In this uncertain time of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a few everyday heroes who are getting us through. Ashley Bloomfield. Dr Siouxsie Wiles. And now this UK man who claims to have perfectly recreated KFC after 18 months of trying.
Just in time for the long lockdown period, Warwickshire man Dan Fell says he has achieved the impossible and perfectly mimicked the fast-food giant's notoriously secretive Original Recipe chicken.
Taking to Twitter, the music composer shared photos of his homemade KFC, writing it "took me 18 months but I replicated it".
"You have to have a deep fryer and you need the right mix of the herbs and spices. Oil needs to be 160-165C, no more and no less.
"Chicken needs to be room temperature and you use egg white and milk as the wash (no yolk). Made it about 30 times."
He also shared some mouth-watering pics of the successful recipe, which do look incredibly close to the real thing.
Fell says he's been told by multiple people that "you can't really tell the difference".
Twitter users took to the replies to thank Fell for his service to all those missing KFC in this difficult time.
"Not the hero we deserved... but the hero we needed. Thank you," wrote one person,
"Dan, I love you," wrote another.
The full recipe for Dan Fell's KFC replica can be found below.
Ingredients
Five cups of plain flour
Half a tablespoon of oregano & thyme
One tablespoon of brown ginger
Two tablespoons of garlic powder
One tablespoon of mustard powder
One tablespoon of celery salt
One tablespoon of black pepper
One-third of a tablespoon of sea salt
Two tablespoons of white pepper
Four tablespoons of paprika
Chicken
Method
Credit to Newshub for the story.
