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Popeye's Fried Chicken

Recipe At A Glance
Rating: 4/5

4 stars based on 3 reviews
recipe is ready in 30-60 minutes

Ready in: 30-60 minutes ?
recipe difficulty 4/5

Difficulty: 4/5

Serves/Makes: 4

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INGREDIENTS:

3 cups self-rising flour
1 cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons seasoned salt
2 tablespoons paprika
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 package dry Italian salad dressing mix
1 package (1.5 ounce size) dry onion soup mix
1 package (.5 ounce size) spaghetti sauce mix
3 tablespoons sugar
3 cups Corn flakes cereal, crushed slightly
2 eggs, well beaten
1/4 cup cold water
4 pounds chicken, cut up

DIRECTIONS:

Combine first 9 ingredients in large bowl. Put the cornflakes into another bowl. Put eggs and water in a 3rd bowl. Put enough corn oil into a heavy roomy skillet to fill it 1" deep. Get it HOT! Grease a 9x12x2 baking pan. Set it aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Dip chicken pieces 1 piece at a time as follows:

1-Into dry coating mix.

2-Into egg and water mix.

3-Into corn flakes.

4-Briskly but briefly back into dry mix.

5-Drop into hot oil, skin-side-down and brown 3 to 4 minutes on medium high. Turn and brown other side of each piece. Don't crowd pieces during frying.

Place in prepared pan in single layer, skin-side-up. Seal in foil, on 3 sides only, leaving 1 side loose for steam to escape. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes removing foil then to test tenderness of chicken. Allow to bake uncovered 5 minutes longer to crisp the coating.

COOK'S NOTES:

Leftovers refrigerate well up to 4 days. Do not freeze these leftovers. Leftover coating mix (1st 9 ingredients) can be stored at room temp in covered container up to 2 months.

NUTRITION:

1236 calories, 51 grams fat, 119 grams carbohydrates, 70 grams protein per serving.

This Popeye's Fried Chicken recipe from CDKitchen serves/makes 4

Recipe ID: 1646

SUBMITTED BY: Gloria Pitzer

REVIEWS:

3 Reviews

omorado 2003-07-08
I loved this recipe! I was a little scared due to seeing spaghetti sauce mix etc.. listed as ingredients. The chicken was crispy and seasoned to perfection! If you want some kick I would definitely recommend adding cayenne.

Sonic98 2007-05-29
I don't know either I did something wrong or we're not talking bout the same Popeye's. I'm talking about the one with the commercial that says they have the "EEEEEEEEEEEEEYE Popping Flavor!!!!" I was kind od suspect of the recipe, when I saw that more time was spent in oven than frying. Also there seem like a lot of flour, constarch, and baking soda with very little of the flavoring seasons and spices. I must say this is the most UN-Popey's like recipe I have ever tasted. It tasted nothing like Popeyes. My regular chicken had more taste and flavor. I will go back and do this 2 or 3 more times to see if I made a mistake, but I followed t... read more

Guest: Anonymous 2010-05-30
The batter/breading was so thick that the skin couldn't even get remotely crispy and the there is no flavor whatsoever! Sorry, but even Popeye's mild/regualar chicken has tons of flavor, and it isn't sweet like this recipe.

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