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LawDeeDah

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43. Homemade By Far.
Sun Oct 5, 2014, 02:16 AM
Oct 2014

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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I like KFC Original Aerows Sep 2014 #1
Chez Helen trof Sep 2014 #2
I love fried chicken Aerows Sep 2014 #3
CORNFLAKE! blogslut Sep 2014 #4
I use sugar frosted flakes Tom Kitten Oct 2014 #16
HAHAHAHA! AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #45
Johnny Harris restaurant in Savannah, GA. Lochloosa Sep 2014 #5
that's because they have a bunch of local grandmothers locked in the kitchen NightWatcher Sep 2014 #9
As long as they have good cots for them I'm ok with that Lochloosa Sep 2014 #10
Yep. Darn good. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #39
My wife's uncle. kwassa Sep 2014 #6
Maybe our highly biased opinion, but... politicat Sep 2014 #7
Home made. Definitely. mainer Sep 2014 #8
Oh, come on! Brigid Sep 2014 #11
Mine Solly Mack Sep 2014 #12
I wanted to vote for homemade, but... GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #13
I keep trying recipes Marthe48 Sep 2014 #14
Home made, and the SECRET is... Miles Archer Sep 2014 #15
we use dill pickle juice wyldwolf Oct 2014 #19
My mom's friend Mrs. Barrett makes the best fried chicken I've ever tasted. Mom agrees. TeamPooka Oct 2014 #17
it's Lee's Chicken for me Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #18
In order... wyldwolf Oct 2014 #20
Popeye's spicy chicken strips... ReverendDeuce Oct 2014 #21
Grandma's. baldguy Oct 2014 #22
I'm glad there are no Popeye's in my area. I would weigh more. Throd Oct 2014 #23
My Mom makes spicy crunchy good fried chicken. Raffi Ella Oct 2014 #24
The bucket someone invariably brings to a party taught_me_patience Oct 2014 #25
Corn Flake libodem Oct 2014 #26
Murphy's in Palm Springs Trajan Oct 2014 #27
I make some pretty good fried chicken, but my favorite is KFC Extra Crispy. Arkansas Granny Oct 2014 #28
El Pollo Loco!!! yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #29
Not for FRIED chicken pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #32
oh yeah, thats true huh... yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #34
ROSCOE’S HOUSE OF CHICKEN AND WAFFLES! Obama: "Outstanding chicken". Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #30
That may be good - I have heard of them and wan tto try it OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #36
I prefer small mom & pop hole in the wall operations. Xyzse Oct 2014 #31
Lucy's Fried Chicken here in Austin. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #33
Nagoya style wings are quite delicious betsuni Oct 2014 #35
Gandma's. May she rest in peace. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #37
Strouds Kansas City nt Hangingon Oct 2014 #38
Some pretty tasty chicken at Lizard's Thicket mainer Oct 2014 #40
I like Sam's Chickenland in Solvay NY whistler162 Oct 2014 #41
Picnic 'N Chicken of San Diego Digit Oct 2014 #42
Homemade By Far. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #43
The Wooden Shoe in Minster, OH Dirty Socialist Oct 2014 #44
Bojangles AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #46
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