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slidewhistlesymphony
Also helps a lot if the chicken is cooked in a pressure fryer too.
SomebodyGet2020APuppers
Fried chicken tastes like oil. I'm drunk. KFC was my second job. I have it up for a girl. Her second cousin is now my granddaddy boss 34 years later. True story.
supervillin
Blend; it is (was?) a secret blend. To be a secret recipe you'd need to know how much chicken, what to cook it in, at how hot, for how long, and a few paragraphs remembering your grandma who used to cook it.
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
per 1 chicken leg??
McTaco
nasukkin
No, this is
KAPTKipper
I can tell you, KFC now is not the Colonel's KFC. That shite isn't even close.
Relictivity
I worked for KFC in the late 70s. Excess coatings would fall of the chicken in the cooling trays. That stuff was tasty crispy greasy salty herb gold.
DisappointedHuman
When I worked at KFC we threw a 3lb bag of spice mix into a 25 pound bag of flour. It was basically white - so, salt, with a "Where's Waldo" slightly darker spot you might catch a glimpse of. In fact, we used to joke that of the colonel's eleven herbs and spices, ten of them were salt.
revelator
Marion Kay Chicken Seasoning 99-X. $40 will get you enough for 100 lbs of chicken. Colonel Sanders himself told franchisees to buy this mix after he came to believe corporate had changed his recipe to some inferior alternative. But to make it really authentic, you should also cook it in a pressure fryer.
codenameRadical
Honestly, I prefer popeyes. Got their recipe laying around? >.>
ToSisPoS
Having drumsticks 1/3 smaller than any other fried chicken place in the same city
vintagebroad
and it’s brosted my friends
Cornchip2000
So is it "recipe?"or "recipe"?
banderan
And somehow no flour
Imadethisaccounttopost
NGL you can't taste any of that with the modern way KFC cooks their chicken.
Hell, didn't the colonel go on record he hated the way it tasted when he stopped to eat at a store in NYC?
wjm8888
You are missing MSG
DocFunkenstein
It's an approximation, not the recipe. Especially since the recipe also includes using a special type of pressure fryer.
Hell, even ignoring *that*, it's just a list of ingredients, not a recipe.
CarlBassett
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3750087/Col-Sanders-secret-original-KFC-recipe-scrapbook-belonging-nephew.html You marinate the chicken in buttermilk before dipping them in the spice mix. I've made this. It's very close.
dontrike
So if I put that stuff in a circle and light some candles it will summon chicken like a demonic uber eats?
Macwalrus
https://youtube.com/shorts/JF5AmT468Ko?si=v59MV1VTCok2h8xC
IgnisInvictus
There is no secret. It's just good tasting food.
habslove
Popeyes is better
1280X1024
pope yes it is.
Like2Fox
Is it really that desirable? I found KFC to be just okay
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
It literally tastes just as bland as every other plain fried chicken. The goods is in the fried part, they need to seriously up the sewsoning amounts if they want to actually be able to taste it.
THEPineappleLoopsBrOether
I used to go to a Bavarian Inn for chicken dinners as a kid every christmas. There was something special about it that could not be enjoyed outside of it's dining hall. The next day, our leftovers tasted bland, but fresh on the oak tables, it was like magic. Kfc is good in that it is much better than the grocery store deli chicken, better than many other competitors, and a pretty reliable fix.
lp12345
1/3 tbsp?? So, one teaspoon.
McTaco
Seriously? Is this for a single piece of chicken?
Kreviathan
God I hope not, that's 4 goddamn tablespoons of paprika
McTaco
Oh shit
naosuke84
Not if you're in Australia. They have 4 teaspoons in thier tablespoons.
mikeatike
Is it because they drink less tea or have larger tables?
naosuke84
They have bigger tablespoons. Teaspoons are the same size. If you know someone who has IBS they likley follow the low fodmap diet (a medical diet that drastically reduces symptoms of IBS). The leading research is done by Monash university in Victoria Australia and they use Aussie tablespoons in all their recipes so I'm constantly having to do unit conversions
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
“That’s not a tablespoon, THIS is a tablespoon.” Insert joke about playing knifey-tablespoony.
TisCass
Am Australian, that's exactly why ours are bigger ;)
meowingintensifies
and "bigot chikn's" (misspelling intended) secret ingredient is pickle juice brine/marinade. there, no need to go there ever again.
Idontneedrealfacts
Its the white pepper and ginger that make it stand out. Really does improve the seasoning a lot. Because they use a pressurized deep-fryer that fries supper fast their chicken is overly greasy and nasty, but the seasoning and breading? Top notch.
DisappointedHuman
When we did the "extra crispy" it was done in an open deep fryer. Only original recipe is done under pressure. Well, in my day.
