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this recipe uses 11 secret herbs and spices plus you need a pressure fryer.
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these can be hard to find.
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i use a 6 quart chicken bucket i found on ebay.
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do not ever use a pressure cooker unless it says it can fry.
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otherwise you get a bomb in your kitchen.
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this recipe comes from all original, high quality spices and ingredients.
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it will make better kfc than kfc can.
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i have researched this recipe for about a year and produced many versions until i was happy with it.
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if you follow these directions properly, you will see what i mean.
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avoid burning the coating and practice for consistency.
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it is important to use high quality spices such as spanish smoked paprika and tellicherry black pepper.
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cut chicken fillets into thirds
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pour milk into large mixing bowl
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add cut fillets to soak in milk
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add all spices, all the salt, garlic flakes and msg to a spice grinder or blender
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grind or blend the spice mix
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add flour and spice mix to a deep tray and mix to create well
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one piece at a time, let chicken drip excess milk, then press the chicken into the rubbing mix
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pour peanut oil into pressure fryer to correct level
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ensure chicken is well coated and place aside
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heat oil in fryer to 180 celsius using an oil thermometer
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using tongs and taking care place all the coated pieces of chicken directly into the hot oil
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brown chicken for around 2 minutes or until a very light brown colour.
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stir with wooden spoon carefully to prevent sticking
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attach pressure lid and tightly seal.
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around 5 pounds of pressure.
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lower heat to low setting and ensure pressure builds as counterweight on valve will hiss
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cook for around 8 minutes at 5 pounds of pressure.
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higher levels of pressure will reduce the time .
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turn off heat, move cooker off heat, disperse pressure via valve but be very carefull of hot steam.
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remove lid and place chicken on rack
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allow chicken to drain for at least 5 minutes.
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if you got the weights and timing correct, the chicken will be a golden brown colour.
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too far and it will burn and go dark brown ala many of these other clone recipes
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you will now have kfc that you may remember eating as a child.
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their recipe has 'evolved' now to include cheaper ingredients and so tastes different to how it used to.
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btw msg can be omitted but in small quantities it can enhance the taste of the spices to great effect.
