AlBaik Style Broasted Chicken

AlBaik Style Broasted Chicken

If you have ever visited Jeddah, KSA this will be familiar to you. AlBaik Chicken is a Fried Chicken outlet, unique to this region. The local KFC  is no competition for this favorite mouth-watering fried chicken. It is beyond delicious and I am sure everyone wants to know the secret.  I believe it’s the ingredients they use and obviously the quality of the chicken of course. They may have a secret that we will never know too.

Like many, I remember the taste of Al-Baik Chicken with fondness. We would have it perhaps every other week while growing up. When I moved to Singapore, I loved to taste all these new foods here. Fantastic flavors and new experiences… but fried chicken is never going to get better than Al Baik!

I have tried so many recipes, over the past 10 years… and I realized that the simpler the formula, usually the better result. This recipe for AlBaik Style Broasted Chicken is pretty darn good and it’s homemade so you know what you are eating.

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AlBaik Style Broasted Chicken

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How to make – AlBaik Style Broasted Chicken Recipe at a glance:

• Marinate the chicken. Dredge lightly and marinate for several hours.
• Coat with flour mixture.
• Deep fry.

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Ingredients:

Ingredients:

• 1 broiler/fryer chicken cut into frying size pieces. (Broasted Chicken requires skin-on chicken for optimal results) 1.2 Kg approx.

For the marinade:

• 1 Tbsp garlic juice: crush 1- 2 whole heads of garlic, using mortar and pestle – squeeze the juice out using your hands or a small napkin. We need the liquid only.
• 1 tsp ginger juice: extract juice of ginger in the same way as above
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp cayenne chili powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• ½ tsp pepper powder
• 1 tsp salt or to taste
• 5 Tbsp buttermilk (thick)
• 1 Tbsp soya sauce (light)
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

For first dusting:

•  2 Tbsp cornflour
• 4 Tbsp Plain flour

Flour coating:

• ¾ cup plain flour or self-raising flour for crisper coating (you could also add 1/4 part cornflour here)
• ½ tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cayenne  powder

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Read more about the famous AlBaik here OR continue recipe below.

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Key Ingredients: Chicken, Flour, Garlic, Ginger, Spices, Buttermilk, Oil, Lemon, Vinegar.

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