Crispy Fried Chicken
Indian Style Crispy Fried Chicken
Today it was Nehal’s favorite for Sunday brunch – Crispy Fried Chicken. Crispy chicken that is close to Kentucky Fried Chicken and its no exaggeration. 
I prepare three variations of crispy chicken and today’s recipe is a version that has buttermilk as a marinade. Simple to prepare but does take atleast 12 hours for marination before frying the chicken legs. Marination is the key as well as cooking the chicken legs over moderate heat.
Crispy Fried Chicken Recipe
Marination: 12 hrs, Cooking: 20-25 mts
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Ingredients:
3 or 4 chicken legs
oil for deep frying
For first marinade: 8-10 hrs
1/2 cup buttermilk OR 3 tbsps vinegar+6 tbsps water
1/2 tsp salt
For second marinade: 3-4 hrs
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli pwd
3/4 tsp salt
For first coating:
1 egg
2-3 tbsps milk
salt to taste
pepper to taste
For second coating:
3 tbsps cornflour
3 tbsps maida
salt to taste
pepper to taste
1 Wash chicken legs and make slits all over. Take a large ziplock bag, place chicken and the first marinade and lock it. Place the zip lock bag in the refrigerator for atleast 8 hrs.
2 After 8 hrs, drain the first marinade and add the second marinade to the chicken legs and shake the zip lock bag well. Lock it and place in refrigerator for another 3-4 hours.
3 Remove chicken legs after marination, dip in the first coating mixture (eggs/milk) and then coat with the second coating mixture (cornflour/maida).
4 Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, once the oil is hot, reduce flame, place one or two coated chicken legs (based on the size of the vessel) and cook on low to medium flame on both sides of the legs for 6-7 mts. Cook on high flame for another 2-3 mts on both sides till golden brown. Drain onto absorbent paper and bake in hot oven at 175 for 10 mts.
By sailu • Nov 22nd, 2008 • Category: All Recipes for Kids, Chicken Recipes for Kids
Hi Sailu,
Is it possible for me?
Can i prepare it like yours, Sailu ?
i want to prepare it, but i am in a dilemma abt its result
Thank you Sailu, take care, Bye..
Why not, Punitha?
Hello Sailu!
We had a party last weekend at our home. I made this recipe and I was loaded with praises. All credits goes to u for posting this amazing dish. I love ur site. God bless u for ur noble work.
sailu garu,
as a microbiologist i just was wondering if so many hours of marination at around 4 degree c which is the temperature of refrigerator is likely to spoil chicken. will it taste the same if it is marinated for 4 hrs or so…i cannot resist the temptation of your picture in spite of my worries. madam you have made me a better cook….i am refining my skills every day. thank you……..
You can reduce the marination time and probably marinate for 4 hrs or so.
Hey sailu, am a big fan of ur recipes and all of them turn out quite well…:)
Well I tried this recipe but it dint turn out quite well,, dont know where it went wrong.. I am new to this oven cooking stuff.. So can u please tell me shud we grease the oven pan with oil while baking? and which mode should we use? I used convection plus grill but the chicken was nt that crispy.. Pls do reply as i wanna give it a try once again… Thank you
Did you deep fry the chicken pieces before baking. Yes, grease the baking pan before baking. Keep it under bake mode.
Hi sailu,
This recipe looks yummy. I Dont have oven at home – can i skip the baking part and still get crispy chicken?
Also, i tried a lot of receipes from here and everything turned out good
i developed intrest to cooking only after i encountered few blogs like yours.. thanks a ton for all that you post here. Your pics are good as well