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Today I Learned #002 Cloudy Fluffy Layers | July 06th, 2022

Didn't know the basic about flour and cooking food in oil for that matter at the start but I learned by my own self through failures and repeated attempts...

... Thankfully the ratios has been going great as of late, between successes and failures, it is nine to one.

Speaking of which, I learned about this from one of how-to videos on Youtube...:

If you want to have that signature fluffed-out crusts on your fried chickens, you need to double dip your chicken in the flour basically.

First, just make sure the protein is not damp by dapping away the moistures off the skin or the surface with a cloth or a kitchen paper towel.

After that, you dip it in an egg mixture and then dip it in the your desired flour.

The key here is to repeat the second step above to achieve that desired effect.

Sure, some of the flour that has been applied would be washed away into the egg mixture itself but those who do not would have a second layer on top of it, hence the fluffy crust over the chicken.

I haven't try to dip it right away into the flour first, naked egg mixture-free, before using the egg mixture for the second dip... do try it and let me know!

For me, it is much more effective to have a baking brush to apply that second egg mixture instead of dipping them the second time. You would lessen the problem of the flour washing away this way!

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Well, that's all folks! Thank you for your time and please do come back for my future posts! :-)