KFC Original Recipes

KFC Original Fried Chicken

1. Combine eggs and milk. Set aside.
2. Combine flour with the Italian dressing and soup mix.
3. Dip chicken pieces in milk-egg mixture and roll them in the flour-seasoning mixture. Repeat procedure.
4. Fry pieces over medium heat for 25 to 30 minutes, turning often.
5. Remove from fire. Drain and serve.

 Good Season's Italian Dressing

For Dressing Mix:

Pecan Pie

Preheat oven to 325-350ºF. Mix together the first seven ingredients listed above. Stir in 2/3 cup pecan halves. Pour the mixture into an unbaked pie shell. Bake 35-40 minutes.
 

Chess Pie

Meringue

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Cream butter and sugar well. Add in egg yolks, whipping cream, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Blend well and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake until a knife comes out clean when inserted into pie (about 45-50 minutes). Prepare meringue by beating egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy, then slowly adding sugar, beat until whites form stiff peaks. Spread over cooked filling to pie crust edge. Brown slowly in moderate oven for about 10 minutes.
 

Huckleberry Cake

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Combine egg and butter. Gradually add sugar into egg mixture and beat until light. Add extract. In a separate bowl sift together baking powder, cake flour, salt. Add the flour to the egg mixture alternately with milk. Beat well. Fold in the berries and pour into an 8-inch cake pan. Bake about 35-40 minutes or until done.

Waffles

Sift all dry ingredients together, then cut in the shortening (as for pie crust). Add the buttermilk and unbeaten eggs, mix until smooth. Preheat the waffle iron. Pour into lightly greased waffle iron. Yield will vary depending on size of waffle iron.
 

Overnight Buckwheat Cakes

Dissolve yeast in warm water separately. Sift flours, sugar and salt together, add to water and make batter. Add bacon drippings or vegetable oil. Set at room temperature for 1 hour. Refrigerate overnight. Add pinch of baking soda the next morning. Cook pancakes on non-stick griddle over medium heat, turn as edges start to dry.

Kentucky Whipped Butter (if you like it) Cut up 3 pounds of butter at room temperature in mixing bowl. Beat until smooth, slowly add 1 cup buttermilk and beat until fluffy. Scrape bowl and continue beating until lump free.

Bean Salad

Drain and rinse kidney beans well. Drain additional beans and combine all ingredients together. Marinate and refrigerate overnight. Bean salad tastes better after 3 or 4 days. Makes about 7 cups.

 

Puffy Meat Patties

Beat yolks until they are lemon-colored. Add the ground beef, salt, baking powder, pepper, parsley and onion. Mix thoroughly. Last, fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites and blend gently. In a 10-inch skillet heat about 1/8 inch of shortening until hot. Spoon heaping teaspoons of the meat mixture into medium heat skillet. Let cook about 2 minutes on each side-- do not turn meat until browned on first side (cook to 165ºF internal temperature). Serve as soon as done with potatoes, vegetables, or as desired. Serves 4 to 6.

Claudia Sander's Refrigerator Rolls

Preheat oven to 400ºF. Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add potatoes and cream again. In separate pot, heat milk to lukewarm, and dissolve yeast. Pour milk mixture into shortening, sugar and potatoes. Add enough flour (about 4 cups) to make like cake dough consistency. Stir in salt. Cover. Let rise 2 hours, stir in balance of flour (about 6 to 7 cups), baking soda and baking powder to make like biscuit dough--knead. Cover and refrigerate 1/2 hour, make into rolls. Let rise until double in size. Bake about 15-20 minutes. Refrigerate and use over 5 or 6 days. Makes 24 rolls.

Kentucky FRIED CHICKEN..BISCUITS

Preheat oven to 425ºF. Sift together flour, salt, sugar and baking powder
into mixing bowl. Make a well in the flour mix and add the milk.

Add shortening and begin kneading with hands (to cut in) the vegetable
shortening and flour in the milk until thoroughly mixed. Add milk, if needed to form, and mix. Turn onto floured board, and knead gently 6 to 8 times.

Pat dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into biscuits. Place on baking sheet
and brown in oven 10-13 minutes. Makes about 9 biscuits.
 

Southern Spoon Bread

Preheat oven to 400ºF. In pan, heat milk, salt and sugar to a moderate temperature. Add corn meal and cook as mush (about 5 minutes). Beat together eggs, baking powder, water and butter. Add to corn meal mixture. Pour into buttered 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

 KFC Cole Slaw

Cut cabbage and carrots into small pieces about the size of rice kernels.
(The food processor is great for this!) In salad bowl, combine the sugar, salt, pepper, milk, mayonaise, buttermilk, vinegar and lemon juice. Beat until smooth. Add the cabbage and carrots. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Serves 6 to 8.

 KFC Gravy

1. First make a roux by combining the oil with 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour in a medium saucepan over low heat. Heat the mixture for 20-30 minutes, stirring often, until it is a dark chocolate color.

2. Remove the roux from the heat, stir in the rest of the flour, and add the remaining ingredients to the saucepan; mix well.

3. Put the saucepan back over the heat, turn it up to medium and bring the gravy to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until thick.

Makes about 3 cups.

KFC Macaroni Salad

Combine everything just as listed. Refrigerate salad tightly covered several hours before serving.