The mysteries of Fried Chicken

[GumbaWill]

The Brooklyn Maltese method. (Me) Smile...

[Pizza-Face]

It looks like you dunk it in a batter then you coat it in a dry mix?

If there's a recipe some where, I'm requesting it! 

[Pizza-Face]

It looks like you dunk it in a batter then you coat it in a dry mix?

If there's a recipe some where, I'm requesting it! 

America's Test Kitchen recipe, which is behind a paywall, got the recipe from a book by Southern Cast Iron, which is NOT behind a paywall:

https://southerncastiron.com/master-class-classic-fried-chicken/

So I answered my own question!

[FeCheF]

One thing i hate about deep frying fresh chicken is the excess flour. It really shortens the life of the oil. I have a pressure fryer which does a great job but takes a lot of oil. I use oil stablelizers but it still doesnt make it easy to drain and filter the oil due to the excess flour. That said i figured out a way to eliminate that excess flour. My oven range has a air fry setting that preheats to 500F in like 5 minutes. I just put the rack of breaded chicken in the oven for 5 min and then transfer to the pressure deep fryer. No more flour bits on the bottom!

[Jackitup]

I filter my oil every time I use it and refrigerate, several uses per batch!

[FeCheF]

I filter my oil every time I use it and refrigerate, several uses per batch!

If you use a oil stablizer like MirOil you wont have to freeze. The issue is the filtering. Its a pain in the butt. I figured out a way to avoid all the excess fresh flour by using my oven range air fryer setting which takes no time at all to preheat and par fry the coating. Then transfer to the fryer.

[Travinos_Pizza]

If you use a oil stablizer like MirOil you wont have to freeze. The issue is the filtering. Its a pain in the butt. I figured out a way to avoid all the excess fresh flour by using my oven range air fryer setting which takes no time at all to preheat and par fry the coating. Then transfer to the fryer.

Ooo that’s clever.

I don’t want to buy more equipment though haha. I feel like I’m in the 5% of Americans who don’t own an air fryer

[FeCheF]

Ooo that’s clever.

I don’t want to buy more equipment though haha. I feel like I’m in the 5% of Americans who don’t own an air fryer

You can use a regular oven. All you really are trying to do is set the breading. All my chicken after breading going onto a baking sheet anyway, so what a few min in the oven to prevent all that flour i will have to filter later. Anyway, its not for everyone these extra steps. Once might say, why not just bake the chicken and skip the deep frying.

[Travinos_Pizza]

You can use a regular oven. All you really are trying to do is set the breading. All my chicken after breading going onto a baking sheet anyway, so what a few min in the oven to prevent all that flour i will have to filter later. Anyway, its not for everyone these extra steps. Once might say, why not just bake the chicken and skip the deep frying.

As the kids would say, “YOLO”

Ill take the deep fried chicken haha

[FeCheF]

I will go even further and say, I go out of my way to use my instant pot to pressure cook my chicken wings for 15 min before deep frying for 5 min because it produces a crispier skin and more tender juicy inside that you can almost suck the meat off the bones. Yes its more work , but worth it.

[GumbaWill]

It looks like you dunk it in a batter then you coat it in a dry mix?

If there's a recipe some where, I'm requesting it! 

[FeCheF]

Is there a technique to the dipping? It has almost a wavy texture. Can't just be luck?

[Travinos_Pizza]

I will go even further and say, I go out of my way to use my instant pot to pressure cook my chicken wings for 15 min before deep frying for 5 min because it produces a crispier skin and more tender juicy inside that you can almost suck the meat off the bones. Yes its more work , but worth it.

What settings do you use? My wife has talked about getting an instant pot at some point.

[FeCheF]

What settings do you use? My wife has talked about getting an instant pot at some point.

manual high pressure 15 min, then 10 min natural release, then let cool, transfer to 350F deep fryer for 5 min, toss with sauce of choice, serve and enjoy.

[Timpanogos Slim]

I use an old wear-ever chicken bucket. Stovetop pressure fryer.

There's a certain lady on the internet who has made it her purpose in life to tell everyone that the chicken bucket may as well be a claymore mine and that if you see one you should get away and tell an adult.

My folks had one when i was growing up, and i found a NOS one. Works great.

[FeCheF]

I use an old wear-ever chicken bucket. Stovetop pressure fryer.

There's a certain lady on the internet who has made it her purpose in life to tell everyone that the chicken bucket may as well be a claymore mine and that if you see one you should get away and tell an adult.

My folks had one when i was growing up, and i found a NOS one. Works great.

Yeah some of those old pressure fryers are dangerous. I bought a countertop pressure fryer. Its pretty heavy duty. It was expensive, and honestly not worth the $$$. Look up chicken express or Kuroma.

I think you are confusing pressure cooker and pressure fryer. I do have both, but i use my pressure cooker ( instant pot ) for the wings.

[Travinos_Pizza]

manual high pressure 15 min, then 10 min natural release, then let cool, transfer to 350F deep fryer for 5 min, toss with sauce of choice, serve and enjoy.

Is natural release a setting? Sorry, I’m a novice on frying.

[Timpanogos Slim]

Yeah some of those old pressure fryers are dangerous. I bought a countertop pressure fryer. Its pretty heavy duty. It was expensive, and honestly not worth the $$$. Look up chicken express or Kuroma.

I think you are confusing pressure cooker and pressure fryer. I do have both, but i use my pressure cooker ( instant pot ) for the wings.

I don't think I'm confused. The chicken bucket is a pressure fryer. Just 5-6 pounds of pressure. Most pressure cookers are closer to 15, right? It's dangerous under the same conditions that a pressure cooker is dangerous, it just also contains hot oil.

I don't have the branded instant pot but i have both electric and manual pressure cookers too.

[FeCheF]

I don't think I'm confused. The chicken bucket is a pressure fryer. Just 5-6 pounds of pressure. Most pressure cookers are closer to 15, right? It's dangerous under the same conditions that a pressure cooker is dangerous, it just also contains hot oil.

I don't have the branded instant pot but i have both electric and manual pressure cookers too.

The one i have maxes out at 8 PSI. But yes commercial units are 15 PSI and cost 3x +  more then my countertop unit.

I can't speak for the chicken bucket, but my unit and commercial units have safety valves incase the jiggler fails to release the correct amount of pressure.

[GumbaWill]

Is there a technique to the dipping? It has almost a wavy texture. Can't just be luck?

Not sure if this was directed at me. However, no special technique. Just a quick dip and then roll.