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

[bhish]

Do you dip the chicken in water first then put the breading on make sure the greese is hot my breading always stays on

 

[threetimesblessed]

I pat my chicken dry with a paper towel then into the flour, egg/milk mix back into the seasoned flour. I find patting it dry first helps the breading stick.

 

[itsmeheathermarie]

Sounds like your oil is not hot enough.

 

[runningmama4three]

The trick for stick…start with DRY chicken. If it’s wet to start that will allow stuff to fall off. Get it dry then dry out even more with cornstarch or flour before any wet batter elements are added.

 

[quest2016]

Your grease is too hot.

 

[mrjobosco]

Eggs, Mayo, and a little bit of buttermilk makes my dredge stick really well to my chicken!

 

[rlaguisma]

@mrjobosco shucks all I use most of the time is water.

 

[perseveranze]

Let it set on buttermilk a few minutes, put it in a gallon baggie with your flour and seasonings and shake. Once you put it in the pan don’t turn it too much, that makes the breading come off too.

 

[onlyloveisreal]

Coat in flour, then buttermilk, then back in flour. it will stay on and be crunchy like KFC

 

[havefaith1130]

Girl just season the chicken and fill a bag up with flour. Put the chicken in the bag and shake the bag up until the chicken is fully covered. Make sure there’s a lot of flour in the bag.
Make sure your grease is hot before you drop the chicken

 

[cecilia4]

Sour cream

 

[yuzafi]

soak in buttermilk, make sure it's coated on all sides. add your flour and seasonings right in the chicken and buttermilk, keep adding your flour and turning your chicken until it's all coated and the coating looks almost dry. when you put it in your hot skillet, let it sit, don't turn it too soon, let it get a golden brown before turning it. use a spatula under the piece to turn, you can use a fork to help turn the chicken. I follow Brenda Gantt, she knows her stuff

 

[mazince47]

Your oil may not be hot enough

 

[nexter]

I soak chicken in buttermilk, dip in flour, dip in egg mixture, dip in seasoned flour, dip in egg, and dip in the flour mixture again. I don’t use breadcrumbs.

 

[funeralmomo]

Use half pancake batter half seasoned flour make it thick and dunk then fry immediatly

 

[jessyr]

If you're pan frying, don't turn it until the edges are browning. Turning too soon can rip off the breading and turning too often can dry the meat out.

 

[willspireite]

I just dip mine in a mixture of eggs and milk between flour. So flour, egg milk mixture, and flour again. But the oil has to be very hot, like drop a little plain flour in it should bubble right away, and don't turn it too much.

 

[dgregorio]

I always want a little breading left in the pan. Then I make yummy country gravy. So southern

 

[liljohnnymac]

I put some spicy mustard on my chicken.. then dip in flower..

 

[matija_15]

I use two eggs a little flour and BBQ spice mix ansdip chicken in and then coat