SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Chicken 2, Chapter 2 (Fried Chicken)

Chicken thighs and drumsticks (bone-in), skinless chicken breasts, chicken wings, buttermilk (or milk and lemon juice), plain flour, cornflour, eggs, cornflakes or panko, aluminium-free baking powder, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne or mild chilli powder, rapeseed or sunflower oil for frying, lemons, honey, hot sauce (optional), baking paper and a probe thermometer and an oil thermometer.

Oven-fried crunchy chicken (4 portions)
[ ] 8 chicken thighs or drumsticks, skinless or skin-on
[ ] 300 ml buttermilk
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt
[ ] 100 g cornflakes, crushed
[ ] 50 g panko breadcrumbs
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 1 tsp garlic powder
[ ] 3 tbsp rapeseed oil

Crispy baked wings (4 portions)
[ ] 1 kg chicken wings, tips removed and split at the joint
[ ] 2 tsp aluminium-free baking powder
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 2 tbsp runny honey
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 lemon, juice

Popcorn chicken (4 portions)
[ ] 500 g skinless chicken breast, cut into 2 cm cubes
[ ] 100 g plain flour
[ ] 50 g cornflour
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 1 tsp garlic powder
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt
[ ] 2 eggs, beaten
[ ] 500 ml rapeseed or sunflower oil, for frying

Buttermilk fried chicken (4 portions)
[ ] 8 bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks
[ ] 400 ml buttermilk
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt, for the soak
[ ] 200 g plain flour
[ ] 2 tbsp cornflour
[ ] 2 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 1 tsp garlic powder
[ ] 1 tsp onion powder
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt, for the flour
[ ] 1 litre rapeseed or sunflower oil, for frying

For the experiments
[ ] A heavy deep frying pan
[ ] An oil thermometer
[ ] A wire rack and tray