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In reply to the discussion: The best fried chicken [View all]LawDeeDah
(1,596 posts)43. Homemade By Far.
This is what I do, more or less.
Instead of bread crumbs I scrunch up soda crackers. Its got the bready thing going, its crisp right out of the box and it's got the salt baggage thing going so you put the shaker away.
Swoosh the raw chicken in flour - spiced how yu like, I like onion powder, mayb garlic powder, anything you like. Then dip it in a loose pancake batter. You don't want an inch of pancake on your chicken so the batter has to be rather thin.
Then you roll it in the scrunched up soda crackers - with whatever other seasoning you like ,
and dip into a deep fryer. Or a frying pan.
After they look a nice golden I'm not always sure they are done well enough so I shove the in the oven uncovered for a while to make sure.
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that's because they have a bunch of local grandmothers locked in the kitchen
NightWatcher
Sep 2014
#9
My mom's friend Mrs. Barrett makes the best fried chicken I've ever tasted. Mom agrees.
TeamPooka
Oct 2014
#17
I make some pretty good fried chicken, but my favorite is KFC Extra Crispy.
Arkansas Granny
Oct 2014
#28