edited by Sidney Porter, 25 May 2021 - 06:22 AM.

[Big Nake]

You really need a pressure fryer to do it right

Right.  The Original Recipe was cooked in what they called the 10-3 pressure cooker.  The "crispy" was deep fried in an open fryer.  Ask me how I know. 

[BrewerGeorge]

I'm making this Thursday.

[MakeMeHoppy]

Right.  The Original Recipe was cooked in what they called the 10-3 pressure cooker.  The "crispy" was deep fried in an open fryer.  Ask me how I know. 

You likely have the same burnt finger tips I have from holding the legs in the oil for a bit so that the skin didn't pill back.

You'd also know that the gravy was just the grease covered breading that was in the catch pot at the bottom of the pressure fryer

[Big Nake]

You likely have the same burnt finger tips I have from holding the legs in the oil for a bit so that the skin didn't pill back.

You'd also know that the gravy was just the grease covered breading that was in the catch pot at the bottom of the pressure fryer

Right.  I had to scoop the sludge out into a coffee filter-type thing but I *did not* have to make the gravy.  The cashiers did that for whatever the reason.  You would not get burned making the original because you put the trays in the rack and pushed a button and the whole thing went down into the fryer.  But the crispy was dangerous.  One piece at a time ker-plopping into the open fryer.  Drop.  Ow.  Drop.  Ow.

 

The best part was that I got really good at doing everything in the store but I hated doing the dishes.  So whoever I worked with I would say, "If you do just the dishes, I'll do everything else" and everyone thought that was awesome because they had one job and I had ten.    Clean the breading table, the biscuit station, clean the fryers, sweep and mop the floors, wipe everything down, empty the gravy sludge, etc.  Messiest and greasiest job I ever had.    Also, pretty sure I have not eaten at a KFC since.  

Edited by ER Pemberton, 25 May 2021 - 11:40 AM.

[BrewerGeorge]

I made it.

They recipe makes a huge amount of breading. It's basically. A cup of spices. I used half of it on five thighs and froze half.

It's outstanding chicken, but I don't think it tastes too much like original recipe. It's also crazy expensive, with those spices probably worth ten bucks. I mean, buying then in bulk would drop the cost significantly but grocery store amounts are expensive.

[zymot]

There has not been 11 herbs and spices in KFC for decades. As in back to the 70's or 80's. A few times people have analyzed KFC, both cooked and ingredients and there is not 11 different ingredients.

 

If memory serves, around 1980, Esquire did an analysis and found the ingredients are flour, salt, pepper, and monosodium glutamate.

[positiveContact]

There has not been 11 herbs and spices in KFC for decades. As in back to the 70's or 80's. A few times people have analyzed KFC, both cooked and ingredients and there is not 11 different ingredients.

 

If memory serves, around 1980, Esquire did an analysis and found the ingredients are flour, salt, pepper, and monosodium glutamate.

 

LOL!

[TonyBrown]

I found a recipe for Gus’s fried chicken and it is freakin good, I’ll find it and post it up tomorrow if I remember

[BrewerGeorge]

This breadding was exquisite on breast nuggets. I used only the buttermilk, no egg. Four minutes at 350.

They were better than anything I've ever purchased anywhere.

[dagomike]

[Chuck d Rochefort]

Lol

[zymot]

When Sanders sold KFC, he was given a choice of getting paid: 1) cash deposit and 2) stock options. The good Colonel did not understand stock options, so he insisted on cash. Sander's secretary opted to take her smaller share in stock options and eventually was wealthier than the man whose face was on the bucket.