He has memories of this recipe that he used to make by the bucket. Then something pretty awesome happened.Ī food reporter for the Chicago Tribune visited the nephew of good old Colonel Sanders himself. So I have sort of watched the copycat rounds develop from a distance. Everyone has theories, and according to KFC no one has EVER been right. So here we are all trying to decode the famous 11 herbs and spices. Oh, and last thing, as far as fast food goes, it tends to be pretty pricy. Also, and hey to each his own (I’m definitely guilty of my fair share of food sins), but KFC uses MSG in the recipe for its KFC Original Recipe Chicken. Have you been to a KFC in the last decade? I’ve only been a few times but was disappointed each time because the chicken pieces have shrunken… a lot.
So why make a copycat recipe of it if you have one a mile down the road? Well, A: Copycat recipes are a ton of fun and B: Way, way, way, way higher quality. Unlike the Pioneer Chicken that my mom used to buy, this food memory is one I can still enjoy anytime I wanted. We’d share chicken and a strawberry parfait they used to sell. As a kid my aunt would walk me home from school and we would stop at the KFC that was a half a block from my school. KFC Original Recipe Chicken has been a huge part of my childhood. KFC Original Recipe Chicken decoded by a food reporter and republished with all 11 herbs and spices to make picture perfect KFC chicken at home!