What is Veeky Forums's opinion on whether or not Fried Chicken should be Battered or Breaded
I cook for a lot of friends and family and usually do battered chicken and it's always preferred. However when I ask folk what they prefer, they usually say breaded.
Now that you mention it I don't think I've ever eaten fried chicken that has been breaded. Only ever battered/egg wash + flour.
Connor Evans
Where do you live, 95%+ of fried chicken in the U.S. is just dredged in egg and then flour (breaded)
Mason Rogers
breaded because goes crunchier
Connor Harris
Sorry, I was considering breaded to involve actual bread crumbs in some manner.
Going off that I definitely prefer breaded.
Charles Peterson
Can you make it crispy with batter?
Samuel Cooper
Never had battered fried chicken, seems like it's something that works better with lighter fried stuff like seafood and vegetables.
Aaron Scott
Only battered chicken I've ever had was the wings at my local bar. Good enough that the place has built up a reputation for best wings in the area. IMO fried batter interacts with the sauce a bit better tham breading, doesn't get as soggy and makes a better wing. Still like unbreaded wings too though.
I think both can be fanastic as long as whoever is making them knows what they're doing.
Ironically this is the closest thing I can get to a pic of the battered wings.
Jacob Powell
I've literally never heard of battered fried chicken.
Justin Reed
Bread for chicken, batter for fish. Simples
Matthew Ramirez
Bumpity for more opnions
Jonathan Stewart
so then what would you consider to be battered in america? in Australia we consider things coated in flour and liquid to be battered, while breaded means covered with bread crumbs
what is an american 'batter'?
Aaron Lee
I love my chicken tendies battered.
Jeremiah Edwards
In Murica, breaded typically means (at least in the south) that it's been dipped in eggs (or maybe milk) and then flour. Typically dip in eggs, then flour, then do it in eggs and flour again
Battering means mixing flour with some combination of eggs, milk, and/or water into something the consistency of about pancake batter. You them dip the food in it and then fry it
Hope all these words make sense, I don't speak Kangaroo
Jason Collins
batters are wet and breadings are dry.
Lucas Roberts
>in Australia we consider things coated in flour and liquid to be battered
Ignore this dopey cunt. We don't.
Parker Cooper
the tendies at chili's are battered and I like them a lot. people who put bread crumbs or corn flakes on their fried chicken are subhuman though.
Dylan Kelly
Does someone have a good recipe for a batter? I've only done breading so far I think. I usually make it with flour, buttermilk, seasoning and baking powder. Pic related
Jayden Howard
Breaded chicken
Daniel Lopez
Local place used to batter chicken It was absolutely delicious as long as you are it within an hour, take your order to go and it became a soggy mess
Hunter Torres
Fried Chicken™ is dipped in a batter and then a dry dredge of some sort. it's then fried for a relatively long time. Breadcrumbs would burn if fried for 10 minutes.
Breading is better for fast cooking food like chicken cutlets, schnitzel, and seafood.
Gavin Murphy
The batter from that 18th century chicken meme recipe is really good