The supposedly "leaked KFC" recipe

[Wobbegong]

Oakey said:

It'd be cheaper to just buy a KFC than all those ingredients!

I'm going out for a bargain bucket for 10 1

[don4l]

I tried the leaked recipe tonight, and it is delicious. The coating was crunchy, but not too crispy. The chicken was tender without being greasy. All in all, much better than the real thing.

I used half the quantities that are specified in the recipe. Being American it says a "cup". I used a "mug". Next time I will use three quarters of a mug.

I would guess that the recipe as shown will produce enough for 10-12 portions.

Photo:-

[NordicCrankShaft]

Cotty said:

This any help?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-375...

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

I sa this today and sniggered when I saw her pictures of her version that she'd absolutely fking murdered by burning them

[AlVal]

updated my original post here to update the image hosting, my original pic link had died, and also some extra details added:

use small chicken chunks to maximise ratio of coating to chicken

for the same reason, when half cooked, roll in the mix again and put them back in the fryer

[LeadFarmer]

Which is best for this recipe, plain flour or self raising?

[AlVal]

I use self raising myself, not sure it makes a difference

[LeadFarmer]

Thanks, im giving this a try tonight.

[craigjm]

AlVal said:

I use self raising myself, not sure it makes a difference

It wont make much of a difference with this recipe just maybe a bit lighter over the plain flour it uses. It would make a difference if, like in some southern chicken recipes, it called for the addition of baking soda.

[LeadFarmer]

So are the quantities correct? I see the original post says tablespoons, but should this be teaspoons?

Edited by LeadFarmer on Sunday 6th November 16:49

[craigjm]

LeadFarmer said:

So are the quantities correct? I see the original post says tablespoons, but should this be teaspoons?

Edited by LeadFarmer on Sunday 6th November 16:49

Cotty's quantities are wrong. You want the list from my post and TonyK's subsequent post on 26 August. Look back a bit

[LeadFarmer]

Thanks, I've just cooked a batch using the ingredients in the op's post (teaspoon not tablespoon), but I used just short of 1 mug of flour.

AlVal said:

1 teaspoon ground oregano
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon ground sage
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons paprika
6 teaspoons MSG
2 mugs of flour (sorry not a very accurate measurement

Edited by AlVal on Sunday 23 October 19:32

Cooked for a few minutes in the deep fat fryer. They turned out nice....






I then made the mixture into a batter by adding a teaspoon of baking powder and some lager, coated the remaining pieces of uncooked chicken and fried them. The battered version looked more like proper KFC, but the texture wasn't quite the same.. I liked both versions, but would probably not bother battering them next time...

Edited by LeadFarmer on Sunday 6th November 18:33

[SpeckledJim]

Lest we forget. Still a winner.

[Vyse]

Talking about KFC, why dont we get all you can eat restaurants in the UK?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDvjfh6p1Fw

[Luke.]

Vyse said:

Talking about KFC, why dont we get all you can eat restaurants in the UK?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDvjfh6p1Fw

Doesn't look like KFC to me.

[craigjm]

In the 90s, not sure if they do it now, many KFC outlets in the US used to do a lunch buffet like that for a fixed price. I remember being in Des Moines Iowa and witnessing some fat guy eat over 20 pieces of chicken whilst drinking Diet Coke

[SpeckledJim]

Back to the top...

[Ridealong]

This was on the BBC a couple of years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohc8QoJVslg
It showed an added/secret ingredient to the gravy was the fried chicken "scraps".

I passed a bus stop today advertising 9 pieces for £5.99 on Tuesdays only https://www.kfc.co.uk/our-food/for-sharing/chicken...

[craigjm]

Ridealong said:

This was on the BBC a couple of years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohc8QoJVslg
It showed an added/secret ingredient to the gravy was the fried chicken "scraps".

I passed a bus stop today advertising 9 pieces for £5.99 on Tuesdays only https://www.kfc.co.uk/our-food/for-sharing/chicken...

The gravy is inconsistent because some stores do that and some don’t and some stores use more liquid than others etc. It really is pot luck what you get and that’s a real shame. I like the gravy thick and dark with chicken scraps and often you get really thin and light and without and I’m left disappointed

[okenemem]

[SpeckledJim]

craigjm said:

Ridealong said:

This was on the BBC a couple of years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohc8QoJVslg
It showed an added/secret ingredient to the gravy was the fried chicken "scraps".

I passed a bus stop today advertising 9 pieces for £5.99 on Tuesdays only https://www.kfc.co.uk/our-food/for-sharing/chicken...

The gravy is inconsistent because some stores do that and some don’t and some stores use more liquid than others etc. It really is pot luck what you get and that’s a real shame. I like the gravy thick and dark with chicken scraps and often you get really thin and light and without and I’m left disappointed

I understood from the KFC documentary a couple of years ago that the gravy was basically the heavy dredgings from the bottom of the pressure fryers.

Which is why A: it's so bloody delicious, and B: you've got a life-time allowance of 4 litres of the stuff before you drop down dead.