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• Fried chicken is a breaded or battered chicken which is pan fried, fried in a pressure cooker or deep fried. Some fried chicken recipes call for dipping the chicken in a flour batter, others call for coating the chicken in breadcrumbs. Broiler/fryer chickens are most recommended for home frying.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origins: Africa and Scotland
  2. Calories: Thigh = 360
  3. Calories: Breast = 370
  4. Calories: Leg = 140
  5. Related to the Scottish method called "fricasse"
  6. Can be boneless, skinless or neither
  7. Choose an oil with a high smoke point, such as peanut oil
  8. Temperature is important when frying to seal in juices
  9. Some recipes call for marinating the chicken in buttermilk overnight
  10. When pan frying, a cast iron skillet is recommended
  11. Cook dark and white meat pieces separately

• Fried Chicken Establishments

  • Chick-fil-A
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken
  • Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
  • Church's Chicken

• Mahalo Suggests

  1. Chicken Nuggets
  2. Chicken Fingers
  3. Buffalo Wings
  4. Chicken Fried Steak
  5. Chick-fil-A

  
  

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