Calistrasza
And you had to drop it in 2 pieces at a time, and do it quickly but without burning yourself on splashing fryer oil. Man, those were the days.
quade
theskirrid
11!! One one one.
Alistairetheblu
The other ones left twitter.
AssistantUnderSecretaryOfOnlyOkay
mondeca
6 Herbs + 5 Spices = 11
DukeDarkwood
I forget... what was it they said/did the first time someone commented on it?
quade
YOU are the final herb. This is a threat.
CyberHexx
But I'm not Herb. He's two doors down....
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
Missing the MSG. The original recipe was created after a trip to China. He brought back and added MSG to the mix , in quantity.
Also why I can't eat there. And chick fila(besides the Christian nationalist bullshit).
The list is more expansive than you would imagine; most premade frozen food, Almost everything ranch.
The threshold for bad times is usually present in American food. Alot of the imported stuff I can have without issues in small quantities.
TheOriginalAmberRose
Are you aware that your body produces MSG? It's not a foreign chemical. If you're not sensitive to it there's no reason to avoid it.
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
I am sensitive to it in the amounts that KFC uses. I avoid it to avoid the migraine that happens when it causes my eyesight to 'wobble' . KFC is the bottom barrel of fried chicken anyway.
TheOriginalAmberRose
Honestly, some of the best fried chicken you can get is from delis in grocery stores. I've never had a commercial fried chicken that's any better.
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
Publix does have some bomb ass fried chicken, that shit slaps.
DontNeedAWeatherManToKnowWhichWayTheWindBlows
and grease.. don't forget the chicken grease. BTW, if this is the recipe, and KFC advertises "11 herbs and spices" - salt is considered a spice ?
Revyloution
High pressure grease. The real secret to KFC is that they use pressure cookers full of oil
socraticmeathead
For us white folk? Yes, yes it is.
melsinaow9000
Try a recipe that calls for salt without it and then ask me again. Just cause we use it in everything doesn't mean it's no longer a spice. That's like saying paprika isn't a spice in Hungary.
CountDookie23
NO! THEYRE MINERALS, JESUS MARIE!
DontNeedAWeatherManToKnowWhichWayTheWindBlows
Yes, thank you!
YoureWaifuAShit
it is if you're white
notyoubizness
The word "spice" does not mean "hot" in it's original meaning. The word "spicy" evolved over time.
martineb72
Actually a large part of it is how they cook it. It isn't just fried, but pressure fried.
Paigedidnothingwrong
If you have spent any time in “restaurants” reading labels, you would now this falls well short of all ingredients that goes into a “recipe”
Paigedidnothingwrong
Who knew, there were 8 KFC marketing execs on Imgur?
MCpeepantz
Really? I thought this was instructions to build a coastal highway.
Paigedidnothingwrong
Har-Dee-har. Judging by the amount of downvotes I got, nobody caught my sarcasm which was an indictment of all the crazy ingredients they put in fast food. Not to mention the processing required to combine these ingredients. Hence “recipes” and “restaurants”. I have been working in the industry for 30 years.
FeloniousMonk13
Pfft no, salt is an herb, everybody knows that
THEPineappleLoopsBrOether
in florida, salt is a vegetable
am3x1cant0k32
In Mexico, salt is a necessity, like water, or air.
THEPineappleLoopsBrOether
more than other places?
justfiguredoutimc4azyanddumbb
Everywhere else is salty enough. Bueno.
MyHuskyAteMySandwichAgain
Generally, salt and pepper are categorically a seasoning or spice if used for the flavor. Salt would not be listed as a flavoring component if the salt is only present for its chemical properties, like in baking.
DontNeedAWeatherManToKnowWhichWayTheWindBlows
Slat is a seasoning, not a spice. Spices and herbs are organic - derived from plants. Salt is a mineral.
yamamasyamaha
Verified correct statement
supervillin
Hotjoe1991
Salt is a what you say
eddy3000
Derive these slat
MyHuskyAteMySandwichAgain
The culinary naming conventions have never been strict or rigid. There is no master codified rules that all people the world around are subject to. It's not like the periodic table or the rules of chemistry. Spice, Seasoning, Vegetable, Berry. These are all words that don't have rigid rules. Herb is the only relatively rigid rule but things like broccoli leaves or dandelion would technically be herbs where garlic stalks would not.
DontNeedAWeatherManToKnowWhichWayTheWindBlows
Baloney. Google "Spice definition" or "Is Salt a spice" - go ahead, I dare you.
Paoloc0mments
* bologna
CyberHexx
Bananas are technically considered an herb AND a berry.
yamamasyamaha
They’re right tho that salt isn’t a spice
CyberHexx
Yes it is. Spice is also one of those words that doesn't have a rigid culinary definition. Spice can mean Spicy, or hot, or tangy, or it can also be a synonym for Seasoning.