what is in kfc secret recipe

Food Theory: I SOLVED KFC's Secret Recipe! (KFC Chicken)

so has anyone actually ever figured out,colonel sanders's secret recipe blend of,11 herbs and spices,dozens upon dozens of individuals claim,to have solved the world-renowned,mystery but which of them,if any should we believe should we,believe the colonel's own nephew who,used to mix the spices himself when he,was a child,the scientist who chemically analyzed,kfc's ingredients in a laboratory or,should we believe,kfc the multinational corporation that,has nothing to gain and,everything to lose by the recipe,becoming public knowledge who claims to,this very day quote,no one's ever been right well never fear,theorists because today's food theory,will answer it all,we're putting the most legitimate,contenders to the test as well as our,own,spoiler alert i think we've got it,hey guys welcome to food theory where,today we're doing something very scary,actually cooking cooking food oh my gosh,and not just cooking any food we are,cooking perhaps,one of the best kept secret foods in all,of history,colonel sanders secret recipe,what do you think the secret is matthew,i think the secret,the secret is love oh man and i hear i,was thinking it was just like,little clippings of his beard that had,fallen into the chicken batter so i,think everyone can agree that kfc's 11,infamous herbs and spices are one of the,most renowned secret recipes,in food history and we've found a lot,of different recipes that say that,they've cracked the code,and today we're going to put them to the,test yeah so we have five different dupe,recipes that we're going to be trying,today,um some of them are crowdsourced some of,them come from food scientists,and some of them even come from colonel,sanders himself,question mark let's get going yeah,there's a lot to cover today,and a lot of chicken that needs to be,fried so,let's stop throwing our bowls around and,start,cooking as we throw our bowls in the,ring it's important to keep in mind that,recreating kfc's original recipe is a,bit like hitting a moving target,people have been trying to get the,recipe right since before i was born,and during that time the taste of kfc's,chicken has changed to a certain degree,the secret 11 herbs and spices almost,certainly haven't but we know for a fact,that kfc has tweaked other aspects of,the recipe and preparation process,like adopting new frying oils that,contain fewer trans fats,even the late colonel sanders believed,his recipe was altered to a noticeable,degree,during his own lifetime shortly after,selling kentucky fried chicken in 1964,he began voicing displeasure about,perceived recipe changes being made,under kfc's new ownership,as a result some of the recipe,contenders we're looking at today seek,to recreate the colonel's true original,recipe before kfc corporate took over,other recipe contenders seek to recreate,the taste of kfc's original recipe the,way we've come to know and love it,in more recent decades in recent years,kfc has adopted soybean oil as its,frying oil of choice in many locations,especially here in the u.s,since we'll be comparing our recipe,contenders against contemporary kfc,chicken fried and soybean oil we're,gonna fry all of our contender,recipes in soybean oil too last thing,i'll mention it's well known that kfc,fries their chicken in pressure fryers,which not only fry the chicken faster,but also give kfc's fried chicken its,distinct extra crispy texture,sadly i didn't have one of those in the,kitchen so today's contender recipes are,gonna have to settle for the deep fryer,steph and i promise to judge them not on,texture but,taste and taste alone and also to be,fair our chicken totally turned out,crispier,just saying now without further ado,let's put our first contender to the,test,this recipe was developed by author and,tv host todd wilbur,so todd wilbur for those who don't know,is actually famous for recreating,famous recipes he's done the big mac,he's done wendy's chili,he's done a whole bunch of secret famous,recipes that you shouldn't technically,be able to make at home,including the kfc original recipe do you,really need someone to recreate the big,mac,the commercials tell you what's in it,special sausage cheese pickles onions,and a sesame seed butter well there's,two,patties special sauce special sauce,what's that,isn't it just thousand island dressing,i don't what he's also done mrs fields,cookies,anyway i thought that was interesting,that doesn't sound delicious i know i,love this man why,can we hire him i feel like this is a,person who should be on this channel,he's already a best-selling author who's,been on like every major talk show he,doesn't need us,but has he been on youtube before we can,poorly animate,a stick figure of him for years,that does sound like a high value,proposition we should call him we should,call us up todd wilbur well let's see,how his recipe works out first and then,all right yeah okay good point now the,reason we're starting with this recipe,is because,todd wilbur on top of being a guy who's,tale