Just Like KFC Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken | Stay at Home Mum

Fried Chicken is delicious for a Sunday lunch or a birthday treat, especially when served with a delicious hot potato salad.

This version is crispy and delicious and is a perfect way to use chicken legs which are quite often picked up cheap at the supermarket! ?

For best results, soak the chicken in the milk overnight – it makes it moist and tender!

Now this is my version of a knockoff KFC recipe – it is a bit crispier than the Colonel’s recipe – but pretty darn good!

Just Like KFC Fried Chicken

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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Course: MainCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+

4

servings
Prep time

24

hours 

20

minutes
Cooking time

25

minutes
Calories

230

kcal
Total time

24

hours 

45

minutes

Crispy, golden, and supremely juicy, fried chicken is the ultimate comfort food. With crunchy batter and tender meat underneath, it’s the go-to dish for satisfying cravings—and yes, always worth the splurge.

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Ingredients

  • 8 number Chicken Drumsticks

  • 4 cup Milk

  • 2 cup Flour

  • 2 number Eggs

  • 1 tsp Salt

  • 1 tsp Nutmeg

  • 1 tsp Cinnamon

  • 1 tsp Paprika

  • 1 tsp Pepper

Directions

  • The night before you want the fried chicken, place the defrosted drumsticks into a large bowl, and pour the litre of milk over the top.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and let it soak in the fridge overnight or at the bare minimum four to six hours.  (Soaking the drumsticks will make the chicken meat tender and moist when cooking.)
  • In a plastic bag, pour in the flour and the seasonings and mix well.
  • Take the drumsticks out of the milk (discard the milk).
  • Place the drumsticks in the bag (two at a time) and coat well with the flour.
  • Place on a plate.  When all are well coated, beat the two eggs, adding 1/2 cup of water to the egg mixture.
  • Re-dip the drumsticks into the egg mixture – and again bread them with the flour mixture.
  • Shallow fry the drumsticks until brown and crispy.
  • Place on a wire rack in a preheated oven (180 degrees) and cook until drumsticks are cooked through (about 15 minutes).
  • Serve with potato salad and fresh garden salad.

Notes

  • Fried Chicken is best eaten on the day it is made.
  • Fried Chicken is a perfect picnic food.  Make a few hours before you go, allow to cool and place in a cooled sealed container in an esky (make sure you keep it cold).
  • Any chicken pieces can be used for this recipe, but I think legs are best!

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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Responses to “Just Like KFC Fried Chicken”

  1. karene Avatar
    karene

    I liked this was enjoyable i have people that dont like to eat off the bone or even close to the bone, ( i know weird pepole) but they liked this and even ate close to the bone which in my books means its good.

  2. Alyssa Avatar
    Alyssa

    May I ask what shallow frying means? Also what do you fry the chicken in?

    1. Jody Allen Avatar

      Shallow frying is adding a little canola oil to a frypan (perhaps 2cm of oil in the pan) and frying on all sides. Unlike deep frying that is immersing the whole chicken piece.

  3. Leanne Petersohn Avatar
    Leanne Petersohn

    This is delicious, I make this at least once a month. It’s a pretty regular dinner in our house 🙂

    1. Stay at Home Mum Avatar

      That’s great Leanne!! It’s good when you find something the whole family loves!!!

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