KFC’s Official Recipe Released After Being Found In Old Scrapbook
I’ve always thought that KFC and Coca cola are kind of similar. We don’t really know what makes them taste the way they do, but we love it so who cares… right?
KFC have always kept the secret of their recipe close to their chest. Which is understandable, really, when you think about how many wannabe chicken shops have come along since KFC first started.
I once found a Chicken Shed, Chicken Cottage, Chicken Hut and Sam’s Chicken next to each other on one road in North London. I couldn’t decide between them so I quite literally chickened out.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
The official KFC recipe is apparently locked away in a vault somewhere to keep it out of the hands of competitors. It’s allegedly only shown to a select few at the top of the company, and is delivered to the restaurant premixed so that the general staff have no clue what’s in it.
Image: iStockColonel Sanders was so paranoid about protecting his recipe that he allegedly planned to set up two companies, and give each only half the recipe - so that no one would ever have the full recipe.
Joe Ledington, the Colonel’s nephew, doesn’t seem to value the family business, or secrets, after he found the recipe in a scrapbook belonging to the Colonel’s second wife, Claudia Saunders, and sold it to the press.
Not all heroes wear capes, eh.
Image: iStockWhen asked if he believed it was really the Colonel’s recipe Joe said: ‘Yeah, I do’ before adding: “I don’t want to get in an argument with [KFC’s parent company] Yum! Brands about it but … I’m pretty sure that it’s pretty close to the original.”
In a weird twist, that we’re pretty sure is a double bluff, Yum! Brands have had no problem with it’s release because they claim it isn’t the same recipe.
Here it is just in case, like me, you plan on trying it out:
11 Spices – Mix With 2 Cups White Flour
1) 2/3 tsp Salt
2) 1/2 tsp Thyme
3) 1/2 tsp Basil
4) 1/3 tsp Oregano
5) 1 tsp Celery Salt
6) 1 tsp Black Pepper
7) 1 tsp Dried Mustard
8) 4 tsp Paprika
9) 2 tsp Garlic Salt
10) 1 tsp Ground Ginger
11) 3 tsp White Pepper
What do you think? Let us know in the comments
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H/T: The Chigago Tribune, The Sun