For breading I do 1 cup flour, ½ cup cornstarch, 1 tsp baking soda, seasonings. For my wetter I use 1 egg white, 1 tsp water, whisked. Bread (paper bag is what I shake it in), then dip in wetter, then bread again, and fry asap. The water in the wetter activates the baking soda slowly (faster in the fryer), but you want to fry it before it totally reacts (this is what introduces the bubbles in the batter that gives the flour mix its volume).
I created this starting at a popeyes copycat recipe and expanded upon it, to create a solid generic that I work off of. For seasonings, I’ll simply use a Cajun seasoning mix and give it a few shakes.
stankmut@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m pretty sure there chicken is not actually pickle brined. I can’t stand the taste of pickles and I order every sandwich without them. I can’t eat the Popeyes chicken sandwich because I can still taste the pickles they were brined with, but I don’t get a hint of pickles from chickfila’s sandwiches.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 10 months ago
Chik fil a definitely does the pickle bribe, but I haven’t eaten enough Popeye’s to suss out their recipe.
stankmut@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s no way Chick-fil-A does it. I got a few bites into the Popeye’s sandwich and then realized they weird, off putting flavor was a pickle brine. I order all chicken sandwiches plain, since I have a really sensitive tongue and can’t stand the taste of pickles. The only time there was a hint of pickle flavor in a Chick-fil-A sandwich is if the person who bagged the sandwich had pickle juice on their gloves when they grabbed the patty.
I think they just salt brine their chicken and the common misconception that they pickle brine comes from the fact that pickles are a vile vegetable whose juice soaks deep into whatever they touch and most people order them with pickles.