How Do I Get Breading to Stick on Homemade Fried Chicken?

[lmartin345]

Put flour on chicken, stir up and if you have any loose flour add some water and mix again. There should be no loose flour in pan and chicken will look milky. It will be sticky and then fry. Good chicken

 

[jhurner01]

I have a question...chicken pieces, especially breast, are so big anymore. Do you guys buy a whole chicken and cut it up for uniform size or do you just but the individual parts?

 

[mwright]

Always put a spoon full of cornstarch in your flour. Holds the breading on the meat!

 

[nagy]

Your oil isn’t hot enough

 

[heatherrenfrow]

Bobby Flay uses buttermilk between coating it in breadcrumbs and panko twice.

 

[thedevolutionist]

Dry the chicken pieces by blotting with a paper towel.

 

[prlkz]

Pat your chicken dry before battering

 

[groo101]

This is the way I do it and it's perfect every time
Season flour
Wish eggs
Dip wet chicken in flour
Then dinning eggs
Then back in flour, completely covering chicken.
Let sit for a few minutes while the oil is heating (I use a deep frying pan)
Make sure the oil is very hot before placing chicken in pan. I reduce heat slightly while cooking somit doesn't burn
Don't over crowd pan.
Try only flipping once.

 

[iamcalledqueen]

Crackers instead of flour

 

[rubertnrubert]

Put in buttermilk, then roll in flour.

 

[sara123456]

You need your oil hot and deep enough to float the chicken pieces. This keeps the chicken from absorbing the oil.

 

[leseera]

Milk, then flour, then into egg wash, then bread crumbs and immediately into very hot oil.

 

[faithchangesthinking]

This will happen if the oil is not hot enough too

 

[designed4him]

Your oil needs to be hot AF

 

[arniko]

I've never had my batter fall off when putting in the grease

 

[lonnieschimke]

I use Mustard!

 

[robahern]

@lonnieschimke mustard works perfectly on fish and you can’t taste it at all after it’s fried.

 

[lonnieschimke]

@robahern thats one thing I've wondered! We've yet to try it

 

[rethink88]

@robahern we cover our turkeys in mustard then deep fry. Perfection!

 

[frederic12]

@lonnieschimke I mix Dijon and mayo. Gives a good kick plus I bake the chicken crispy not fry.