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Old 13-04-2012, 19:02
radamfi
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Is it OK to cook fried chicken without using flour? I intend to defrost the chicken legs, wash them, dry them on kitchen paper and then fry them in sunflower oil. No other ingredients.

Does it matter whether I shallow or deep fry?
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Old 13-04-2012, 19:08
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Hello radamfi

No need to use flour when frying chicken and you can either shallow or deep fry (I'd personally opt for the former).
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Old 13-04-2012, 19:12
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You can fry it without flour but it wont be the typical southern fried style.
Personally if I was having it plain then I would roast it in the oven.
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Old 13-04-2012, 19:26
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Thanks for the info guys (fancy bumping into you on this section jojo01 ). I was curious whether there was some important (e.g. hygienic) reason for using flour as every recipe I've seen online for fried chicken seems to use flour.
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Old 13-04-2012, 19:36
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I think the flour may just add a bit of a coating/crunch.

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Old 13-04-2012, 19:40
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Boil the chicken for nearly 10 minutes then bung them in the oven with a little olive oil, salt n pepar and your special spices till cooked. Whallah!

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Old 13-04-2012, 23:02
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Dunk the chicken in beaten egg, then in 50-50 mixture of breadcrumbs & grated parmesan + spices if you like.
Shallow-fry as you wouldn't want to contaminate the oil in your deep-fat fryer with that lot!
Also works well with cod or pork chops.
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