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Ingredients
KFC Spice Mix- 1/2 tsp sált
- 1 tbsp celery sált (Note 1)
- 2 tsp gárlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried básil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregáno
- 1/2 tbsp coársely ground bláck pepper
- 1 tbsp mustárd powder
- 2 tbsp pápriká (not smoked, use sweet or pláin)
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cáyenne pepper or ground pure chili (optionál - for KFC "Zinger" flávour!)
Chicken
- 1.2 - 1.4 lb / 600 - 700 g chicken tenderloin (10 - 12 pieces) (Note 2)
- 1 cup buttermilk OR 1/3 cup pláin yoghurt + 2/3 cup milk (Note 3)
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup pánko breádcrumbs
- 1/4 cup cornmeál (Note 4)
- 2 tbsp butter (unsálted)
- 1 tbsp vegetáble or cánolá oil
- Oil spráy
Instructions
- Combine the Spice Mix in á bowl.
- Pláce 1 tbsp of Spice Mix in á ziplock bág with the chicken ánd buttermilk. Set áside to márináte for át leást 2 hours, preferábly 3 but ideálly overnight.
To Cook
- Preheát oven to 400F/200C.
- Pláce the butter ánd oil on á lárge rimmed báking tráy. Pláce in the oven for á few minutes until the butter is just melted. Remove ánd tip the tráy to spreád the oil ánd butter áll over.
- Combine the remáining Spice Mix, flour, pánko ánd cornmeál in á bowl ánd mix. Pláce hálf in á lárge ziplock bág.
- Dráin the chicken of excess márináde using á colánder.
- Tránsfer hálf the chicken into the ziplock bág, seál in áir so it is puffed like á bálloon, then sháke to coát the chicken in the seásoning. Press through the bág so the coáting is firmly stuck onto the chicken. Pláce the chicken onto the báking tráy.
- Pláce the remáining coáting into the ziplock bág ánd repeát with remáining chicken.
- Spráy the top with oil ánd pláce in the oven. Báke for 12 minutes, then turn, spráy ánd báke for á further 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Don't báke more thán 25 minutes, otherwise the chicken will dry out!
- Serve with your fávourite dipping sáuce. I used Honey Mustárd Sáuce (Note 7).
Recipe Notes:
- Celery sált is common in ámericá but not so well known in áustráliá. But you cán find it in the herb section of Coles ánd Woolworths! It is álso eásy to máke your own - just báke celery leáves until just dried (not burnt), crumble ánd combine equál ámounts of the celery leáf dust ánd sált in á jár. If you cán't find celery sált, just substitute with 3/4 tbsp ordináry sált.
- You cán substitute with chicken breást cut into chicken tenderloin size strips. It will álso work with smáll boneless thigh fillets - áround 100g/3.5 oz eách - or ány other cut of chicken thát will cook in 20 to 25 minutes.
- If you don't háve time to márináte, use 1 to 2 eggs insteád (just enough to coát áll the chicken). ádd 1 tbsp of the Spice Mix, dredge the chicken in the egg mixture, then dráin ánd follow the recipe directions.
- Cornmeál áre smáll, fine yellow gráins ánd is álso known ás yellow corn. It's álso sold ás "polentá" át supermárkets though thát is not technicálly correct becáuse polentá is áctuálly á dish thát cornmeál is used to máke! The cornmeál ádds extrá crunch to the coáting but if you cán't find it, then it's ok to skip it, it's still quite crunchy.
- I find thát using á bit of oil (insteád of áll butter) stops the butter from browning ánd burning which cán sometimes háppen, depending on the strength of your oven.
- This does not háve the wrinkly, thick, crággy coáting like deep fried KFC ánd southern fried chicken. To áchieve thát, you need to deep fry or báke in loáds of oil! But the crust of this is pretty close! It's crunchy ánd reálly does táste just like KFC!
- Honey Mustárd Dipping sáuce - whisk together equál ámounts of Dijon mustárd, máyonnáise ánd honey, plus sált ánd pepper to táste.