I heard some angry homosexual on Twitter say that all Chik Fil A's chicken sandwich is, is a normal chicken sandwich marinated in pickle juice and they're fried in peanut oil. Can I just dump some pickle juice into some buttermilk and stir it then fry the chickens up over some lard and call it a day?

>>21444823 (OP)
you can do whatever you want

You can, and it might even taste good. But it won't taste like Chick Fil A.

>>21444866
My question is, what difference does marinading make compared to just dumping said flavoring in the batter?

>>21444868
IMO it's pointless to waste expensive ingredients on a marinade unless you're gonna use all of it in some way or if it's vital to the cooking process e.g. buttermilk brine for fried chicken. The flavors don't really penetrate the interior of the meat. Most of the time a basic salt brine is the way to go.

https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-dry-brine

>>21444892
I'll try that then

>>21444823 (OP)
The pickle juice matters less than lightly breading and using an MSG and salt blend to season

>>21444934
So you're saying the angry homosexual telling people the secret to Chik Fil A sandwiches "to not eat bigoted chicken" was just lying for clout?

I HOPE THEY GET SUPER AIDS!

>>21444941
Homophobia is the secret ingredient. As one is frying, one must imagine the chicken as sexual deviants and the pan as hell

>>21444954
A chicken a day keeps the faggot away, as my grandpappy used to say

>>21444941
>>21444954
>>21444956

>>21444823 (OP)

>>21444868
you gotta do it for a day or two for it to actually make a difference you can taste. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

>>21444823 (OP)
Yeah something like that. I’m sure you can find a recipe, considering a lot of frozen chicken tastes the same or better.

>>21444823 (OP)
They also put powdered sugar in the dredge.
Sweet, salty, sour, umami all make Chik Fil A's chicken stand out.

>>21445212
>warning food might contain flavor

>>21444941
>>21444954
>>21444956
thats the gayest intervention ive seen written since i read call me by your name like a decade ago.

>>21444823 (OP)
I've never been able to properly replicate it but I do believe the pickle juice is a big part of it. You'd want to marinate the chicken in a pickle juice and buttermilk blend plus maybe spices for a few hours or overnight, then lightly bread the chicken before frying. Couldn't tell you what the spice ratio is on the breading though, no idea

>>21448940
I'm assuming the spicy one is just paprika

>>21447927
Why would I call anyone by my name? Is his name John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt? Cuz his name is my name, too.

>>21444823 (OP)
It's just a salt brine. Pickle juice would color the meat.

>>21444823 (OP)
They cook their chicken in a pressure cooker.
I worked there in like 2005

Peanut oil will get you most of the way there.

>>21444823 (OP)
Oh boy... Sweetie, you poor sweet summer child, lets unpack this. Did you know that trans and lgbtqa+ people are being literally hunted down in the parking lots of CFA? I saw it yesterday in my dreams. Y'all need to quit eating there and choose a chicken play that respects lqgbtqa+ folx.

>>21444892
>The flavors don't really penetrate the interior of the meat.
i used beetroot pickle juice once and it was very different to seasoned buttermilk, i could taste the earthiness from the beetroot in the meat. i wouldn't use both pickle juice and buttermilk

>>21444823 (OP)
You can literally find similar recipes online

>>21444868
It's not the marinade. It's the Homophobia and quality customer service that makes it so good

>>21444823 (OP)
>angry homosexual
let me guess, hes also mad because the guy who founded chick fil a found god

>>21444823 (OP)
Why do you care what homos say about taste, especially when they're angry that they'll never enter the Kingdom of Heaven like the owners of Chick-fil-a will.

>>21445212
>yellow prussiate of soda
love how they use this obsolete term so they don't have to say that they are literally putting cyanide in your food

was confirmed ages ago they dont use gherkin juice as a marinade

>>21453307
>yellow prussiate of soda
it's just an anti-caking salt with low toxicity anyway

>>21453351
it releases cyanide if combined with an acid... whoops, turns out every ingredient in fast food is acidic!

>>21453357
hydrogen cyanide gas in such a quantity that nobody has ever been harmed by mixing cheap salt with acid

>>21453376
the harm would be in repeated ingestion over a prolonged period of time. it's almost like that's the typical scenario of fast food ingestion.

>>21444823 (OP)
They have a contrroversial relationship with certain communities, so I would discount any crap you heard online about them. Angry people be angry.

Just play around with brines, then dredge in flour, then fry. That exchange of plumped up chicken tissue will release moisture and so a second dredging will crust up and make it extra crispy too. I wouldn't dry brine, unless smoking outside. Wet is going to be best for frying. Buttermilk and yogurt chicken has a good history of tenderizing the meat too. There are 13 spices supposedly in KFC's recipe, in the dredge, one of them being msg likely. I just use Tony Cachere's and sometimes a bit of sage or Bell's poultry seasoning too. A lot of people like dill pickles, so the brine mythe could be real or made up. I think Chick Fil A has not actually shared their recipe, neither denied or confirmed.

If you like dill, amp it up, maybe a dill ranch topping, or extra pickles. I wouldn't cook with it.

>>21453396
things like fruit and almonds contain a similarly negligible level of cyanide

>>21453396
>>21453449
so you two are telling me I gotta not only activate my almonds but also my burgers??

>>21444823 (OP)
Caring about Chick fil A's mediocre chicken is gayer than letting another man fuck you in the ass.
Please either touch grass or go back to /pol/, /ck/ is one of the few remaining boards here that haven't succumbed to election tourist brainrot.

>>21453397
kfc spice is mostly just msg and white pepper. you can get away with using white pepper, msg, mustard powder, garlic powder, onion powder, etc with some poultry seasoning, but not much.

>>21453345
I've never heard of gherkin juice. Give me a quick rundown on it.

>>21454782
>pour the juice out into the chicken

>>21444823 (OP)
reddit sandwich
reddit restaurant

>>21444941
>to not eat bigoted chicken

>>21444823 (OP)
>Can I just dump some pickle juice into some buttermilk and stir it then fry the chickens up over some lard and call it a day?
No. The brining needs to be a few hours to permeate the meat