Kentucky Fried Chicken
An United States dinner. Ready in about 44 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 29 minCook (about)
- 44 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1 chicken Shopping tip: A whole chicken (about 3 to 4 lb).
Fresh & other
- 1 egg white
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- 2 ¼ tsp brown sugar
Sauces & oils
- 2 oil Shopping tip: Vegetable, canola or peanut oil for frying.
Spices & seasonings (12): salt, paprika, onion salt, chili powder, black pepper, celery salt and 6 more
- 2 ¼ tsp salt
- 2 ¼ tsp paprika
- 1 ½ tsp onion salt
- ¾ tsp chili powder
- ¾ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp celery salt
- ½ tsp sage Shopping tip: Dried sage is fine here.
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp allspice
- ½ tsp oregano Shopping tip: Dried is fine.
- ½ tsp basil Shopping tip: Dried basil is fine here.
- ½ tsp marjoram
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Heat fryer to 350°F.
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Well mix all the spice mix ingredients.
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Mix spice mix with flour.
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Brown sugar and salt.
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Dip chicken bits in egg white to lightly coat them.
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Move to flour mixture.
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Turn some times plus make sure the flour mix is stuck to the chicken.
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Repeat with all the chicken pieces.
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Let chicken bits rest for 5 min so crust has chance to dry a bit.
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Fry chicken in batches.
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Breasts and wings should take 12-14 min, and legs and thighs will need some more minutes.
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Chicken bits are done when a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part reads 165°F.
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Let chicken drain on some paper towels when it comes out of your fryer.
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Serve hot.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.