Ok, I have a bit of a soft spot for fried chicken and these tender strips (which you just can’t seem to buy in the shops here in the UK) are simply YUM!
So to make this work we need to cheat, the crispiness of these strips actually comes from crisps (UK) or potato chips (US) – the trick is selecting the right crisps to use. This recipe came from my friends in the Bahamas and they used some American crisps I adore called Funyuns, I even brought a bunch of bags back with me so that’s what I’m going to use, in place of these you could probably use any onion ring crisps but I’ll be sure to update this post with options once I’ve had a play. Anyway, back to business…
500g Chicken Breast
2 Eggs
White Flour
1 Large Bag of Funyuns (or equivalent)
Plenty of Oil (we’re going to do our best to deep fry these but you can seive and store the oil for later use)
Table Salt to season
Chop the chicken into strips, roughly 1/3 of a chicken breast. Then you need to set up a little production line for preparing the chicken, I set up 3 plates in a row followed by a wooden chopping board.
Plate 1: Beat the eggs into a yellowy mix along with a spash of water, then pour onto the plate – this will be the first dunking place for the chicken strips.
Plate 2: Cover the plate with plain white flour – this will be where you coat the strips after they’re been dunked in the egg mix.
Plate 3: Use a rolling pin to grind down the crisps in the bag so that there are no chunks left and cover the plate with the ground crisps – this is where you coat the egged and floured strips in yummy Funyuns.
Chopping Board: Season the chicken strips with salt and lay them to rest on the wooded chopping board.
Once you’ve prepared all the chicken strips from plate 1 through to chopping board you’re ready to turn on the magic. I use about 200 ml of cheap olive oil in a small but deep frying pan (about 2cm depth of oil) allowing for 3 strips to be fried at any one time. Heat the oil for a couple of minutes so that it sizzles nicely when you drop in the strips. The strips should take about 3 to 4 minutes on each side but it really depends on the temperature of the oil and the size of the strips, let them turn a golden colour and ensure they are thoroughly cooked but don’t let them burn or turn too dark brown.
It should take about 15 minutes to fry the lot, perfect time to throw some french fries in the oven and check on the coleslaw you made earlier 
I’m going to have fun with this recipe and will update soon with the crisps that I try – I think Monster Munch will be my next test!
