KFC and All Fried Chicken

KFC Original Fried Chicken
2−3 pounds cut−up chicken pieces
1 Quart Water
3 tablespoons Salt (for soaking)
1 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon Accent (MSG)
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Soybean Oil (no substitutions) for frying
Allow chicken to soak in salted water for a half hour.
Mix egg and milk in a bowl. Mix flour, Accent, salt, and pepper
in another bowl. Preheat deep fryer to 350F, or place 3/4 inch
oil in a skillet set on medium.
Dry chicken with paper towels. Dredge in flour mixture, place in
milk/eggs, and then back to flour mixture. Do this one piece at
a time making sure that there is total coverage over entire
surface of chicken in each step.
KFC uses pressure cookers to fry chicken, which is risky to do
at home. If you are using a deep fryer, fry a few pieces at a
time for about 20 minutes, covered, turning occasionally.
Likewise, if pan frying, cook, covered, turning occasionally
for about 30 minutes. As always with chicken, check the middle
of a large piece to check for doneness.
Allow to drain on paper towels when cooking is completed.

KFC Gravy
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
5 tablespoons all−purpose flour
1 can Campbell’s chicken broth (plus 1 can of water)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon MSG or Accent Flavor Enhancer
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
First make a roux by combining the oil with 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour
in a medium saucepan over low heat. Heat the mixture for 20−30 minutes,
stirring often, until it is a dark chocolate color.
Remove the roux from the heat, stir in the rest of the flour, abd add the
remaining ingredients to the saucepan; mix well.
Put the saucepan back over the heat, turn it up to medium and bring the
gravy to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until thick.

Popeye’s Fried Chicken
3 cups Self−rising flour
1 cup Cornstarch
3 tbl. Seasoned salt
2 tbl. Paprika
1 teas. Baking soda
1 pk. Italian Salad Dressing Mix Powder
1 pk. Onion Soup Mix −− (1 1/2 Ounces)
1 pk. Spaghetti sauce mix −− (1/2 Ounce)
3 tbl. Sugar
3 cups Corn flakes −− crushed
2 Eggs −− well beaten
1/4 cup Cold water
4 lb. Chicken −− cut up
Combine first 9 ingredients in large bowl. Put the cornflakes into
another bowl. Put eggs and water in a 3rd bowl. Put enough corn oil
into a heavy roomy skillet to fill it 1″ deep. Get it HOT! Grease a
9×12x2 baking pan. Set it aside. Preheat oven to 350~. Dip chicken
pieces 1 piece at a time as follows: 1−Into dry coating mix. 2−Into
egg and water mix. 3−Into corn flakes. 4−Briskly but briefly back
into dry mix. 5−Drop into hot oil, skin−side−down and brown 3 to 4
minutes on medium high. Turn and brown other side of each piece.
Don’t crowd pieces during frying. Place in prepared pan in single
layer, skin−side−up. Seal in foil, on 3 sides only, leaving 1 side
loose for steam to escape. Bake at 350~ for 35−40 minutes removing
foil then to test tenderness of chicken. Allow to bake uncovered 5
minutes longer to crisp the coating. Serves 4. Leftovers refrigerate
well up to 4 days. Do not freeze these leftovers. Leftover coating
mix (1st 9 ingredients) can be stored at room temp in covered
container up to 2 months.
Popeye’s Fried Chicken 361

Ther are many places out there that try to replicate KFC’s recipe but it is just an attempt.

No one can tell you the TRUE KFC recipe.

Generally chicken is cooked in different ways,depending on the product. For example, original fillets and original recipe are both pressure cooked.Fillets are cooked for 6 minutes and orignal recipe between 13 and 15 minutes,depending on quantity being cooked.

Other products such as hot and spicy wings,zingers and crispy strips are un pressure cooked for between 4 to 9 minutes.

How the gravy is made is something you probably dont want to know,however if you are considering trying to replicate the exact flavour here is the deal…

Basically when you clean the deep fryer and filter the oil,the fines of the breading mix that fall off the chicken,while it is being cooked in the fryer are scooped out and poured into a draining tray.

From there, front workers then mix in a gravy based stock and boiling water….woolaa