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Fried Chicken Recipes as a Comfort Food
Whether you have a craving for a Popeye’s Fried Chicken recipe, a KFC or another bucket or plateful of fried chicken from your favorite fried chicken restaurant, there is no doubt about it - fried chicken is a definite comfort food. Other popular comfort foods include chicken noodle soup, beef stew, mashed potatoes, pizza, hamburgers and rich dessert recipes. Everyone has their own ideas of what comfort food means but usually it is something that cheers you up and something that tastes delicious. Popeye’s Fried Chicken definitely does both of those.
Biting into hot Popeye’s Fried Chicken recipes, through the crispy crust and into the succulent, juicy chicken is what comfort is all about and sometimes a craving for fried chicken recipes just has to be fed with fried chicken, else it doesn't go away. The next time you crave a Popeye’s fried chicken recipe, why not make your own Popeyes copycat recipe instead of driving across town to find a Popeye’s? Making fried chicken recipes is so easy and you can make something that tastes as good as, or even better than, the famous fried chicken recipes you know and love. If you're in the mood for comfort food, nothing beats Popeye’s fried chicken.
Other Favorite Comfort Foods
Perhaps you crave burgers or chili con carne instead of a Popeye’s fried chicken recipe. Different people do like different comfort foods so you might find that you crave something different now and then. Also it is common to crave a bowlful of something sweet like chocolate pudding or ice cream if you are in need of something tasty to satisfy you. The best comfort foods make you salivate in anticipation, enjoy every mouthful and then feel happy after eating them. What about Popeye’s fried chicken and then your favorite ice cream? That combination is sure to cheer you up!
Authentic Fried Chicken Recipe
The ingredients for this authentic fried chicken recipe include onion soup mix, spaghetti sauce mix, paprika and Italian salad dressing mix, so you can tell this is perhaps a more unusual fried chicken recipe than you might be used to making. The cornflakes give this fried chicken a wonderful crunch and the cooking method involves pan frying and baking, to cook the chicken perfectly and to give it a wonderful color and texture.
This authentic fried chicken recipe is easy to make, as long as you are organized and lay the dipping ingredients out so you can dip the chicken pieces in each one in turn - first the dry ingredients then the egg and finally the cornflakes. Don't crush the cornflakes too finely. They should stick to the chicken pieces of course but they don't need to be too small. If you have any leftovers they keep well in the refrigerator for up to four days but don't freeze them. You can keep leftover coating mix (the dry ingredients) in a covered container at room temperature for a couple of months.
Authentic chicken & biscuits, which is sometimes known as authentic chicken & seafood, or simply just "authentic," is a fried chicken like some fast food chain which has been around since 1990's. The following recipe is perfect if you want to recreate crunchy and delicious authentic fried chicken at home to delight your family. Serve it with any side dishes you fancy. French fries or mashed potatoes are always good with fried chicken recipes.
How to Make Authentic Fried Chicken
Ingredients -
4 lbs chicken, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups self rising flour
3 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons paprika
1 ½ oz package onion soup mix
1 package Italian salad dressing mix
1 cup cornstarch
¼ cup cold water
3 cups crushed cornflakes
½ oz package spaghetti sauce mix
3 tablespoons seasoned salt
Corn oil, as needed
2 beaten eggs
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix together the salt, cornstarch, flour, baking soda, paprika, sugar, spaghetti sauce mix, onion soup mix and salad dressing mix.
Mix the water with the eggs.
Put 1 inch of corn oil in a skillet and heat it.
Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Dip the chicken pieces first into the dry coating mix, then into the water and egg mix and finally into the cornflakes.
Dip them once more into the dry mix, then drop them skin side down into the hot corn oil.
Brown the chicken for about 3 minutes, then turn it over and brown the other side. It is better to fry in batches than crowd the skillet.
Put the browned chicken pieces in the greased baking pan skin side up, in a single layer.
Wrap aluminum foil over the top, making sure 3 sides are sealed and the last side is open so steam can escape.
Bake for about 35 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for 5 more minutes to make the coating crispy.
(Serves 4)