Thursday, March 8, 2012

Copycat Recipes: Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken

INGREDIENTS:

6 cups vegetable oil or olive oil, for frying
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons ground white pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons paprika
3 eggs
4 pounds frying chicken with skin, cut into pieces, discard backbone or use later for soup


DIRECTIONS:

Heat oil over medium heat in a deep fryer or in a deep cast iron skillet on the stove.

Combine the flour, salt, peppers, and paprika in a bowl.

In another bowl, break eggs and beat until well blended.

Check temperature of oil by dropping a pinch of flour mixture in pan. If the oil bubbles rapidly around the flour, it will be the right temperature.

Dip each piece of chicken into eggs; then coat generously with the flour mixture. Drop each piece into the hot oil and fry for 15 to 25 minutes or until the chicken is a dark golden brown.

Drain chicken on paper towels and serve warm.

Source: CD Kitchen
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/458/Popeyes-Famous-Fried-Chicken106459.shtml 

4 comments:

  1. Not Popeye's. No egg and flour batter will result in a Popeye's style batter. There isn't enough moisture for gluten development. This will be like a cracker meal texture.

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  2. Thank you so much for your recipes

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