Chicken Fried Chicken

This is better than the fried chicken from this site's Hall of Fame fried chicken recipe. The crust was thick; it stuck too the chicken and browned beautifully. I added extra spices like recommended by other reviewers: 1T seasoned salt (probably any salted spice would work that had paprika and spices), 1T of garlic powder and several variety of crackers (I didn't have any saltines). Taste the coating, if it is pungent then it probably won't fade. I used 2 eggs and probably 10 skinless boneless breasts. I pounded the breasts in a plastic ziplock bag with a little water so they cooked more quickly. I think one of the KEYS is to keep the oil hot like the recipe states, then turn it down. Every time I added new cold pieces of chicken I would turn the flame up to high, get the oil rolling then turn it down to 3. Also cook the chicken to a dark brown, not light golden brown. Fried chicken is not a quick and easy thing to do so I would recommend doubling this recipe because this chicken is great the next day cold. I always double the size of my recipes, so if you too want some good recipes that are for a large family look to my other reviews.

Fabulous! I can't stand it when people complain about "lacking flavor" with recipes such as this; common sense would tell me that not everyone's idea of "flavor" is the same and if it's "lacking flavor" then do something about it... salt, pepper, hot sauce, etc. I don't think it's right to give something a low rating just because it isn't EXACTLY how one person expects it to be... sorry, I just HAD to finally say something! LOL. I used all the ingredients called for and as per one user's suggestion about NOT turning frequently, I took their advice and let the chicken cook for a full 5 or 6 minutes before turning over. I then flipped the chicken and cooked for another 5 or 6 minutes and then continued to flip the chicken over for another 3 minutes on each side. The end result was juicy and evenly coated chicken that turned out to be the best tasting chicken I've ever had. My entire family is now in love with the taste and I definitely look forward to making time and time again! Aside from the great taste, I thoroughly enjoyed the mess-free factor of using the ziploc bag to do all the coating and the crackers of course were so much easier to deal with than just a basic flour coating. I think at some point in the future I will perhaps try adding a bit of a ranch powder packet in with the rest of the coating mix. This is definitely a 5 star recipe that I highly recommend trying! **Note, I used thinly sliced chicken tender type slices**

Yum! In case you are wondering, a regular box of saltine crackers has approximately 36 crackers in a sleeve. I put all 36 crackers from the sleeve into my food processor and ground them fine. I added this, the flakes, flour, 1 T of seasoning salt, 1 tsp of pepper, 1 tsp of parsley, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp paprika. I pounded the chicken breasts between two pieces of wax paper on my cutting board, dredged the chicken in 2 beaten eggs and then coated them with the cracker mixture. I placed them in a 13x9 glass dish and baked for 45 minutes. I then melted one stick of butter and poured over the chicken breasts and baked for an additional 5 minutes. We like our chicken extra done. This had a great taste and texture without the bad for you frying! Thank you. Note: This chicken tastes delicious leftover cold the next day!!