Name: How To Make KFC Chicken At Home | Crispy Chicken Fry
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: Chicken – 4 Leg pieces; Buttermilk – 2 ½ cups; Salt – 1 tbsp.; Oil – to deep fry; Maida – 1 cup; Corn flour – 1 cup; Fried corn flakes – 1 cup; Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp.; Black pepper powder – ½ tbsp.; Red chili flakes – ½ tbsp.; Ginger powder – ½ tbsp.; Oregano – 1 tbsp.; Mix herbs – 1 tbsp.; Peri peri powder – ¼ tbsp.; Eggs – 2 No.

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How to make KFC chicken at home? Yes you are right it’s been traded secret for many years but I tried to break through the magical ingredients of KFC chicken recipe. Learn how to make kfc chicken with our step by step image instructions along with tips and a video.

Although I might miss a few secret ingredients here and there you get an almost the same taste. I made it easy with required spices which are available in your kitchen, now you can easily try at your home.

To get a crispy and spicy chicken recipe, all you need to do is to simply follow my tips mentioned below. I also tried to simplify the preparation procedure for your comfort. This version of the recipe is coated with egg and KFC Style Fried Chicken Recipe is coated with egg and a special blend of spices, by doing so the inner meat will be soft and outer will be crispy.

Usually, many restaurants use Ajinomoto to get the flavor, but I didn’t use them keeping your health in mind. In order to get crispy, we can also use breadcrumb or oats while coating, if you are using deep frying. I also recommend experimenting your recipe with drumsticks rather than other pieces. Else it will not only disturb your recipe but also it will blacken your recipe. Check out my other chicken recipes.

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Tips to make a perfect KFC Chicken Recipe:

Soaking chicken pieces in buttermilk for an hour will make its meat soft and give you a juicy and soft texture from the inside.
Dipping in egg mix will help bind flour mix with chicken leg pieces.
If you have a deep frying pan along with a metal skillet then you can use them. As I am making this recipe at home, I used a frying pan.
To bring out the exact KFC flavors of KFC style, we tried to include them in our recipe most of them. As this is a homemade version, we do did not use a steel skillet.

How To Make KFC Chicken At Home | Crispy Chicken Fry

How to make KFC chicken at home? Yes, you are right it’s been a trade secret for many years.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Indian

Keyword How To Make KFC Chicken At Home

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 342 kcal

Author Uppada Lakshmi

Ingredients

Chicken – 4 Leg pieces
Buttermilk – 2 ½ cups
Salt – 1 tbsp.
Oil – to deep fry
Maida – 1 cup
Corn flour – 1 cup
Fried corn flakes – 1 cup
Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp.
Black pepper powder – ½ tbsp.
Red chili flakes – ½ tbsp.
Ginger powder – ½ tbsp.
Oregano – 1 tbsp.
Mix herbs – 1 tbsp.
Peri peri powder – ¼ tbsp.
Eggs – 2 No.

Instructions

Clean and slit chicken leg pieces with a knife so that spices and flavors can penetrate.
In a mixing bowl add sour buttermilk and a little salt. Dip chicken pieces and soak for an hour.
Heat oil in a pan and let it reach 350F degrees at high temperature.
Meanwhile, let’s prepare spices and flour. Add cornflour, all-purpose flour, crushed corn flakes, red chilli powder, black pepper powder, red chilli flakes, peri-peri powder, ginger powder, salt, mixed herbs, and oregano.
Mix all spices and spread over a wide plate so that chicken pieces can be coated.
In a mixing bowl beat 2 eggs and sprinkle black pepper powder and a pinch of salt.
Dip chicken leg pieces in the egg mix and put them in the above flour mix. Coat well and keep aside.
Once the oil is ready, put leg pieces in oil and deep fry till they turn a golden brown color.
Remove from oil and drain excess oil on paper towel and serve KFC chicken Recipe hot.

Recipe Video

How to make KFC Chicken at Home:

1. In a bowl add buttermilk and add ½ tbsp. Salt to it. Put chicken leg pieces slit over it in a buttermilk mix and let them rest for an hour so that they turn soft.