► KFC’s Secret Recipe of 11 Herbs & Spices Finally Revealed? Homemade Kentucky Fried Chicken!

"Secret" ingredients:
2 cups of flour
4 tablespoons paprika
3 tablespoons white pepper
2 tablespoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried mustard
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2/3 tablespoon salt
1/3 tablespoon dried oregano
1/2 tablespoon dried thyme
1/2 tablespoon dried basil

1 cup buttermilk
1 egg

Chicken pieces (Thighs and drumsticks)!
Cooking oil

KFC’s Secret Recipe of 11 Herbs & Spices Finally Revealed? Homemade Kentucky Fried Chicken!

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[nedleymeyers]

I am a chef and most f the internet has interpreted the recipe wrong. Where most people think the recipe calls for tablespoons, it is actually calling for TEASPOONS. I have tested this recipe a dozen times and I have it down for all of you. The following is essentially identical to KFC in my tastes tests - ENJOY!:

KFC Chicken:

Mix 2 Cups of white flour with:
• 3/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon Basil
• 1/3 teaspoon Oregano
• 1 teaspoon Celery Salt
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Dried Mustard
• 4 teaspoon Paprika
• 2 teaspoon Garlic Salt
• 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
• 1 Tablespoon White Pepper
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 chicken, cut up, the breast pieces cut in half

1. Mix the flour in a bowl with all the herbs and spices; set aside.
2. Mix the buttermilk and egg together in a separate bowl until combined. Soak the chicken in the buttermilk mixture at room temperature, 20-30 minutes.
3. Remove chicken from the buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off. Dip the chicken pieces in the herb-spice-flour mixture to coat all sides, shaking off excess. Allow to sit on a rack over a baking sheet, 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, heat about 3 inches of the oil in a large Dutch oven (or similar heavy pot with high sides) over medium-high heat to 350 degrees. (Use a deep-frying thermometer to check the temperature.) When temperature is reached, lower the heat to medium to maintain it at 350.
5. Fry 3 or 4 pieces at a time, being careful not to crowd the pot. Fry until medium golden brown, turning once, 15-18 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces to a baking sheet covered with paper towels.
6. Allow the oil to return to temperature before adding more chicken. Repeat with remaining chicken.

[kendallrohach]

I worked at KFC back in the 70's when it was Kentucky Fried Chicken. A number of mistakes here and mistakes in the comments as well:
The chicken MUST soak in the buttermilk overnight or 6 hours minimum. NO egg!
Take it out of the buttermilk, shake off excess and then dredge it in the flour mix. Let it rest for 30 minutes before frying
Only bread it once, here you double bread it and that is why it was so bad!
MSG is vital for the recipe and NO, it's not bad for you! Only 1 TEAspoon of MSG added to mix
It IS tablespoons, not teaspoons (except MSG)
If you have a pressure cooker, it's original recipe. If deep fried it's the extra crispy recipe
Using an air fryer for this is like drinking non-alcohol beer... why??
Use "Sweet" paprika, not "HOT" paprika (Matt Barnes, this is why yours was too hot)
Use regular, plain flour. Any other variety will change the outcome


And most important... Use Shortening Not oil to fry this, the type of oil you use changes the taste a lot! I remember putting big chunks of solid shortening into the fryers.
(Actually, it may have been lard... we were told we had to call it "Shortening" or we would be fired! No lie!)


The KFC now days does not taste at all like it did back then. They have cut back on spices I believe.


I hope this helps!

[TwigAndRockCereal]

Tried it last night. You are absolutely right. Tastes nothing like KFC. It was almost inedible. So bloody salty and HEAPS too much pepper. All those other reviews on YouTube are talking a whole lot of BS.

[D.A.Hanks]

What everyone is missing here with various strains of this recipe, is the most important part. You have to coat the chicken in the spice mix FIRST! That's how it gets into the meat. Add what's left to the flour, as the batter is not the key flavor step. Now, everyone go back with your various takes on this and coat the chicken first. Then post back on here and let us know the difference(s). I'll guarantee you, this is what you've been missing from your recipes.

[YoxiiPlz]

I tried it out its amazing! But I found out if you eat it after it cools a bit its tastier because you can bite it together with the meat.

[bill]

Thanks for the ingredients and your honesty of it flavor. All the other videos I’ve watched do not give any indication of how much of each ingredient to put in

[MrSpellweaver]

Back in the early 1970's KFC gave away their secret recipe free as a promo. Although they stated the list was incomplete it gave people a rough starter for making their own. The list included 16 herbs and spices and used teaspoons rather than tablespoons (tablespoons were used for catering company purposes, not family). Sadly, my mother gave our copy away to a local chip shop, who experimented and made their own version of Southern Fried Chicken. Amazing how quick it took off, now nearly every chip sells SFC.

[RUS-dvsm]

Maybe you got the coating right, but what about marinating the chicken before frying? If I remember right, in my local KFC store, the chicken are marinated and left overnight in the fridge before cooking. Maybe the marinating sauce is different. And after marinating, the chicken pieces are coated with the crispy coating, then fried in a pressure cooker with oil + shortening fat.

[dazanderson]

Use the tablespoon ratio you were doing not teaspoons like other people think . Add 2 egg whites mixed with cup and a half of milk whis up in 1 bowl . Add the spices together in another bowl but add 1 tablespoon of chicken salt aswell . Have one bowl with corn flour chicken goes in this first then in the egg and milk bowl then in the spice mix cook in canola oil for 18 minutes after cooked put on racks not paper towels . If not salty enuff just a sprikle of chicken salt and that is pretty spot on perfectly crispy and pretty spot on flavour

[lucyburke]

This is the funniest video ever! God bless you!

[mohammaddavoudian]

Hats off to an honest man.
For best results in fried chicken, watch a few Japanese and Korean videos and draw your own conclusions. They are the best in frying stuff.

[zeezee]

Thank you for the video. I'm glad there is at least one honest Youtuber here. Unfortunately I was fooled by so many other videos which claimed they have the REAL recipe and I was let down so many times.

[Paul__Allen]

KFC uses a pressure frier, that might be what is different.

[Jewels]

I can't wait to try this. Next time I have money for ingredients I'm going to do it.

[brentmcfarland]

The original had monosodium glutamate. I remember that after taste well.

[rhondabaroli]

Fried chicken. Mmmm one of my very favorite foods since we lived near one in Wisconsin. My gram always bought this for us kids

[Garth]

It has to be cooked in a broaster or pressure cooker that is approved for frying as well. KFC cooks their at 375 F for 8 minutes under pressure and that is a huge difference vs. pan frying or deep frying.

[miketilton]

Let it sit in the dry mix for a few hours or overnight in the fridge. You can wvwn do a dry mix in a zip top bagal and let it sit. The coating will stick to it better

[cloneofethan]

Tried this recipe and love it, it's awesome!

[Owen]

Let me know when you get the ACTUAL recipe.