Darrel Romba
ENG 202C
ASSN. 4
11/1/14
How to prepare and cook Old Bay fried chicken
Ingredients required:
Tools needed:
Chicken breast
Egg
Unbleached all-purpose flour
Bread Crumbs (preferably Panko)
Salt
Pepper
Old Bay seasoning
Canola Oil
Chef’s knife
2 General purpose knives
Cutting board
Whisk
Large fork
2 mixing bowls
Frying pan
Stove top
2 Plates
Trash bin
Access to kitchen sink
Hand or dish soap
PREPARATION
Before beginning the preparation stage of the process, all tools and ingredients must be laid
out for access in order to avoid CONTAMINATION.
Tools and ingredients must be laid out in the order that they appear in the preparation
stages.
Chicken breast must also be thawed before beginning. Place chicken breast into
refrigerator once almost entirely thawed. Chicken has been thoroughly thawed once it is no
longer stiff.
When determining the correct frying pan to use, the total diameter of the pan should not be
much larger than the food you are using. In this case, the diameter of the frying should
barely exceed the overall diameter of the chicken breast.
Step 1
Begin by turning on the cold water on your sink.
Allow water to stay on throughout preparation
process.
Step 2
Place trash bin in close proximity to working
area and ensure that lid or cover is removed.
Step 3
Next, remove chicken breast from refrigeration
and stand over sink.
Step 4
*requires 1 plate
Standing over the sink, remove chicken breast
from package and place package into trash bin.
Place chicken breast onto first plate.
Step 5
Take chicken breast from plate and thoroughly
rinse chicken breast under water to remove
remaining juice and contaminants. Once clean,
place chicken breast back onto plate.
Step 6
Using soap, wash hands in sink before moving to
next step
Step 7
*requires general purpose knife
Using a general purpose knife, cut excess fat
from chicken breast and dispose of fat in trash
bin. Place chicken breast back onto plate. Place
knife in the sink as it is no longer needed.
Step 8
*requires cutting board and fork
Using a fork, move chicken breast from plate to
cutting board.
Step 9
*requires chef’s knife, cutting board and fork
Using the chef’s knife, cut chicken breast
lengthwise to reduce thickness. Once breast is in
2 pieces, cut each large piece into three
approximately equal sections.
Step 10
Place all the pieces of chicken back onto plate
from cutting board.
PREPARATION OF SPICES AND BREADING
Step 11
*requires mixing bowl
Crack 1 egg into mixing bowl.
Step 12
Wash hands with soap to avoid
contamination
Step 13
*requires whisk
Add pinch of salt and pepper to egg. Then
add 5 shakes of Old Bay seasoning to egg
and mix egg and seasoning with whisk.
Step 14
*requires 2nd mixing bowl
Using new bowl, add generous amount of
flour, enough to easily cover base of mixing
bowl. Then add equal part Panko bread
crumbs.
Step 15
Add pinch of garlic salt, pepper and
generous amount of Old Bay seasoning to
flour and Panko mixture. Blend contents of
mixing bowl until seasoning and Panko are
evenly dispersed throughout mixture.
Step 16
*requires fork
Using a fork, add all cuts of the chicken into
the egg. Make sure that the surface of all
the chicken has been coated in egg. Allow
chicken to sit 1 minute.
Step 17
Move chicken from mixing bowl with egg to
the mixing bowl with the flour and bread
crumbs.
Step 18
*requires fork
Using a fork, flip and thoroughly coat each
piece of chicken with breading, flour and
seasoning.
PRE-COOKING
Step 19
*requires frying pan
Place frying pan onto stove top. Turn stove
setting to medium high and allow 2-3
minutes for pan to heat up.
Step 20
Add canola oil to pan. Add enough to cover
the entire pan and is approximately ¼” in
depth.
COOKING
Step 21
Add all pieces of chicken to the frying pan
one by one, ensuring that each piece has
adequate space and is not touching another
piece of chicken.
Step 22
Allow chicken to cook for 5-7 minutes on
medium-high heat. After 5-7 minutes the
breading will begin to smell sweet and will
appear to be golden brown and not over
saturated with oil. FLIP CHICKEN NOW.
Step 23
Allow chicken to cook on opposite side for
5-7 minutes. After 5-7 minutes, move
chicken onto clean plate and allow to cool.
Turn off stove at this point.
Step 24
Cut into largest piece of chicken to ensure
that it is thoroughly cooked. The center of
the chicken should appear white with no
traces of pink.