Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken - Copycat

"A clone of Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken! This was given to me by friend TheCOOYON on the Nola.Com recipe swap. He calls it his Sexy and Spicy Clone"
 
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photo by Jamie King photo by Jamie King
photo by Jamie King
Ready In:
43mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • 1/2 - 2/3 cup spicy crab boil powder can be used as the alternative to salt & cayenne pepper.
  • Mix egg, salt, and pepper (or crab boil powder) in large bowl.
  • Add 2 cups of flour and water and whisk. You might have to add more water to get the batter to light pancake or english pancake batter consistency. I would guess anywhere between 2-3 cups water. This will be thick but runny.
  • Marinate the chicken in the wet batter for a couple hours.
  • Get your grease up to 375 degrees.
  • Place your chicken in plain flour You might need few cups to keep it from getting clumpy. Shake and get them out the flour and into the grease pretty quick(do not let them sit in the flour long, it will make the crust like concrete). Change flour if it gets too clumpy.
  • Cook until juices run clear.

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Reviews

  1. I added 1 heaping Tablespoon of poultry seasoning 2nd time I made this recipe. Better with poultry seasoning but breading still lacks the crisp of Popeyes. Mighty tastey though with poultry seasoning added.
     
  2. That doesn't even look like Popeye's Chicken! Looks like garbage!
     
  3. Has anyone actually had Popeye's Chicken that comes up with these recipes?
     
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Tweaks

  1. Sorry for some reason it won't let me edit the recipe, and I realized something was missing. This recipe is for a wet batter, so flour needs to be added to the egg, seasoning, and water mix. I think about 2 cups but I can no longer find the original recipe
     

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