KFC Secret Recipe Revealed
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The original recipe was accidentally revealed to a reporter of a Chicago newspaper. It is fairly close to the original, depending on how you cook the chicken.
I agree with Roxy that the stuff you buy at KFC is not the most healthy to eat, but if you eat it a few times a year, then you should be fine. I do find that the store bought KFC is quite salty as I tend to wake up in the night reaching for the water bottle.
That being said, you can make this a number of different ways at home - Fry in oil, bake in the oven, on the BBQ, etc. The key is the spice/flour mixture. Personally I prefer to bake it in the oven or make on the BBQ (indirect cooking on the BBQ).
Per the actual mixture the key ingredient for years has been white pepper. If you research the copy cat recipes that have been around for years, they all missed white pepper or if they had it, it was not in the quantity the old recipe states.
When I make it, I do not brine the chicken, I cut down on the salt, and cut back a little on the white pepper as I found it was too strong.
Fried/baked chicken is so easy to make and you can experiment with so many different spice mixtures.
It is no longer KFC, it is KFP ( pigeons ) The chicken pieces are so small I wonder if it is real chicken. You also get a rubbery skin under the breading. It makes no difference to KFC if the recipe is out. If you had the Coca Cola recipe would you go and make some for yourself?
You can make your KFC coleslaw if you want to.
You can make your KFC coleslaw if you want to.
Pigeons supposed to be good eating, but yes KFC pieces are very small, I tried popeyes their pieces are bigger. I buy this type of food only as a last resort.
Years ago on a drive to Atlanta, I stopped in at the original location opened by colonel Saunders in Corbin, Kentucky. If there is anything more disgusting than the chicken, it's the KFC liver....battered, deep fried chicken liver. I had to try it out of curiosity....it was horrible. I actually threw up thirty minutes later. On top of that, kfc has buffet in the US...even when I weighed 300lbs, I was dwarfed my many men and women, many of them had to be 350-400lbs and above. If you have never seen someone eat 12 pieces of KFC...it is quite the accomplishment. KFC like most fast food places is a tax on the poor, the fat and the stupid. I agree with ref that a few times a year is ok, but the quality has really gone down with small, tasteless, hormone and chemical raised chicken and franchise owners who never seem to change the oil....likely explains the brutal flavour. Since I still need to lose another 50lbs, it is not on my meal horizon for this year but don't let me stop you from eating it....when I get to 199lbs, I will get it just to remember how greasy and brutal it is.
Yes, and if you pronounce the word "kay-eff-see" in swahili means "embolism"
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First time I had Popeye's, I thought it was better (and KFC was still called Kentucky Fried Chicken, and they didn't have crispy chicken on the menu).
