Fried Chicken
- Meat
Two alternative spice mixes
- `4 to 6 large chicken breast fillets or 1-2 chickens broken down in to bone-in, skin-on portions One of
‘KFC’ mix
2 tbsp
Fine Salt2 tbsp
Fine Ground Black Pepper1 tbsp
Coarse Ground Black Pepper2 tsp
Fine Ground White Pepper1 tsp
Ground Allspice1 tsp
Ground Coriander seed1 tsp
Ground Ginger1 tsp
MSG½ tsp
thyme½ tsp
ground sage½ tsp
marjoram
or
GFC mix
½ tsp
smoked paprika½ tsp
mustard powder½ tsp
sage½ tsp
celery seeds½ tsp
sugar½ tsp
dried onion flakes1 tsp
salt½ tsp
ground black pepper½ tsp
ground white pepper
Marinade
2 cups
milk1
egg
Cut each fillet into 3-4 pieces
Mix marinade ingredients, add the chicken and mix to coat
Marinade the chicken at least 3 hours and overnight if possible
For the coating
2 cup
flour½ cup
cornflour½ tsp
baking powder- One of the spice mixes
Mix the coating ingredients together in a bowl and add the ingredients from one of the spice mixes.
Blend together thoroughly.
Add 3 tbsp of the milk marinade into the dredge and work through with your fingers to make coating crusty.
Add all the chicken from the marinade into the dredge, allowing excess marinade to drip off before coating.
Toss the chicken to coat.
Fry in 5cm deep 180C hot oil till light golden brown.
Bake in the oven for 10 mins at 220C until internal temp is 65C