Food Theory: I SOLVED KFC's Secret Recipe! (KFC Chicken)

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Food Theorists, this is not the first time I've talked about KFC or Colonel Sanders on this channel and I'm sure it won't be the last. However, today just may be the most important day on this channel... if you love fried chicken like I do! You see, I believe I have figured out the SECRET recipe that makes KFC chicken taste so good. Join us as we taste test our way to the best homemade fried chicken EVER! Science has never tasted so good.

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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Luke Barats
Editors: Forrest Lee and Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy  Sound Editor: Yosi Berman 

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[Amiator]

A FOOD company that made a FILM and a GAME console? They're practically begging for MatPat to cover them. KFC should totally sponsor this channel!

[wegs]

Food theory: whenever MatPat wants something to eat from a fast food chain, he makes a food theory video

[luigidreemurr]

Fun fact.
My Dad used to work at KFC years ago when he was a teen. And stole some of the spice mixed flour to make some chicken at home. AND IT DIDNT TASTE LIKE THE CHICKEN FROM KFC. So I think the pressure cooker and possibly the oil is the main issue.

[bluewater]

3:45. Recipe #1: Todd Wilbur.

7:53. Recipe #2: Lab Results (William Poundstone).

11:14. Recipe #3: 99-X. (Marion-Kay Spices)

14:52. Recipe #4: The Colonel's Nephew Recipe.

18:31. Recipe #5: TC34D (Internet Hive Mind/Crowdsourced).

23:51. Recipe #6: A Recipe for Seduction (Citrus)

[iisgreen]

Mat Pat at the end of the Film Theory: "What is KFC's secret recipe?"
Ad before this video: "It's meat"

[gigachad]

If matpat goes missing after this remember he himself gave KFC his location, so you know

[JediPlays]

Matpat three KFC videos at the same time?

I think that’s an addiction 😅

[ossioikarinen]

The reason for kfc not being in finland is that in finland you have to tell EVERY SINGLE ingrediant and the amount of them.

[ambassadorcow]

Solution: Get people who are allergic to a single spice and find 11 different spices that people are allergic to. Boom theory done xD

[BenjiM]

Mat Pat: “I discovered KFC’s secret recep-“
**gunshots**

[p_aizurii]

I feel like Matpat made food theory just so that he can include takeouts as part of their business expenses.

[RonHarrisMe]

I was a manager for a Corporate KFC. The “Special Ingredients” are purchased from 2 different companies. By contract, neither company, is allowed to deal with each other, in any way. Also, the special ingredients are VERY EXPENSIVE to buy for what it is. It truly is, still a secret. The truth is, it really is the ingredients along with the method of cooking. Pressure fryers really PUSH that flavoring DEEP into the chicken.

Even if you got your hands on both flavor packets, it would be near impossible to get everything right. You can get close, but not exact. That secret is held by two different companies, and neither know the full combination.

[christopherdaurio]

Binging with Banish: "Now just tiny whisk that all together."
*Gets challenged by film theory*
Binging with Banish: *breaks out the C O L O S S A L W H I S K*

[figgehn_]

I would love to see this AGAIN... but with another twist... blindfolds, since the brain tend to be a bit biased sometimes, so do all the flavours, get them randomized and then try them blindfolded :D

[Xplzk]

Matpat: "I SOLVED KFC's Secret Recipe!"

Kfc: *sweating intensifies*

[marshallrush]

So fun fact from someone who has worked at multiple kfcs in the US at least the extra crispy is cooked in an open vat deep fryer while the original breading is cooked in a pressure fryer and they're two different types of breading

[AnonyBoiii]

For some reason, I’ve always thought that the “11 herbs and spices” was just a ploy like Mr.Crabs with the Krabby Patty secret formula

[kokoskolan]

Don’t forget to let “the ingredients get to know each-other”

[idavid]

Someone: MatPat, how about another KFC theory?

MatPat: Three. Take it or leave it.

[symphonyspeed]

Looking back now i think the reason why some of the chicken didn't come out as flavorful (like the nephew recipe) was probably because Mat and Steph never marinated the chicken before frying them