KFC’s fried chicken is a staple of American fast food, with a secret recipe that has been perfected over the years. The chain’s founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, spent nine years perfecting his blend of 11 herbs and spices, which is still used today.
The Cooking Technique
KFC’s chicken is cooked in commercial pressure fryers, which cook the chicken quickly and create a crisp crust while keeping the meat juicy. The chain’s website says its chicken is made ‘the hard way,’ with each piece hand-breaded and freshly prepared.
The original handwritten Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe is so secret that it’s ‘locked in a vault along with vials containing samples of all 11 herbs and spices.’ The restaurant goes so far as to mix half of the spices in one place and the other half somewhere else, with a third party blending them together.
A Brief History
The first KFC franchise opened in Utah in 1952. Today, there are over 31,000 KFC locations in 150 countries and territories worldwide.
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