World's Best Pressure Fried Chicken – Original Recipe – Best Fried Chicken Ever – Kentucky Chicken


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  1. Tim S
    Tim S says:

    Great video just what I was looking for. The colonel said he only uses 100% all vegetable shortening when frying his chicken. What’s your opinion on trying that?

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  2. Uncle Granny
    Uncle Granny says:

    KFC original recipe is actually just unbleached flour, finally ground black pepper and finally ground msg. I’ve worked there for years and mixed and made it thousands of times.

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  3. vic lee
    vic lee says:

    Thanks for explaining in detail how a pressure fryers works as I was just about to buy a commercial pressure fryer for $1300. You saved me a bunch and not to mention the space too! Great Video Subscribed!

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  4. Mark Brookman
    Mark Brookman says:

    An excellent video, Bob… highly informative; and you explained all the potential pitfalls very clearly.

    I have been investigating the Original Recipe of Colonel Sanders for just over 14 years now. I use to manage the largest KFC Investigatory Forum on the Internet (for 10 years, in fact: 2006 – 2016), and it was called "The Colonel's Kitchen".

    Anyway, in that time, I made friendship connections with former KFC Franchisees (from the 60's 70's and 80's), as well as people who worked directly for KFC Corp, itself. People who informed me that my Forum was well and truly on KFC Corp's "radar", at the time …

    We also discovered alternate suppliers of the Original Recipe Seasoning mix (i.e. Marion Kay) who were forbidden by the KFC Corporation from supplying it to their Restaurants, after Colonel Sanders' passed away; but who STILL sell the seasoning to this very day! (i.e. 99-X)…

    Sadly though, even this mix no longer resembles the Original Recipe of Colonel Sanders…

    It was also OUR Forum that originally discovered that the Colonel utilised Tellicherry Black Pepper (BEFORE it was mentioned on any T.V show – Todd Wilbur… I'm looking at you.)… as well as many other facts (such as relevant KFC Law suits: KFC vs Marion Kay, for example) that now receive acknowledgment on the likes of Wikipedia and other Informational websites on the 'Net…

    Oh, and here's a fact which you still won't find on Wikipedia, or it's like: KFC Corp STOPPED utilising Tellicherry Pepper way back in 1971, as thy had deemed it "too expensive"… and, of course, it pissed the Colonel off BIG time! (This information came courtesy of a former KFC Corp insider)

    We discovered many secrets surrounding the Colonel's Original Recipe, that are only well known now BECAUSE my Team and I discovered them.

    But have we received any credit for ANY of it? … No.

    Finally, even Josh Ozersky, who wrote an entire book on the subject (and who was secretly a member of my Forum), published much of our data, without acknowledging the Colonel's Kitchen Forum even once – That was a real slap in the face, I can tell you).

    Anyway… I'll stop blathering on now, as the past is the past, and just tell you the rock solid ingredients which are ABSOLUTELY a part of Colonel Sanders' Original Recipe chicken:

    – White Pepper

    – Black Pepper (Tellicherry)

    – Red Pepper (KFC Corp uses Cayenne Pepper, but the more addictive variety is Bird's Eye Chili Powder: I got that info from a former KFC Franchisee who had a food lab clone the formula in the 1980's, and who then started up his own business selling the Seasoning)

    – Sage (It's clearly on the 99-X Container)

    – Coriander (As Above)

    – Garlic

    Now, for that last ingredient, you'll need to know some background:

    Colonel Sanders' once said that he started frying up chicken utilizing a Seasoning which was supplied by one of his Kitchen Staffers, one Eula Gordon… He then said that he ADDED his 11 spices and herbs to her seasoning mix. And for the last 50 years at least, KFC Corp's ingredient List for it's Original Recipe Seasoning has gone like this:

    – M.S.G

    – White Pepper

    – Black Pepper

    – (Herbs and Spices)

    – Salt

    – Garlic

    (Note: They stopped listing white and black pepper in the late 70's, or early 80's)

    To my point: KFC Corp has ALWAYS added the 26oz Seasoning mix to 25lb/s of Flour, 9 to 18oz of Milk & Egg Powder, along with 3lb/s of Salt.

