# The fried-chicken thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fried-chicken-thread/851334>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fried-chicken-thread/851334 "2020-04-08T09:47:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fried-chicken-thread/851334/21 "2020-04-09T23:19:51Z")

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Less oil…?

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**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fried-chicken-thread/851334/22 "2020-04-10T07:26:04Z")

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I’ve tried a few recipes that call for whole or big bone-in pieces, and I didn’t like the results because of the lengthy frying time and abundance of oil. That’s what I’d call _real fried chicken_, which I like a lot, but it hasn’t turned out well the three or four times I’ve tried making it. I’m sure I could get the hang of it, but for now I prefer the nuggets recipe I posted at the top of this thread. With a short frying time (fillet meat rather than bone-in) and little oil, I get better results with a lot less hassle.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fried-chicken-thread/851334/23 "2020-04-10T12:10:56Z")

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> [@jerez](#):
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> I’ve tried a few recipes that call for whole or big bone-in pieces, and I didn’t like the results because of the lengthy frying time and abundance of oil. That’s what I’d call _real fried chicken_, which I like a lot, but it hasn’t turned out well the three or four times I’ve tried making it. I’m sure I could get the hang of it, but for now I prefer the nuggets recipe I posted at the top of this thread. With a short frying time (fillet meat rather than bone-in) and little oil, I get better results with a lot less hassle.

Chickens are too big now. Fried chicken was intended for ordinary non-mutant chickens. In the past couple of years I’ve found them a little smaller on occasion but the breasts are still way to big to fry whole.

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