This weekend I decided to try a recipe I got off tiktok. A risky maneuver considering half the food content on the app is designed to farm engagement and the other half is jokes. But this one didn’t seem like it was trying to trick me into anything so I gave it a shot.
@gidsgids Fried Chicken Recipe #fyp #foryoupage #chef #foodie #valentinesday Special shout out to @quangtran_superpumped changing my fried chicken game #qtgang
And friend… I have to say this is the best fried chicken I’ve ever made. It was really incredible. The brine is absolutely the way to go! Forget that buttermilk stuff!
The outside was Crispy crispy. It was flavourful. The meat was juicy and packed with flavour too. It was life changing. It’s really good. So I’m gonna do you a favour and type the recipe out! Now you won’t have to repeatedly pause the video you can’t rewind!
Da Recipe:
Ingredients:
For the Brine:
- Some chicken. (I made 6 drumsticks and had a lot of batter+coating leftover. You could probably do ~12 with this much, otherwise just half the recipe)
- 8 cups water
- 3 Tbsp Kosher Salt
- 2 Tbsp Sugar
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cloves
- 1 Orange peel
I skipped the cloves and orange peel cause I didn’t have any handy, but the recipe would probably be improved by their inclusion.
Seasoned Flour:
- 2 cups flour
- 3 Tbsp Chicken Seasoning
- 1/2 Tbsp paprika
- 1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
- 1 Tbsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Chinese 5 spce
- 1 tsp White pepper powder
- 1 tsp Dry mustard
- 1-2 pinch kosher salt
- 1/2 tbsp black pepper
I also added some cayenne and chili powder cause I like it.
Batter:
- 1.5 cups cold water
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 flour (mb use the seasoned flour)
Order is flour, eggs, water. If you go in a different order you’re gonna have some lumpy batter.
Instructions:
- Brine your chicken overnight. Or first thing in the morning if that’s too much responsibility.
- preheat oil to 350
- pat your chicken dry with a paper towel. This step is important!
- Toss chicken in the seasoned flour
- tap the excess off and then submerge in the wet batter
- Return it to the flour. Press the flour onto the chicken so it sticks, but still lightly tap the excess off afterward.
- Deep fry for 15 minutes. Rotating occasionally until internal temperature reaches 160
- Serve with honey or hotsauce
It might take a while if you don’t have something large to fry in, but it’s worth it! Happy fryin!
– Robert Hill
