#006 - KFC at home Two Tablespoons

Episode six of Two Tablespoons.
We’ll be trying to recreate one of our favourite guilty pleasure fast foods – Kentucky Fried Chicken, as well as sharing a bit of research about it’s origins.

As promised, ingredients and a brief method are listed below if you want to have a go at our recipe at home, along with an Amazon link to a food probe as mentioned.

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Many thanks to the very talented Kevin MacLeod for the intro and outro music, links to his work are;

Intro
Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro
Cool Vibes by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3553-cool-vibes
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Food Probe
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inkbird-HET-F001-Foldable-Digital-Thermometer/dp/B078RLHYWD/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=food+probe&qid=1593362533&sr=8-12

Ingredients (portions below will make a LOT of chicken)
Chicken thighs (on the bone)
Chicken breast mini fillets
Chicken wings (on the bone)
284ml pot of buttermilk
500g pot of natural yoghurt
5 Eggs
Plain flour
Dried oregano
Dried mixed herbs
smoked paprika
dried ancho chilli flakes
dried chipotle chilli flakes
dried habanero chilli flakes
cumin powder
Oil for frying

Method
• Put buttermilk and yoghurt in a bowl along with all chicken, cover and leave to soaked overnight
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees C
• Remove chicken from buttermilk mix and set aside
• Add 5 eggs to buttermilk and beat together
• In a seperate bowl, blend 2 cups of flour together with herbs/spices in the following quantities along with a big pinch of salt and mixed ground peppercorns
• 1 tsp oregano
• 2 tsp mixed herbs
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp dried ancho chilli
• 1 tsp dried chipotle chilli
• 1 ½ tsp dried cumin
• Make a second batch of flour with the addition of habanero chilli for wings if desired
!Our original quantities above coated about 4 large sized pieces of chicken so use your judgement on your own quantity!
• From buttermilk put chicken into seasoned flour, then egg wash mix then flour again and set aside ready to fry
• Heat oil in a large, heavy bottom frying pan until approx 175 degrees C
• Shallow fry chicken pieces for approx. 5 mins each side, once crisp and golden brown place onto an oven tray and place in preheated oven for approx 15 mins
• Once fully cooked in the oven, serve with your choice of sides and enjoy!

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