Chicken Recipes Series
Beware: This post contains pictures of fried chicken that are definitely NOT healthy nor oil-free nor low-fat so be prepared for some artery-clogging but worth-every-bite sorta recipe!
I love fried chicken. There’s no two ways about it. If you follow this blog, I am sure you’ve probably read my ravings of Uncle Bob’s Fried Chicken. Heck, I even posted my own version of crunchy fried chicken quite a while back.
And now, I’ve found another fried chicken recipe and promptly gave it a try – a la Foong style. Yep, instead of following the full recipe to a T, I did some modifications. I can’t help it, it’s a genetic fault within me somewhere. And anyway, it’s not easy to get most of the ingredients from the original recipe so what am I gonna do? I improvise, of course! This is probably one of my favorite chicken recipes.
Foong-style Spicy Fried Chicken
Heheh…I know, it started out as Spicy Southern Fried Chicken but hey, this is cooking we are talking about. It is all about creativity (and what we have in our kitchen to concoct these masterpieces) so I believe I am allowed some creative license to change it about.
Alright, alright. I’m getting to the recipe already. Do note that I, once again, failed to record and measure the exact amount of ingredients so the amounts listed here are mostly ‘guesstimated’.Do tweak it to suit your portion of chicken.
Here is my:
Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 chicken, chopped
2 cups vegetable shortening (or more)
For marinade:
1 1/2 cups milk
1 lemon
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp paprika chili flakes
To coat the chicken:
2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 cup oat bran (yes, I know…I am obsessed with using oat bran to cook chicken!)
A dash of pepper
A dash of salt
Instructions
1. Clean and dry the chicken. Remove the skin if you are health conscious (although it doesn’t really matter either way since this is deep fried and not exactly a health food).
2.Rub chilli flakes all over the chicken pieces
3. Place the chicken in a plastic bag.
3. Pour in the marinade and shake the chicken around to make sure it is well mixed
Note: For the marinade, it was supposed to be buttermilk but sadly, we don’t have that easily available here. So, I improvised. I read somewhere that to make buttermilk, we just need to add lemon and milk together so that’s what I did! I pour in the milk and then squeeze in the lemon juice.
4. Let it marinade for several hours or it is even better to leave it in the fridge overnight, which is what I did.
5. The next day, get your marinated chicken out of the fridge
6. In a separate plate, mix up the dry ingredients that will be used to coat the chicken
7. Coat the chicken pieces with the dry flour mix
8. Heat up your pan and pour in the vegetable shortening. Wait for it to melt and thoroughly heat up.
9. Gently slide your coated chicken pieces into the hot vegetable shortening
10.Fry the chicken till it is golden brown
Note: if you use a deep-fryer, it will be easier and you don’t have to turn the chicken all the time to make sure it is completely cooked. Since I don’t use a deep fryer and I don’t like putting a lot of oil / vegetable shortening to really deep fry the chicken, I have to turn the chicken every now and then. I also kept the heat at medium to make sure it doesn’t burn the chicken.
11. The chicken is cooked when it is really golden brown, so remove from the oil and drain on a wire rack
A closer look at the fabulously crunchy fragrant fried chicken!
However, to test whether it is completely cooked, you could poke the flesh with a skewer and if it comes away easily showing white flesh, then it is cooked. Just like the picture below…
Spicy fried chicken ready to serve!
Now, if you prefer it to be more spicy, you could follow the original spicy southern fried chicken recipe or add a few tablespoons of paprika chili flakes.
I find that if you marinade the chicken overnight, it leaves the flesh extremely tender and juicy on the inside. The homemade buttermilk managed to soften it and at the same time give it a crunchiness that I simply love!
Hah, KFC, eat your heart out! I think my chicken is way better than the miserable tiny bite-size fried chicken that fastfood has been serving in recent times. Keep a lookout for more chicken recipes and even chicken breast recipes in future here.
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Oh I can almost taste this through the screen – crunchhhh! I have a hate-hate relationship with KFC so any alternative is great! Looks like a lot of work though, so I think I’ll stick to buying from other outlets!
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oh yummy! wonderful looking…. want some!
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Oh my god, that looks incredible! I’ve honestly only tried fried chicken once, and mine wasn’t that good :-P Will have to give yours a try.
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Yum! That looks so good! Definitely going to try that coating. Very curious about the oat bran! Well done!
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This looks overly delicious! SO GOOD. I am so glad that you DO improvise! Very important
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Hi Foong!
Wow..fried chicken not very healthy and to a Foong style.. improvisation is the art of the creation !!
Totally Delicious !!
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Looks delicious! We’re having a comfort food recipe contest and would love to have you enter!
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ho ho ho! this is one sly post…. fried chicken is my weakness!!! I can forget the gym tonight, Im going to Kfc.
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Looks fantastic. Crispy and crunchy but tender and juicy, yum. Can you tell I’m hungry now?
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550ml: Actually…not all that much of work la. Just season, coat and fry. But I’d do anything for good fried chicken than go to kfc.
Jo: Heheh..you could try out the recipe and make some!
Hungry Engineer: Do try it out and see how it turns out.
Jessie: I’ve always replaced bread crumbs with oat bran after discovering that it is just as crunchy using oat bran.
thepinkpeppercorn: thanks!
Gera: when it comes to fried chicken, I’d do anything to get a great taste!
Emily: Thanks for the invite but I noticed under the terms and conditions of the contest, only those in US is eligible to join…looks like I can’t take part in it.
kang: KFC??!! Urrggghhh! Hopefully they have better-quality fried chicken in London than the pathetic ones they have here.
Reeni: Aww…thank you.
Oh my gosh that is gorgous! (who thought I would ever say that about some fried chicken?)