The crispiest fried chicken is just a few ingredients away when you use this top-rated fried chicken batter!
Fried Chicken Batter Ingredients
Before you batter the chicken for frying, you’ll need to make a beer batter and a seasoned flour mixture. These are the ingredients you’ll need:
- For the seasoned flour mixture: All-purpose flour with garlic salt, black pepper, paprika, poultry seasoning, and salt
- For the beer batter: Beer, all-purpose flour, egg yolks, salt, and black pepper
How to Make Triple-Dipped Fried Chicken
You’ll find the full, step-by-step recipe below — but here’s a brief overview of what you can expect when you make triple-dipped fried chicken at home:
- Make the seasoned flour mixture.
- Make the beer batter.
- Moisten chicken with water, then dip in the seasoned flour.
- Dip the chicken in the batter, then dip it again in the seasoned flour.
- Fry the chicken until it’s crispy and well-browned.
What to Serve With Fried Chicken
If you’re in need of serving inspiration, check out our collection of Classic Side Dishes for Fried Chicken. Here are a few of the recipes you'll find:
How to Store Fried Chicken
Store the leftover fried chicken in an airtight container (or wrap it tightly in aluminum foil), then refrigerate for up to four days. Reheat in the microwave or in the oven.
Allrecipes Community Tips and Praise
“This is the BEST and ONLY way I make fried chicken,” says Linda Della. “It not only tastes GREAT, but even when reheated in the microwave, it's still crispy!”
“Yes, crispy,” according to Audrey Lee Wilson-Howell. “I made chicken fingers using this dredge with my own Creole seasonings and it was wonderfully crisp!”
“This recipe is amazing,” raves chartlewis96. “We used the batter on oyster mushrooms instead of chicken and it was so delicious. My wife and I loved it! We’ll definitely be using this recipe again.”
Editorial contributions by Corey Williams
