problems with making fried chicken @ home
Damaeus wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, "Z GIRL" > posted
> on Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:42:07 -0600:
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>>KFC does not brine their chicken in buttermilk. They merely
>>dip it in the buttermilk before breading. It has been a long
>>time, but I use to work there.
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> Someone told me that they'd NEVER eat KFC's brown gravy because they
> knew how it was made. Personally I suspect they use the grease they fry
> their chicken in to make a roux and they simply make gravy from that.
> Is that correct?
They use a mix.
Pastorio
>
> I bet one good taste duplication would be to use butter or some kind of
> oil, chicken broth, beef broth, heavy cream and a cornstarch & flour
> slurry. Add some salt and the other 22 secret herbs and spices to make
> it taste like KFC gravy without having used grease that's been heated to
> death and beyond. Only thing is, that method is going to result in a
> pretty light gravy, not the dark one that KFC has. I get darker gravy
> by using water instead of milk or cream, of course, but I'm really not
> fond of water-based gravy.
>
> Damaeus
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