    Now, I ask you: WHY would they have ANY salt in the Original Recipe Seasoning Bag, when it has always been added separately anyway?

    It makes absolutely no sense…

    Therefore, the salt and garlic in the Original Recipe Seasoning bag represents "Garlic Salt"… which was obviously Eula Gordon's original "secret" Seasoning. Which also means that garlic is NOT one of Colonel Sanders' 11 herbs and spices. And which is therefore the reason that KFC Corp does not mind listing "garlic" on it's ingredient list, as a separate and distinct item. 😉

    Please note: Many of you would have heard the official KFC story that the Original Recipe Seasoning was produced by two Manufacturers, in order to "protect its secrecy"? … Well, that story is only partially true. The full facts are that Colonel Sanders had the Sexton Food Company (Presently known as McCormicks!) produce his 11 herbs and spices, with the addition of M.S.G… whilst he had another Food Company – known as Stange Inc. – reverse engineer, and then produce, Eula Gordon's "secret" Seasoning… (Food "engineering" and the reproduction of Commercial Seasonings was what Stange specialised in.)

    Stange would then forward this top secret mix to Sexton, who would then mix it with Colonel Sanders' "Basic Formula", after which he would forward it to all KFC Franchisees, in 26 ounce packages.

    But, I digress…

    The final rock solid ingredient is M.S.G, otherwise known as Ac'cent in the U.S, or "Ajinomoto" in Japan (The original supplier of this variety of Seasoning).

    And this ingredient was indeed utilised by Colonel Sanders himself. And in spite of the bullshit from KFC Corp claiming that his recipe was completed around the year, 1940 (An absolute MYTH) … his final ingredient wasn't actually added until 1952.

    This completion year for the Original Recipe is also mentioned in Colonel Sanders' Biography (written by John Ed Pearce). And after 20 years of cooking up his fried chicken, utilising every herb and spice under the sun – over thousands of trials – the ONLY ingredient that was "new" to Colonel Sanders (as of 1948) was M.S.G.

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    And there you have it, folks… I've given you 7 rock solid ingredients in Colonel Sanders' recipe…

    Now go! And cook up a storm in your own kitchens, and see if you can find the rest!

    Sincerely,

    T.C, or … The Colonel (Formerly of "The Colonel's Kitchen")

    P.S … Use a rounded, large ladel to get that chicken out of the hot oil! You'll find it much safer and easier … and keep your total cooktime to around 8 minutes, as this prevents "burn-off" (a process wherein the spices are burnt to a crisp due to overcooking, thus killing off their flavor!) … 😉

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  5. UNKNOWN X
    UNKNOWN X says:

    Suppose the world were this awesome… i enjoyed his style of instruction… like any good dish or recipe, all persons must be considered, and all persons must consider the individual in U…

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  6. gpmcfm
    gpmcfm says:

    Dear Chef Bob,
    I worked at a Kentucky fried chicken for 3-1/2 years while in high school, your ingredients and method of cooking with a pressure cooker is as close as I’ve looked at.
    Of course there are differences since we fried 2 cut up chickens at a time.
    Thanks for taking the time to put this video together.
    Frank

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  7. Girlygirl 1
    Girlygirl 1 says:

    Great video. The only thing is….maybe next time, you definately want to have the camera closer to your meal. That's the most informative part of a cooking video – always. Blessings to you.

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  8. Gurjot Singh
    Gurjot Singh says:

    Hi Robert! Absolutely love the video! I do have one question though. Does this method of cooking cause any particles of breading that fall off the chicken to burn? I know kfc has a filter that prevents any loose debris from burning. Does the chicken or oil develop a burnt flavour in any way? Would it be possible to take out the chicken after the initial minute, clean the oil, and then put the chicken back in for the pressure fry?

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  9. M P
    M P says:

    Thank you so much for this professional, informative and thorough video. I am looking forward to making this recipe in my pressure cooker.

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