Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to make Secret Ingredient Restaurant Style Fried Chicken.
My friend Chad Prichard is an award-winning chef, and he recently launched a new venture called The Love Me Tenders,
which serves up the most amazing fried chicken that comes with a secret ingredient.
You will never guess what it is.
I'm going to show you how to make their recipe with you here today.
It starts with some chicken breasts.
You want to season both sides of the chicken breast with some Cajun seasoning mix.
I like how much flavor Cajun seasoning has it in it.
So I'll rub it in and flip it over and do the other side as well.
You can use whatever spice rub you'd like with this, I just recommend that you use a bold spice mix like Cajun seasoning,
because it will really shine through.
Next we're gonna set up our dipping station, and I like to use little 9-inch cake pans for this,
but you don't have to do that you can just use any shallow dish.
we're gonna set up the first thing which is our breading, which is actually cornstarch.
you'll need 1 cup of cornstarch for this.
just sprinkle it into the pan, and then I like to give it a little shake to get it all even.
Now a lot of times you use something like flour, but with cornstarch it provides a stickier surface,
and it also happens to be gluten free.
so if you have gluten free family members or friends or whatever, this fried chicken is safe for them too.
Next in another shallow dish you'll need to pour in 2 cups of water and 2 eggs,
and then whisk these together.
Now in our last shallow pan we'll need our secret ingredient, and you'll never guess what it is.
It's actually Cap'n Crunch.
You want the regular kind, not the peanut butter kind or the one with berries,
or Oops All Berries, or anything.
Just regular Cap'n Crunch.
Trust me this is really good.
I'm going to pour about 2 cups of the cereal into a food processor, and then I'm gonna pulse it until it turns into dust.
Pour this into your last shallow pan.
and we're ready to start putting our chicken together.
First you coat your chicken with that cornstarch.
Then you dip it into the egg and water mixture, but you want to do that kind of on the fast side.
Then finally we'll coat it in that Captain Crunch mixture.
Then just place it onto a wire rack where it'll dry for a few minutes.
Repeat this process with all of your remaining chicken.
You'll want to let it sit and dry on the rack for about 10 minutes before frying it.
In the meantime get a large pot of oil heating up to about 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Go ahead and put your chicken right into that hot oil and fry it in batches.
You want to cook the chicken until the outside is golden brown and the inside reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
This will take somewhere between 7-10 minutes, depending on how hot your oil is.
I like to flip it over halfway through cooking. just so it doesn't brown too much on the bottom.
Once it's done simply remove it from the oil and place it on a paper towel lined plate to cool,
and then you're ready to eat.
The coating on this chicken is seriously to die for.
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