Oscar De La Huerte answered
KFC is my favorite fast-food chain, and there's nothing like the taste of that golden breadcrumb-coated chicken to get my mouth watering.
Unfortunately, replicating that flavor at home is near impossible. The reasons are two-fold:
As with most fast-foods, it is impossible to duplicate the taste at home. Ever tried to make a McDonald's cheeseburger on your grill? The meat tastes awfully different.
One reason is that there are probably dozens of ingredients that companies use to 'perfect' the taste of their food, and many of them are industrially-created specifically to match the needs of companies like KFC.
The second reason that you'll struggle to find an accurate recipe to replicate that KFC taste is that the company works hard to make sure that doesn't happen.
Imagine if the recipe for making delicious-tasting KFC chicken was available on the internet. Apart from all the potential customers who would simply stay at home and make their own fried chicken, there would also be a number of rival companies that would make use of this information to offer the same taste and quality that KFC regards as one of their main profit-making weapons.
Why you can't replicate KFC chicken
The taste of KFC is desirable. That's how companies want you to see their products, which is why they spend tons of money on product development. In turn, this is why you cannot duplicate their taste using regular ingredients.
If you really want to make KFC at home, you might want to start by installing a chemical lab at home and hiring a chemical engineer to reverse-engineer a family bucket.
Unfortunately, replicating that flavor at home is near impossible. The reasons are two-fold:
- The ingredients and recipe are an industrial secret that KFC holds on to for dear life
- You probably don't have the facility at home to accurately replicate the
As with most fast-foods, it is impossible to duplicate the taste at home. Ever tried to make a McDonald's cheeseburger on your grill? The meat tastes awfully different.
One reason is that there are probably dozens of ingredients that companies use to 'perfect' the taste of their food, and many of them are industrially-created specifically to match the needs of companies like KFC.
The second reason that you'll struggle to find an accurate recipe to replicate that KFC taste is that the company works hard to make sure that doesn't happen.
Imagine if the recipe for making delicious-tasting KFC chicken was available on the internet. Apart from all the potential customers who would simply stay at home and make their own fried chicken, there would also be a number of rival companies that would make use of this information to offer the same taste and quality that KFC regards as one of their main profit-making weapons.
Why you can't replicate KFC chicken
The taste of KFC is desirable. That's how companies want you to see their products, which is why they spend tons of money on product development. In turn, this is why you cannot duplicate their taste using regular ingredients.
If you really want to make KFC at home, you might want to start by installing a chemical lab at home and hiring a chemical engineer to reverse-engineer a family bucket.
