KFC Original Recipe is a secret mix of ingredients used by fast food restaurant chains used by KFC to produce fried chicken.
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Histori
In the late 1930s, Harland Sanders' Corbin, the Kentucky gas station was famous for its fried chicken, that Sanders decided to move the gas station and build restaurants and motels in its place. While refining his secret recipe with 11 herbs and spices, Sanders found that chicken frying was too slow, requiring 30 minutes per order. French fry the chicken in a wire basket embedded in fat that is needed half the time, but produces a dry, uneven chicken. In 1939 he discovered that using a pressure cooker produced a delicious and moist chicken in eight or nine minutes. In July 1940 Sanders completed what became known as his Original Recipe.
After Sanders started a chicken franchise business in the 1950s as Kentucky Fried Chicken, the company sent mixed spices to the restaurant to keep the recipe secret. He recognized the use of salt and pepper in the recipe, and claimed that the ingredients "stand on everyone's shelves".
Sanders uses vegetable oil to fry chicken. In 1993, for economic reasons, many KFC outlets opted to use a mixture of palm oil and soybeans. In Japan, oils used mainly are cottonseeds and corn oil are more expensive, because KFC Japan believes that this offers superior taste quality.
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Reception
The Original Recipe Sanders of "11 herbs and spices" is one of the most famous trade secrets in the catering industry. Franchisee Dave Thomas, better known as Wendy's founder, argues that the concept of secret recipes works because "everyone wants a secret" and former KFC owner John Y. Brown, Jr. calling it "brilliant marketing tactics." The New York Times describes the recipe as one of the company's most valuable assets. The recipe is not patentable, because the patent is published in detail and comes with an expiration date, while trade secrets can remain the intellectual property of the holder forever.
KFC uses Original Recipe as a means to differentiate its products from its competitors. Early franchisees Pete Harman credited the popularity of the chain for recipes and products, and John Y. Brown cited "very tasty, almost addictive" products as the basis of KFC's endurance. On the other hand, Allen Adamson, managing director of the Landor brand consultant, remains unsure about contributing aspects of the secret formula. He argues: "Stories may still be part of the folklore of these companies, but I would be surprised if more than 2 percent buy a brand because of it."
Recipe
A copy of the recipe, signed by Sanders, is stored in a vault in a vault at KFC headquarters in Louisville, along with eleven bottles of herbs and spices. To preserve the secrecy of recipes, half were produced by Griffith Laboratories before being awarded to McCormick, who added the second half.
In 1983, William Poundstone conducted laboratory research into the coating mix, as described in his book Big Secrets, and claimed that the samples he examined contained only flour, salt, monosodium glutamate and black pepper. KFC maintains that it still adheres to Sanders's original 1940 recipe. In the television program Todd Wilbur Top Secret Recipe, former Colonel secretary Shirley Topmiller reveals that Sanders learned from his mother that wise and savory is a good seasoning flavor for chickens. In addition, Winston Shelton, a former friend of the Colonel, reveals that the secret recipe contains the black pepper Tellicherry.
It has been well established that Harland Sanders asked Bill Summers of Marion-Kay Spices in Brownstown, Indiana, USA to recreate his secret mix of 11 herbs and spices. While living, Sanders recommends Marion-Kay condiments for the company's top franchisee, as he believes the latter has been made low by the owner. In 1982, following the death of Sanders, KFC brought a lawsuit against Marion-Kay and the latter was prohibited from selling the mixture to the KFC franchise. The Marion-Kay seasoning is still sold under the name "99-X," and according to Sanders biographer Josh Ozersky, it's indistinguishable from the original KFC recipe.
In August 2016, the Chicago Tribune reported that Joe Ledington of Kentucky, a nephew by marriage of Colonel Sanders, has claimed to have found a copy of the original KFC fried chicken recipe on a piece of handwritten paper in an envelope on a scrapbook. The Tribune staff conducted this cooking test, which took several attempts to get it right. They must determine whether "Ts" means a tablespoon or a teaspoon, and immediately summarize the correct interpretation is a tablespoon. After some trial and error, they decided the chicken should be soaked in buttermilk and coated once in the breading mixture, then fried with oil at 350 degrees Fahrenheit to golden brown. They claim that with the addition of MSG as a flavor enhancer, they can produce fried chicken that feels "indistinguishable" from the fried chicken they buy at KFC.
The recipes found by Joe Ledington read as follows:
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Rempah-rempah - Campur Dengan 2 Cangkir Putih Fl.
- 2/3 Ts Salt
- 1/2 Ts Thyme
- 1/2 Ts Basil
- 1/3 Ts Oregano
- 1 Ts Seledri garam
- 1 Ts Lada hitam
- 1 Ts Kering mustard
- 4 Ts Paprika
- 2 Ts Garlic salt
- 1 Ts Temulawak
- 3 Ts Lada Putih
While Ledington expressed uncertainty that the recipe was actually a Original Recipe, he had a hand in mixing the Original Recipe for Colonel Sanders when he was a kid, and remembered that white pepper was the main ingredient.
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