Popeyes Bonafide Mild Chicken (Copycat)
photo by The Spice Guru
- Ready In:
- 13hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
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CHICKEN
- 8 piece fresh frying chicken
- 29.58 ml louisiana hot sauce (Louisiana brand)
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SEASONING
- 9.85 ml fine salt
- 7.39 ml sweet paprika
- 4.92 ml dry buttermilk (SACO)
- 4.92 ml garlic powder
- 4.92 ml onion powder
- 4.92 ml white pepper
- 2.46 ml Accent seasoning
- 2.46 ml ground mustard
- 2.46 ml superfine sugar
- 1.84 ml smoked paprika
- 1.23 ml ground cumin
- 1.23 ml ground dill seed (not dill weed)
- 0.61 ml cayenne pepper
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BATTER
- 6 large eggs, beaten
- 14.79 ml white pepper
- 4.92 ml fine salt
- 4.92 ml fine sugar
- 2.46 ml Accent seasoning
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DREDGING
- 709.77 ml all-purpose flour
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DEEP-FRYING FAT
- beef tallow shortening
directions
- RINSE chicken pieces and blot; PLACE chicken into a 9 x 13 baking dish; COAT chicken well with 2 tablespoons original Louisiana Hot Sauce, rubbing sauce well into skin of chicken.
- MEASURE the all of the SEASONING ingredients into a resealable plastic container; SEAL container and shake well to blend; FUNNEL mixture into an empty, clean salt shaker; SPRINKLE the SEASONING evenly and generously on every side of marinated chicken; RUB mixture well into chicken; ALLOW chicken to marinate in seasoning for at least 2 hours, refrigerated and sealed.
- BEAT 6 large eggs in a large bowl with 1 tablespoon white pepper, 1 teaspoon fine salt, 1 teaspoon fine sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon Accent seasoning; WHISK mixture in bowl vigorously until smooth.
- ADD 3 cups all-purpose flour into a medium bowl for the DREDGING.
- PLACE a cooling rack over a baking sheet and set aside.
- REMOVE chicken from the marinating dish using tongs; (1) DIP chicken into the BATTER until evenly coated; (2) COAT the chicken well in the DREDGING flour; PLACE chicken onto the rack over baking sheet.
- REPEAT steps with remaining chicken pieces until all are battered and breaded (NOTE: IF THE FLOUR DREDGING BECOMES CLUMPY, SIFT IT THROUGH A SIEVE TO REMOVE CLUMPS BEFORE CONTINUING); ALLOW breaded chicken to rest at least 15 minutes to absorb the breading.
- ADD the manufacturer's recommended amount of deep-frying fat for deep-frying (100% beef tallow shortening or 70% Crisco Shortening with 30% Crisco Butter-Flavor Shortening); PLACE deep-fryer basket into place in deep-fryer; PREHEAT fryer to 315°F (or preheat enough fat to immerse chicken completely in deep heavy stovetop pot between 315°F, using a standard deep-fryer thermometer to gauge).
- CAREFULLY lower each piece breaded chicken one at a time, into the deep-fryer basket without crowding (if a standard size home fryer is used, add no more than 2-3 pieces at a time); (if stovetop frying, gently place breaded chicken pieces into hot oil using tongs, turning once halfway through frying duration); FRY for 10 minutes; RAISE frying temperature to 375°F ; CONTINUE frying at the higher temperature for 5 minutes (return frying oil temperature to 315°F for each new batch).
- BLOT chicken lightly to drain; TRANSFER rack over a baking sheet and keep chicken warmed in a preheated 170°F oven until serving; SERVE and enjoy!
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The Spice Guru
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