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 tbspFine Salt2 tbspFine Ground Black Pepper1 tbspCoarse Ground Black Pepper2 tspFine Ground White Pepper1 tspGround Allspice1 tspGround Coriander seed1 tspGround Ginger1 tspMSG½ tspthyme½ tspground sage½ tspmarjoram
or
GFC mix
½ tspsmoked paprika½ tspmustard powder½ tspsage½ tspcelery seeds½ tspsugar½ tspdried onion flakes1 tspsalt½ tspground black pepper½ tspground white pepper
Marinade
2 cupsmilk1egg
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 cupflour½ cupcornflour½ tspbaking 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