Description
Chicken Popcorn
Bite-size pieces of chicken coated and fried. A dish originally developed by KFC along with secret spice mix they rub on these fried pieces.
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 300 grams Chicken BBB (Boneless)
- Oil for frying
For Brining :
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 tsp Salt
For Marination :
- 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tbsp onion powder
- 1/2 tbsp mixed herbs
- 1 tbsp Red chilly powder
- 1/2 tbsp Black pepper powder
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp Red chilly sauce
- 1/4 cup milk
- Salt to Taste
For the spice mix :
- 1/2 tsp Onion powder
- 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder or paprika powder
- 1/2 tsp sugar powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano powder
For Coating :
- 2 cups – all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp red chilly powder Oil for frying
Instructions
- I have taken 300 gms boneless chicken. Tenderize the chicken using a meat mallet and cut it into small cubes.
- Take a bowl, add buttermilk to it and add 1 tsp salt. Whisk to combine.
- Add chicken to the buttermilk and mix well. Keep aside for 1 hour.
- Drain the chicken after 1 hour in a bowl. Marinate the chicken with ginger-garlic glue, onion powder, blended spices, red crisp powder, dark pepper powder, Salt to taste, soy sauce, vinegar, red nippy sauce, milk. Soy sauce contains salt and since we recently added salt, be cautious with it. Marinate for the time being or possibly for 6 hours.
- Secret Spice Mix Recipe: In a mixing bowl add onion powder, garlic powder, Kashmiri red chilly powder or paprika powder, sugar powder, oregano powder. Mix well and the secret spice mix is ready. Keep aside.
- Now take all-purpose flour in a bowl and add red chilly powder and mix. Now coat each chicken piece with this flour and take it out on a plate. The first coating will be light.
- Immediately sieve the flour to remove the Lumps in the flour. This process should be done in the second coating also to reduce the wastage of flour and also to get the perfect crust of the popcorn.
- Now for the second coating – take chilled water and dip chicken pieces for 3 seconds and then again dip on flour. Rub the chicken in a clockwise direction and don’t let the chicken come in contact with your direct hands.
- Coat well, dust the excess flour, make small batches and fry immediately. Otherwise, the crust can become soggy. Heat oil in a deep pan on medium flame and with the assistance of a frying basket fry 3 to 4 pieces of coated chicken at a time till they are golden brown. It will approximately take a couple of minutes.
- Another alternative to frying is direct frying – if you don’t have a wire basket or are in a little hurry then directly added some chicken pieces to the frying pan through the flour from the chicken starts accumulating at the bottom and the burned flour started to stick to the chicken pieces. So it’s best to use a frying basket. Finally, take them out on a wire rack so that if any excess oil drains out.
- As soon as they are still hot sprinkle the secret spice mix on top of them.
- Enjoy hot with mayonnaise or sauce of your choice.
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Notes
- So I usually do not marinate it in buttermilk for more than 12 hours, but when it’s longer, it does not hurt. When the pieces are rather small, it helps in evenly frying.
- If you do not have buttermilk on hand, you are able to substitute it with a combination of flour, salt, sugar, and a bit of salt and pepper. Ensure to coat them with half the flour prior to making them stick.
- Chicken pieces are the star ingredient of this dish so make sure you take boneless pieces.
- Oil should be medium to high for frying.
- For the second coating cold water soaking for 3 seconds is a must it makes the coating really crispy after frying.
- Prep Time: 6 hours
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6 portions
- Calories: 498