Henry’s Extremely Crispy Fried Rooster Burger

September 29, 2023

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KFC, eat your coronary heart out! Our Fried Rooster Burger is manner crispier than yours, the rooster is manner juicier and it tastes manner higher. The trick is to combine a little bit of marinade into the flour coating – this creates lumps that fries up into an superior extremely crunchy crust.

Double stack of Crunchy Fried Chicken Burgers

Henry’s Extremely Crispy Fried Rooster Burger

Immediately’s recipe is right here courtesy of a younger boy named Henry whom I met at a guide signing within the NSW regional city of Mudgee. Huddled on the sofa of a comfy native guide retailer, he declared his signature dish to be the RecipeTin Fried Rooster. We enthused over how remarkably un-greasy it’s and marvelled at the way it’s crunchy throughout, not like KFC which we eeewed about how the pores and skin has greasy soggy patches.

Dialog then moved into how we’d use the Fried Rooster to make the BEST fried rooster burger on this planet. (Sure, we capitalise it!). We each agreed plain shredded lettuce was higher than coleslaw (too wealthy!), melted cheese was pointless (an excessive amount of!), tomato was non-obligatory. and the bun have to be tremendous tender.

So right here it’s. Devoted to Henry and the city of Mudgee – I current to you, our best possible Extremely Crispy Fried Rooster Burger!

Please observe the nubbly, crunchy, craggy floor on the fried rooster!! 🙌🏻

Crunchy Fried Chicken Burgers cut open to show juicy chicken inside

Substances

Right here’s what you want for do-it-yourself Crispy Rooster Burgers.

Rooster brine retains it juicy!

I exploit breast as a result of it’s simpler to get a pleasant uniform form appropriate for burgers. It’s marinated in a buttermilk and salt combination which locks in juices. Important as a result of breast will cook dinner past the best inner temperature within the cook dinner time required to make the crust actually crispy and golden.

Don’t fear in the event you don’t have buttermilk, substitute yogurt and milk as an alternative. It really works nearly the identical!

How to make Crunchy Fried Chicken Burgers

Rooster breast is my choice for a comparatively uniform form when trimmed to dimension. Nonetheless, boneless rooster thighs work as properly. Whichever you employ, it’s greatest to pound to even thickness so it cooks by evenly and sits moderately straight on the burger.
Buttermilk – Identified for its marinating qualities so the rooster is actually juicy inside as soon as cooked. It’s the standard marinating ingredient used for Southern Fried Rooster which is the fried rooster recipe used for this burger.

Whereas it’s a standard ingredient within the States, it’s extra of a speciality baking merchandise right here in Australia. However there’s an simple substitute that works nearly the identical – simply plain yogurt and milk! The acidity and thickness of yogurt diluted with milk leads to virtually the identical consistency as buttermilk, and yogurt is great for marinating (proof right here!).
Salt – For seasoning and improve the rooster’s juiciness.
Egg – To make the flour crust follow the rooster.

KFC 11 secret herbs and spices!

The flavour of the fried rooster is a copycat of KFC fried rooster. Flavour sensible, it’s very comparable!

Herbs and spices – No uncommon gamers right here, simply all of the common suspects! Regulate the cayenne pepper for the quantity of spiciness you need. Merely omit in the event you don’t need spicy in any respect!
Cornflour/cornstarch and flour – For the coating of the rooster to make it fry up extremely crunchy! Cornflour makes it crunchier than simply utilizing flour. So why not simply use all cornflour? As a result of it doesn’t go golden when fried, it stays white. However, flour coated issues fry up into a gorgeous golden color! So through the use of a mix of the 2, we get the very best of each worlds – crunchy and golden color.

Burger fixings

Don’t let anybody let you know what it’s best to or shouldn’t have in your burger. Although, if you’d like a copycat better-than-KFC-Burger expertise, right here’s what you want!

Gentle buns – I exploit brioche buns as a result of they’re so tender and pillowy, and a bit of bit candy like KFC buns. Nonetheless, you should use any buns you need. (I’d personally keep away from extremely chewy / crispy ones although. A little bit too robust to be used in burgers).
Gherkins/pickles – Simply your on a regular basis dill pickles, or no matter takes your fancy. Just a bit one thing to chop by the richness and saltiness of every thing else happening contained in the burger!
Lettuce – Good ole’ iceberg lettuce! Good and recent, finely slicing it offers it some first rate top and a beautiful mattress for the crunchy rooster to relaxation on. 🙂
Garlic mayonnaise – KFC doesn’t use garlic mayo, however you and I do know {that a} contact of garlic simply makes mayo higher. Turns it into aioli, truly! 🙂

Easy methods to make Crunchy Fried Rooster Burgers

It’s simpler than conventional Fried Rooster which is made with bone-in rooster that take longer to fry (~6 to eight minutes) so it’s good to be fairly correct with temperature management.

