About a month ago, Mike proudly came home with a new gluten free find, Choice Batter. I generally don't fry things, but we decided to give this product a try at least once out of curiosity. We decided to make buffalo chicken salads for dinner using this mix. One batch of chicken we fried with light olive oil spray and the other we pan fried in peanut oil.
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| Choice Batter |
Upon opening the package, I was immediately hit with the rather zesty smell of the mix. It definitely had some spices mixed in. This worried me a little bit because sometimes the spice mix in gluten free products can leave a lot to be desired. I think some companies must use the heavy spice mixes in an attempt to mask the gluten free taste and texture...
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| Dry Batter |
This mix was fairly easy to use. We just added water, let it sit for a little bit and dunked the chicken pieces in. After that, we tossed it in the frying pan and cooked it until golden brown. The batch that we made with the light olive oil spray came out a lot cakier, whereas the version we fried in the peanut oil came out nice and crispy. If you plan on pan frying your battered items , be careful! The oil spits a lot more than I've ever see another product spit. Make sure you aren't wearing nice clothes and make yourself a frying shield with foil if you need to. Also, you could use a fryer if you have one, which would probably take care of the spitting problem all together.
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| Fried with light olive oil spray |
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| Pan fried in peanut oil |
After we cooked all the chicken, I saved two pieces to try sans hot sauce. My earlier fears of the spice mix being gross or overpowering were thwarted by the tasty fried chicken. It was good without the buffalo sauce and even better with it. If and when we decide to treat ourselves to a buffalo chicken salad with batter fried chicken again, we will be using this mix for sure. We had some left over after the chicken, which sent me cruising for more stuff to fry, but we opted against it since the fried chicken was enough for the evening.
Next time though.... bloomin' onion!
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| Buffalo Chicken Salad |
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