The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Recipe
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe – with 12 and not 11 herbs and spices, this delicious recipe ups the ante on KFC! Plus it’s juicier & contains no MSG either!
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe
See below for an update on how to make this recipe as amazingly delicious chicken burgers.
Another family favourite at our house that my son liked to refer to as DFC or Daddy Fried Chicken is our best fried chicken recipe. I wasn’t specifically trying to create a copycat KFC recipe and in fact I ended up with 12 herbs and spices instead of the “11 secret herbs and spices” in the Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe. I suspect that the secret is not so much the actual herbs and spices that are used in their recipe but more importantly, the amount of each that is used in proportion to the amount of flour in the coating. I read somewhere that KFC also uses cornstarch with the flour in their coating mix. That’s probably for added crunch, so I may experiment with that at some future point.
Best Fried Chicken Recipe – 2007 photo
I do like to brine my chicken before frying but this stage is optional. You will find that your chicken is moister, better seasoned and more flavourful if brined. It is also a good opportunity to infuse some herb flavour into the meat. You will need to plan a day ahead for this for the brine to fully penetrate and season the meat overnight in the fridge. Use Kosher salt for the brine or else finer grinds of salt may actually be adding more salt. If using sea salt or regular salt for example, I’d cut back by about 1/4 the amount. Remember, all of that salt is not absorbed by the chicken, it is just the amount that’s dissolved in the brine liquid to properly season the meat. The vast majority of the salt will actually be discarded with the brine after use.
As is noted in the recipe below, the coating mix in this recipe is enough to do about 3 batches of chicken. Make less of the flour dredge mix if you like or just separate it into 3 portions and store the other two portions in Ziploc bags or an airtight container until next time. You can use the same coating on fried chicken burgers using boneless chicken breasts, turn it into chicken nuggets or strips or use it on the Oven Fried Version of this recipe.
We love to serve homemade buttermilk biscuits with our fried chicken for an authentic Southern cooking meal.
This recipe was originally published on October 6, 2007 with updated photos and instructions on February 4, 2016.
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe
- UPDATE: Fried Chicken Burgers
Since I last updated this recipe I thought I’d give you readers a reason to keep that leftover coating mix in your freezer to use on homemade chicken burgers anytime. It took me only about 20 minutes to pound boneless skinless chicken breasts to an even thickness, dredge them in the same way as in tho recipe instructions and fry them up to golden perfection. I fried some bacon at the same time while Spouse made the guacamole and sliced the tomatoes. What a spectacular combination of flavours. Highly recommended by our family.
Fried Chicken, Bacon Tomato and Guacamole Burger