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THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

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Hey there,

” I got my chicken bones and my chowmein” chowmein! chowmein! Let’s just say I’ve been watching lots of tv and the Just Eat commercial keeps on sticking in my head. Anyway, I hope your week started off great and that you’re all ready for Spring. I am still yet to see some sunshine since all I’ve been experiencing is bouts of rain and with schools being open this week, school runs are in order. For the past few weeks, I have been craving some fried chicken and watching Youtube mukbang videos made me to finally decide to make some, I normally do oven baking but this time I just had to. Be prepared to make yourself the best crispy fried chicken. Here’s what you need:

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

Ingredients

  • 1kg Chicken wings
  • A teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 3 teaspoons five spice powder
  • 3 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 4 Cloves crushed garlic
  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • Black pepper
  • Salt
  • Paprika
  • 1 lime
Note: I used chicken wings but you can also do thighs or drumsticks you will just have to adjust the portions of the marinade according to the amount and also add the time you will take to fry them. All in all, you will still get the same fabulous results. Enjoy.

METHOD

  • First and foremost, we need to marinate the wings, so go ahead and place them in a bowl.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

  • In a small bowl, take your garlic, five spice powder,sesame oil, lime juice and onion powder.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

  • Mix them together and pour it in the bowl of chicken, then with clean hands or a spoon, massage the mixture into the chicken to coat all the pieces.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

  • Cover the bowl with cling film and put it in the fridge and let it marinate for a few hours or even 24 hours depending on when you want to have them.
  • Once it’s time to prepare your chicken, make sure you remove it from the fridge one hour before in order for it to get to room temperature.
  • Meanwhile start prepping your breading mixture I use flour. If you have a ziploc bag you can use that but I just used a paper bag, improvisation is key in the kitchen at times.
  • In a pan or deep fryer, heat up your vegetable oil to around 375°F.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

  • In the bag or a bowl, pour in the flour, a teaspoon paprika, salt to taste, a teaspoon black pepper, another teaspoon onion powder and mix it all up.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

  • Take your chicken pieces and drop them in the flour mixture and shake it all up until they are all coated evenly.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

  • Now comes the frying, shake off the excess flour and make sure not to overcrowd your pan, just fry them in small batches. I did mine in threes and cooked them for 10 to 15 minutes depending on the size of your wings.
  • Once you take them out, place them on a kitchen towel or grease proof papers to drain off excess oil.
  • Finish deep frying your wings, prep your side dish and be ready to serve. If your not eating them right away, place them in the oven just to keep them warm at around 75°C.
  • Serve and Enjoy.

THE BEST CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

There you go, that’s it my recipe for the best fried chicken. I hope you do get to try them and enjoy them as much as I did. If you missed my previous posts on promoting your blog posts and useful blogging tools I’ve always used in my blogging journey, do check them out and tell me what you think. I hope you all have a lovely productive week, and before I leave do tell me what do you normally crave and just have to get it?


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49 Comments

  1. I’m loving the recipe for your marinade. Never thought about using seasame oil, which I always keep in the house. Love this recipe and now I’m hungry!!!

  3. This looks so delicious! I just love fried chicken. I haven’t had it in a while, so I’ll have to try this out.

  5. I love this recipe! It looks delicious and simple. AND it looks easy to make gluten free! Finding GF fried chicken is so difficult; the closest place to my house is about 20 minutes away. I could make this easily on a weeknight!

  7. Oh my, oh my, I am a big fan of crispy chicken ..thanks for this. I need to try it out

  8. Yummy, I am a die hard fan of crispy chicken, I am so trying this A.S.A P.. thanks for sharing

  12. These look fantastic and sound generally easy to make! I love fried chicken that’s for sure. Going to have to try this.

  13. I can just see the crunchy of that chicken and my mouth is already watering. I’m very intrigued by adding the lime juice I’m going to pin this guy to try soon.

  14. this looks soo yumm.. I would like to try this at home. Thank you for sharing.

  15. Yummo! My husband’s favorite food is fried chicken. I’m going to have to try this recipe out. They look absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing.

  16. This looks so good, I’m drooling! I’ll definitely need to save this for later!

  28. I love fried chicken! And after reading this I have realized that I have not had it in awhile so thank you I will be trying this very soon!

  29. I used to love eating fried chicken. But now after reaching the over 40 years age I should avoid deep fried foods to keep the normal cholesterol level. I still cook it for my daughters. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

  31. I Love fried chicken. Its one of my favourites! Try to eat it at least once a month. Will try to make these myself.
    Nicole

  33. I love chicken. To be honest I haven’t tried to make fried chicken myself. You make it look so easy, so i will give it a try this weekend. I may try it with tights.

  40. I’ll have to try this recipe for my son, he doesn’t like fried chicken takeout – I’m sure he’d love this!

  43. I like that you added sesame oil, I can imagine what an amazing flavour it gives to the chicken. I have never tried making fried chicken myself.

  44. With all those spices, surely, this is a tasty fried chicken recipe. I’m just nopt sure where to buy five spices in local shops here.