Fried Chicken In The 18th Century? 300 Year Old Recipe

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You are in for a treat today! This fried chicken recipe comes from Nathan Bailey's 1736 cookbook, "Dictionarium Domesticum."

This recipe calls for a marinade that is sure to surprise you. The tartness of the marinade contrasted to the sweetness of the batter really sets this dish off. We highly recommend you try this!

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[thstreetsupplyco]

Warning: Do not watch on an empty stomach. It's 3am and I'm cooking fried chicken.

[KSGguy]

The History Channel should hire this guy and give him have his own TV show instead of that "Ancient Aliens" and "Pawn Stars" crap

[themeddite]

I knew fried chicken was old when my dad's grandmother (My great grandma) gave him the Family Cook book. Some Recipies were dated to 300 years ago like the chicken. My dad uses the book during thanksgiving but he keeps it in a fire proof safe as the booke is well over 100 years old. One of our old relatives compiled the book.

[fatnessupreme]

My kids flipped over this chicken, they unanimously agreed that it’s their new favorite, we paired it with the 18 th century Mac n cheese and all went into a food heaven coma...true story!

[ineedlean]

The virgin chef: Fry your chicken until you get that golden brown color

The Chad Townsend: MAHOGANY BROWN

[jambalayajones]

This guy is like everyone's favourite highschool teacher

[VibeWithAshlie]

"I never measure when I cook, I just use as much as my ancestors tell me to.' takes on a whole new meaning lol

[RayMak]

This may be just the best fried chicken ever

[lingonberriesofwrath]

We're going on a stagecoach ride to flavortown.

[markhoffman]

It's shows like this is why I don't miss traditional TV anymore.

[pmadood]

By far one of if not the best channels I've ever found. No silly cuts. To the point enough with some history lessons. And the energy he gives off, with his obvious passion for historical recipes and whatnot it makes it easy to watch entire videos. I have a long list of things to try. I did made the cheese soup recipe cause I had nothing pretty much and remembered you could just do it with any cheese and bread (edit: it turned out GREAT!). And like a lot are saying, "dont watch on an empty stomach"!! (edit: I would say 100% the best channel to watch while relaxing and eating, even if it's just a bag of chips)

[mkodweis]

Tried this recipe last week and it was a hit with my teens. Hard to believe it is from 1736!

[mobkiller]

I couldn't find the written recipe, so I'll put in the comments section for convenience :D

Marinade:
-Juice of two large lemons
-Add equal part of the vinegar of your choice (Malt or cider is preferred)
-1 tsp of salt
-1 tsp of pepper
-2 bay leaves
-1/4 tsp of cloves
-1/2 cup of green onions(or shallots)

Quarter the chicken, or add the individual pieces (e.g breast, thigh, leg) to the marinade. Leave in marinade for 3 hours.

Batter:
-1 1/2 cup of flour
-Add white wine until similar to pancake batter(you could use cider or water instead of wine if preferred)
-3 egg yolks(add more wine if needed)
-1 tsp of salt
-Mix until it's even

Cooking it:
-Fill pot with the oil of your choice
-Heat oil to about 350F
-Fry until a light mahogany brown

Garnish:
-Add extremely dry parsley to the oil
-Fry in small batches

Hope this helped people who wanted to cook this!

[cloudyskye]

Don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone described the color of deep fried chicken as mahogany brown before but I like the sound of that.

[lev_rzld_]

Greetings from Indonesia, John.
The land where the nutmeg comes

I already make it twice this week, it turned out very good, in the first batches I do the same as your recipe, it was delicious but, i think I can improve it a bit, and that is exactly what I do in the second batches

In my second batches were as follows :
- For the marinating liquid, double the amount of the salt, pepper and the green onions
- For the batter, i use mixed corn starch, potato starch and rice flour instead using regular wheat flour, this will give more crispy and more flaky texture when it gets brown and dry. And I use the marinating liquid and mix it with a bit of water instead using wine, which give the batter more flavorful taste

- Since the seasoning method were wet ingredients, it's very suitable if u're using chicken breast, because this is the part that usually became drier than the other

That's it, sorry for my bad English

[omagro]

look, i love you.
Just in the most honest, innocent way. Your energy and desire to teach people and your pure joy in doing what you do is so awesome

[danermanerkider]

Why am I watching how fried chicken was made in the 17th century in the middle of the night?

[eltorpedo]

This guy may be the nicest man on the planet.

[aarenmarchi]

That's how my grandmother would fry duck legs lol the fried parsley is amazing!

[peopleofonefire]

Battered fish, turkey and chicken, fried in oil, were frequently on the Creek Indians' dinner table long before Europeans arrived. So were fried hush puppies and tamales. Hickory nut oil was used for frying foods. I has zero cholesterol. Of course, grits and pop corn were also popular.