Fried chicken popcorn recipe
The perfect party food – buttermilk-marinated chicken, lightly fried and served with a creamy blue cheese dip, fiery cayenne pepper sauce and crisp celery sticks. This easy recipe shows just how simple it is to make moreish popcorn chicken at home.
See method- Serves 4
- 35 mins to prepare and 15 mins to cook
- 595 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, cut into small cubes
- 284ml buttermilk
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp garlic granules
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 200g plain flour
- vegetable oil, for frying
For the blue cheese dip
- 1 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 4 tbsp light soured cream
- 50g blue cheese, crumbled
To serve
- cayenne pepper sauce
- celery sticks
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2455kJ 595.0kcal
- Fat
- 31g
- Saturates
- 7g
- Salt
- 0.9g
- Sugars
- 5g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 34.6gProtein 45.9gFibre 2.0g
Method
- Place the chicken cubes, buttermilk, thyme, garlic granules, cayenne pepper and seasoning in a bowl. Mix well and put in the fridge to marinate for 20 mins, or overnight if you have the time.
- Make the blue cheese dip by mixing the mayonnaise, sour cream and blue cheese in a bowl. Season to taste and set aside.
- Preheat oven to gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C. Heat oil in a deep-sided sauté pan until it reaches 180°C. Dip each piece of chicken in the plain flour to coat well. Shake off any excess and carefully place in the oil. Cook in batches for 5 mins, turning once. Remove with tongs or a slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper. Put the cooked chicken on a baking tray and keep warm in the oven while you cook the remaining pieces.
- Serve with cayenne pepper sauce, the blue cheese dip and celery sticks.
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