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Luvpookie 
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| Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 2:36 am)
Any suggestions on how to fry a whole chicken like we fry turkies ? I know you use peanut oil at 350 degrees. Do you inject and what is the time per pound? Thanks in advance.
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OTIS2
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 6:49 am to Luvpookie)
I haven't done it in a long time but I'd think, just like a turkey, 3 to 3.5 per pound would work.
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Btrtigerfan
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 7:51 am to OTIS2)
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3 to 3.5 per pound would work.
This is correct. I rinse them with cooking sherry, shake on some creole seasoning, put them in a paper bag with flour and coat them real well. Cook one at a time. Let them rest on a wire rack till they are only warm to the touch, then carve them up. I use kitchen shears.
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Zilla
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 12:21 pm to Btrtigerfan)
well how long then ??
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Ole Geauxt
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 12:30 pm to Zilla)
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well how long then ??
how big is your chicken x 3-3.5 ='s ?
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Degas
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 12:32 pm to Luvpookie)
It's best to put it in the fryer right out of the freezer so that the skin crisps up nicely.
...along with your house. 
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TorNation
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 12:33 pm to Zilla)
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well how long then ??
Really?
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nosaints 
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:08 pm to TorNation)
If I recall its not the same time as turkey per pound. I want to say more like 7-9 minutes a pound while turkey is 3-4 minutes. Average time for a 5lbs bird is 45 mins. 
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unclebuck504 
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/7/12 at 12:41 am to nosaints)
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If I recall its not the same time as turkey per pound. I want to say more like 7-9 minutes a pound while turkey is 3-4 minutes. Average time for a 5lbs bird is 45 mins.
This ..
... when i used to fry turkeys commercially back in the day, somebody asked me to do a chicken (a capon, actually) ... i wasn't sure about the cooking time, and i couldn't get any solid advice from anyone around (AND this was back in the olden days before the interwebs) ... so i called the 1-800 number on the cajun injector jar, LOL
This was back before they sold the company, so i actually wound up with someone on the phone from the restaurant. They explained to me that the cooking time per pound was actually longer because a chicken doesn't have as big of a cavity, so it doesn't cook from the inside and outside like a turkey does.
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CITWTT
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/7/12 at 7:35 am to Degas)
I was going to say are you wishing ill will towards him. If you ever want to see a turkey explode get some dry ice to cool him off. Hot oil and chilled bird are phenomenal fire works, just make sure there is adequate space between it and you.
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Zilla
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/7/12 at 9:31 am to TorNation)
I misread, I thought he said "that is incorrect"
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Ole Geauxt
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/7/12 at 9:44 am to unclebuck504)
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ctually longer because a chicken doesn't have as big of a cavity, so it doesn't cook from the inside and outside like a turkey does.
interesting, makes sense 
still woulda thought "thinner or smaller takes less time or at least the same"..
good info...
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Papa Tigah
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/7/12 at 11:27 am to Luvpookie)
inject with creole butter 3.5 minutes per pound.
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DownSouthTiger
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| re: Frying whole chicken (Posted on 10/7/12 at 2:24 pm to Luvpookie)
I fry them often and it's 7 minutes. If you do 3.5 minutes you will have raw thighs.
Even better than chickens is some Cornish hens fried whole I can do 4 at a time. I even make different sauces for them.
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