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You have to try this new KFC-inspired popcorn chicken recipe

It looks so easy! - by Chanelle Mansour
  • 18 Feb 2021

A new recipe on how to make KFC-inspired popcorn chicken at home is going viral on TikTok, with fans going absolutely wild to try and recreate the iconic dish at home.

WATCH BELOW: Teen cook's KFC-inspired popcorn chicken goes viral

The recipe was shared by none other than Melbourne’s very own baker, Morgan Hipworth, who is showing everyone just how easy it is to create.

The 19-year-old has detailed the recipe in simple and easy steps, and all you need is chicken breast and buttermilk, as well as dried ingredients such as corn flour, paprika, garlic and onion powders, oregano, basil, mustard powder and chicken salt for seasoning.

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The KFC-inspired popcorn chicken recipe is quick and easy to follow.

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He also suggests cutting up the chicken into one by one centimetre cubes, then marinate in a bowl with butter milk and a pinch of sea salt for half an hour.

And while you wait for the chicken breast to marinate, prepare the dry mixture in another bowl, combining corn flour, pepper, herbs and spices together.

“Drain the chicken from the buttermilk, and then toss them into the dry mix,” he said.

“Shallow fry in vegetable oil for about three minutes or until golden and crispy.”

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“Shallow fry in vegetable oil for about three minutes or until golden and crispy.”

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Morgan Hipworth's full homemade popcorn chicken recipe can be found below:

INGREDIENTS 

1 chicken breast, diced into 1cm cubes

For the marinade:

100ml buttermilk

Pinch of sea salt

For the dry mix:

100g corn flour

1tbsp each of paprika, garlic powder and onion powder

1tbsp each of pepper, oregano, basil and mustard powder

300ml vegetable oil, to fry

Chicken salt, to season

METHOD 

Combine the diced chicken, buttermilk and salt in a bowl and allow to marinade at room temperature for 30 minutes. Whilst the chicken is marinading in another bowl combine all the dry mix ingredients.

Heat a fry pan over medium with the vegetable oil.

Drain the chicken from the buttermilk and dust generously into the dry mix and then into the hot oil. Fry for around two to three minutes or until golden and crispy.

Drain on paper bowl and toss with chicken salt. Serve and enjoy!

Chanelle Mansour

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