Day 8
We had been thawing out some chicken legs for a couple of days and needed to eat them today. Usually we will grill them with some garlic salt (yum), but I was in the mood for fried chicken. I did some searching and found some KFC copy cat recipes, but they seemed a little bit too involved for me...and included MSG, which did not sound appetizing. So, I stuck with my blogging buddies on this one and made a few adjustments of my own. :)
Original pins:
These two recipes seemed easy and sounded good. They both inspired my recipe.
6 chicken legs (or whatever you have)
Dry Ingredients:
6 Ritz crackers, crushed
1 cup flour (use self-rising or add 1 tsp. baking powder, I forgot this step)
1-2 tsp salt (I added 1, but Josh added one more just in case) :p
1/4-1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp season salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Crush the crackers in a baggie, and then add the rest of the dry ingredients to the bag to be mixed around. You can potentially use this bag to shake the chicken, or dredge in a shallow bowl.
Wet ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
Whisk together in a dish large enough to dredge chicken.
Skillet with 1/2 inch canola oil
Instructions:
- The copy cat site suggested soaking the chicken in salt water for an hour, and I am pretty sure my husband did this (he cooked it for me while I was at a church meeting). :D Drain on paper towels.
- Dredge or shake in dry mixture.
- Dredge in wet mixture.
- Dredge or shake in dry mixture again.
- Fry in oil (medium heat) for 15 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
The results:
It was REALLY GOOD! The coating was crispy and did not fall off (like mine usually does when I pan fry). The chicken was juicy and the coating was perfectly spiced. Guess that extra tsp. of salt did the trick. ;) If you like fried chicken and aren't on a diet, you should try this!
Expense rating: minimal (bought the chicken for gas points at Giant)
Difficulty rating: moderate
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