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Kfc Wings

A fried chicken wing recipe using shortening, egg, milk, flour, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,850 recipes. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Kfc Wings

Time12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. If you are using frozen wings, allow them to defrost and marinate.

  2. If you are using fresh wings, take the wing, remove the flipper, then break them into two pieces and then marinate them.

  3. Combine the beaten egg with the milk in a small bowl.

  4. In another small bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika and msg.

Bread and fry

  1. When shortening is hot, dip each wing first in the flour mixture, then into the milk and egg mixture, and back into the flour.

  2. Bread all the wings then refrigerate them until ready to use.

  3. When they are ready to be used, fry them 6 at a time for 12 minutes.

  4. Remove from the shortening and allow them to drain for 3 minutes.

Serve

  1. For the barbecue ones, dip in the barbecue sauce and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

959Calories
59 gProtein
30 gFat
110 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Chicken + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,389 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  4. Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Milk and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

All-purpose flour
Forms a dry coating that crisps during frying and helps the egg-milk layer adhere.
Egg
Binds the flour coating to the wings so it stays in place during frying.
Milk
Moistens the egg coating so the flour layer sticks evenly to the wings.
Shortening
Conducts heat to cook the wings and browns the outer coating as it fries.

The step that matters

Frying at the right heat. Shortening must be hot before the wings go in. Too cool and the coating absorbs oil and turns greasy; the cook should also fry only 6 at a time so the oil stays hot enough to crisp the coating and cook the meat through.

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, egg, milk, flour, pepper):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, egg, milk, flour, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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