I offered to bring fried chicken to our July 4th picnic with our friends. Since we are eating a more traditional foods diet, I wanted to make the fried chicken “TF”, but I wasn’t sure how. I searched online and found a recipe on www.kraftfoods.com that I modified and made more like the diet that we eat. It turned out so good! My friends thought that they were eating fried chicken, when in reality, it was grilled. When I told them it was grilled chicken, they were amazed. Here’s the recipe with my modifications.
6-7 chicken pieces, including legs and thighs
1/3 cups or more mayo
fresh or dried garlic
1/2 cup of crushed organic butter crackers, I used Late July brand
1 tbsp crushed dried Italian seasoning
Remove the skin from the chicken, if desired. Next, mix mayo and garlic, to taste. Crush the crackers and mix in the Italian seasoning. It’s best to have all of this done before you move to the next step. When ready, preheat grill to medium-low. Lower temps take a little longer, but will help you to not burn the cracker crust. While the grill is preheating, coat the chicken with the mayo mixture, then roll in the crackers until the chicken is coated well. Grill the chicken for about 15 minutes on each side. It’s helpful to have a meat thermometer to make sure that the chicken reaches 180* before serving. That’s it. The coating on the chicken may get dark or even burn if the temp is too high. That’s ok, because it’s easy to remove the dark bits without ruining the rest of the piece of chicken.
This isn’t completely “tf”, but pretty darn close.
This is really simple and the meat is really juicy and good. Let me know if you try it and if you changed anything. I’d love to know how it turns out!