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How To: Deep Fried Chicken

Sometimes you just have to throw your healthy eating regime out the window and enjoy a fried chicken feast! In this step by step guide, chef and cookery school owner Matt Kemp shows you how to make breaded deep fried chicken. Enlarge

How To: Deep Fried Chicken

Sometimes you just have to throw your healthy eating regime out the window and enjoy a fried chicken feast! In this step by step guide, chef and cookery school owner Matt Kemp shows you how to make breaded deep fried chicken.

Prep:
5m
Cook:
10m
Total:
15m
Serves:
1
Temp:
150° c  -  300° f

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken thighs
  • flour
  • 2 egg yolks
  • breadcrumbs
  • sunflower oil

Step 1: Coat the Chicken

Coat the chicken in flour, then beaten egg yolk, and finally breadcrumbs. You can make breadcrumbs by taking stale bread and grating or blitzing it in a food processor.

Step 2: Deep Fry the Chicken

Heat sunflower oil in a high sided pan or a deep fat fryer until it reaches about 150 degrees Celsius.

Step 3: Bake the Chicken

Fry the chicken pieces for about 5 minutes, then place them in an oven dish and bake them at 150 degrees for another 5 minutes or so to ensure they are cooked through.