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Popcorn Chicken
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Directions
1
Cut the chicken breast into small pieces.
2
Pour buttermilk into a bowl.
3
Add egg and salt to the buttermilk.
4
Add chicken pieces to the buttermilk mixture.
5
Mix the chicken, buttermilk, egg, and salt.
6
Cover the bowl with a plate and place it in the fridge to marinate.
7
Add the flour mix and the 11 secret herbs and spices to a bowl.
8
Mix the flour and spices.
9
Drizzle some marinade from the chicken into the flour mixture to create lumps.
10
Mix the flour with the drizzles of marinade to create lumps.
11
Pick up chicken from the marinade with your left hand and drop it into the flour.
12
Use your right hand to flour the chicken, ensuring even coating.
13
Shake off excess flour from the chicken using a spider strainer.
14
Gently lower the chicken pieces into hot oil for shallow frying.
15
Shallow fry the chicken for 2 minutes until crispy and golden.
16
Remove the cooked popcorn chicken from the oil.
Ingredients
chicken pieces
600 ml buttermilk
egg
salt
flour mix
Equipment
bowl
chopping board
knife
measuring cup
spatula
plate
kitchen scale
spider strainer
deep fryer
Tips
If you can't get buttermilk, use yogurt and milk instead.
Top secret for ultra crunchy fried chicken is to drizzle some marinade into the flour to create little lumps, which then fries up really crispy.
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