| I though it would be easy to find the Kentucky Fried | | | | Kentucky Fried Chicken batter recipe, but it was well |
| Chicken batter recipe online, so I typed it into the | | | | worth it in the end. I finally found it, along with many |
| search engine. Turns out, it wasn't that easy. Oh, I | | | | others, in a recipe book that contains hundreds of |
| found lots of recipes, but I also found it hard to | | | | authentic recipes from some of the most popular |
| believe that any of them were authentic. Now, I'm | | | | restaurants around. I gotta tell ya, I don't know how |
| pretty easy to fool. I'll look at a zirconia diamond and | | | | this book came about, but I sure wish that I found it |
| not know it's a fake, but when I saw some of the | | | | years ago. Now when I say we're having fried |
| ingredients in these recipes, I was convinced they | | | | chicken for dinner, my husband says, "great," instead |
| weren't the real thing. | | | | of, " hey, let's order a pizza!" |
| I was always a fan of KFC, but I only decided to | | | | Ingredients |
| look for the recipe after years of trying to fry | | | | * 4 chicken leg quarters * 3/4 cup flour * 1 |
| chicken and failing. Cooking was never my strong | | | | tablespoon salt * 1 tablespoon pepper * 2 teaspoons |
| point, but in more recent years I have become more | | | | msg * 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika |
| patient and therefore, a better cook. My increased | | | | Directions |
| confidence inspired me to conquer the art of frying | | | | 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Cut |
| chicken. You may think that I am being a bit | | | | chicken into 8 pieces(4 legs and 4 thighs. 3. In a zip |
| dramatic, but then you've never had to eat my fried | | | | lock bag mix all dry ingredients. 4. Wet chicken. 5. Put |
| chicken. Believe me, my husband understands why I | | | | one or two pieces of chicken at a time into the bag |
| am was being so determined to find the best recipe | | | | and shake well. 6. Then put chicken pieces on an oiled |
| possible. | | | | pan. Use Canola or Peanut oil so your chicken will not |
| As it sometimes happens with computer searches, I | | | | stick. 7. Bake approximately 40-50 minutes until |
| had to surf awhile, and page around through recipes | | | | chicken is done. Half way through baking spoon oil |
| and web sites before I came upon the actual | | | | from pan on chicken to brown properly. |