How can I make my fried chicken breading stay on and be crispy??!
How can I make my fried chicken breading stay on and be crispy??
Answers:
Fried chicken is a no brainer once you learn how. A cast iron skillet works best but any heavy skillet will do if you don't have cast iron. You will also need a couple of pie plates.
In your skillet heat two to three inches canola oil.
In pie plate #1 crack three or four eggs and some sweet milk or buttermilk and beat well.
In pie plate #2 put a couple of cups of flour and season well with salt, black pepper, garlic powder (and a little cyanne if you want)
Wash and pat dry your chicken pieces and roll in plate #2 with the flour. Then take a piece of chicken and roll in beaten eggs and then back to flour to completely cover. (the fist dusting of flour makes the eggs stick). Genlty place in hot oil and cook.
You don't want your fire too hot. Medium or a tiny bit hotter is good. You will cook the chicken for about ten minutes and then turn and cook another ten. Usually a good twenty minutes. That is why you don't want your fire too hot. You want to cook the chicken throughly but not brown the crust too fast. Happy frying.
(By the way, this is how you make chicken fried steak too! Only with tenderized round steak).