Rooster Burgers, however, are thinner, boneless items and take simply 3 to 4 minutes to fry. And due to the form, you don’t want practically as a lot oil.

Pound the rooster to 1cm / 0.4″ even thickness. Use freezer luggage, ziplock luggage or comparable (I exploit a purpose-made product referred to as “Go-Between”) and a meat mallet, or rolling pin. Pounding is really helpful so the rooster cooks by evenly and sits a bit of straighter on the burger. However in the event you skipped this step, it wouldn’t be a deal breaker. 🙂
Trim the rooster to the dimensions of the buns, or bigger, if you’d like! It’s going to shrink a contact when it cooks however the crunchy nubbly bits add dimension.

Marinade – Combine the buttermilk, salt and egg. Then add the rooster and toss to coat. Marinate for at the very least 3 hours, or as much as 24 hours. Don’t go a lot past 24 hours, it truly over marinades and makes the feel of the rooster an excessive amount of just like the chilly minimize rooster slices you purchase on the deli. Nonetheless good, but it surely does change the rooster texture.
Crunchy coating – Combine collectively the flour, cornflour/cornstarch and all of the spices.

PS There isn’t any spice combine within the marinade as a result of there’s a ton within the coating which is the place you desire a punch of flavour. If it was within the marinade too, then the entire rooster simply tastes the identical all over. The distinction between rooster flavour inside and intense coating is nicer. KFC tastes like ours ie you may’t style the seasoning contained in the rooster, simply on the coating.

Marinade flour clumps – That is the trick to the extremely crunchy rooster! Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the marinade into the flour combination then use your fingers to combine it in. The flour will kind little clumps.

When this sticks to the rooster, it fries up into extremely crunchy nubbly bits. That is what makes this rooster so crunchy! See my Fried Rooster recipe for musings and ravings about this methodology. Thanks Kenji!
Coat the rooster within the flour combination simply previous to frying. Don’t do that prematurely and go away it mendacity round, the rooster will sweat and make the flour soggy.

Look in any respect these clumps! Categorical cross to crunchy city!
Fry in oil for 4 minutes or till golden and crunchy, then drain on paper towels.

Cooking vessel & oil quantity – You will want 2.5cm / 1″ of oil in no matter cooking vessel you employ, so the rooster is elevated off the bottom and can fry evenly all the way in which round. A heavy primarily based pot like a dutch oven is good for security, even distribution of warmth and in addition as a result of it retains warmth properly.

Oil temp – The oil temperature ought to be 180C/350F. When you don’t have a thermometer (I exploit a Thermapen) then check by throwing in a small dice of bread. At 180C/350F it ought to flip golden in 15 seconds. OR stick a bamboo chopstick in and contact the bottom of the pot – if bubbles instantly rise from ground of pot, oil is scorching sufficient.

Preserving cooked items heat – As a result of the skinny items of rooster cook dinner in simply 4 minutes, you received’t want an oven to maintain the cooked items heat. Batch 1 will nonetheless be scorching once you end batch 2. Nonetheless if you’re scaling up, preserve cooked rooster heat in a 50C/125F pre-heated oven on a rack set over a tray (so the underside doesn’t go soggy).

⚠️ Don’t contact the rooster for the primary 90 seconds, to present the crust an opportunity to stick.

Assembling the rooster burgers

Garlic mayo – Combine the mayonnaise with grated garlic. Do that at the very least quarter-hour forward to present the flavours an opportunity to meld.
Unfold the mayo on the lid and base of calmly toasted buns. You possibly can toast within the oven, underneath a grill or simply put the minimize face down in a pan on the range.
Assemble – Pile lettuce on the bottom, prime with tomato if utilizing, then rooster, gherkins then the lid.
Consuming time! Sink your enamel into the burgers whereas scorching and crunchy!

Freshly made Crunchy Fried Chicken Burgers

Like to know what you suppose in the event you do that! Hand on coronary heart, this actually is much superior to KFC burgers. I’m not one to shrink back from going public with Shameful Meals I like (oh, I’ve been busted doing midnight kebab runs a number of instances!). However KFC burgers is one factor you’ll by no means catch me consuming!! – Nagi x

PS When you make a aspect of do-it-yourself fries to serve with these burgers, I’ll be impressed. And in the event you do a full-blown do-it-yourself KFC unfold by including Coleslaw plus Potato and Gravy, I’ll be critically impressed!

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Henry’s Extremely Crispy Fried Rooster Burger

Henry’s Extremely Crispy Fried Rooster Burger