/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12381987
Because you're a bad cook

>>12381987
what do you use for breading

>>12381991
This.

Are you deep-frying or pan frying? How many times do you coat the chicken? Are you starting with dry, room temp chicken? What temp is your oil?

>>12381991
apparently

>>12381992
seasoned flour and egg

>>12381997
375

>>12381987
I found that whenever I pan-fried my chicken it always ended flat and stupid.
Deep frying however did a great job.

>>12382062
Deep frying is the way to go. The more oil, the better the temperature control will be, and the more you can get batter to adhere to both sides as you can try frying both sides at once and not fry one while the other steams. This means you can use better recipes. Check youtube for extra-crispy videos.

your chicken is too wet

>>12382002
You're supposed to use buttermilk for fried chicken not egg repeat NO EGG

>>12382002
you only answered one of his questions bitch

>>12381987
You need bread crumbs you fucking retard

>>12382122
nothing worse than a wet chicken

>>12382002
Marinade in buttermilk
Use flour with a bit of cornstarch and baking powder + salt, pepper and spices if you wish.
This makes the crunchy shell.

>>12382129
No you don't.

>>12381987
dredge in flour, dip in egg wash, dredge in panko

>>12382124
>not egg repeat NO EGG

You brine in buttermilk, you use egg to make the coating stick.

>>12382569
NO
>BUTTERMILK
>DREDGE
>SHAKE
>FRY
THE FLOUR STICKS TO THE BUTTERMILK.

>>12382600
I've always used egg and my chicken comes out perfect. Might try your way sometime.

>>12381987
you need to coat in flour, then egg, then flour or breadcrumb. Also make sure your oil is hot enough and dont try to cook to much at once.

>>12382667
egg is for schnitzel type breading which is for fillets. This is nigger chicken which has different requirements.

I've tried to do fried chicken so many times and it never tastes anywhere near as good as a restaurants.

>>12382124
Whipped egg white master race reporting.

>>12381987
Yurofag who doesn't have KFC in his country here, why are you supposed to soak the chicken in buttermilk in the first place? Can you skip that step?

>>12383015
buttermilk is tangy and in addition to flavor it slightly tenderizes and adds moisture. it's not necessary, but it's definitely recommended.

>>12383015
>The acids and enzymes in the milk work to break down the collagen in the meat like these other marinades making the meat tender and prepping it for cooking. The primary acid in milk is lactic acid. It may not seem like milk is filled with acid due to the cool and soft taste and mouthfeel, but it has an abundance of this useful acid. Most proteins also have natural enzymes that will over time break down the protein and tenderize over time. Milk also has calcium which may work to wake up the natural enzymes in the chicken that would eventually break down the proteins over time. It speeds up this breakdown and makes the natural tenderization move quite a bit faster. Milk is a super effective tenderizing soaking agent with its double-headed approach of the lactic acid breaking down the proteins, and the calcium speeding up the natural breakdown process of the chicken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UKssrLusBo

>>12383027
>>12383023
Neat! But doesn't that mean regular milk should work? Or is buttermilk more acidic than regular milk?

>>12383167
buttermilk is typically cultured, so it's more acidic.

Protip as a buttermilk alternative, mix pickle brine and regular milk and use that instead. That's how Chik FilA marinates theirs

>>12381987
Because that's a staged photo. Odds are that isn't even real breading or real chicken. Props.

>>12383112
Fuck, I wanna try Nashville hot chicken now

>>12381987
It's easier to go to safeway and buy a fried chicken for $5

>>12381987
use crushed cornflakes or double bread

>>12382569
powdered butter milk or fresh, if powdered do i re hydrate it

>>12382351
no panko

>>12381987
oh look it's another stealth meme iron thread.

>>12384251
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>>12384262
fucking based
and this is off page 5

>>12384808
based bump

>>12383985
why not? it's cheap

>>12382171
>Marinade in buttermilk
>Use flour with a bit of cornstarch and baking powder + salt, pepper and spices if you wish.
>This makes the crunchy shell.
bang

>>12383112
Why does that guy talk like a retard?

>>12382171
I buy buttermilk but I tend to keep sour cream on hand more often do you think I can substitute sour cream for buttermilk? I've used it mixed with milk to make pretty good biscuits but always wondered if I can substitute the same for buttermilk.

>>12387399
Because he's retarded. Retard.

>>12381987
photoshop

>>12387529
how can you tell?

how the fuck do I get a dry chicken after it's been fucking marinated in buttermilk

>>12387988
By overcooking it.

>>12387992
WHY I OUGHTTA—

>>12381987
you dont cook at a high enough temp and cook for too long. high temp, short cook. e z pz beautify breaazy.

>>12388344
higher than 375?