Why Champagne and Fried Chicken Are Perfect Together

[NotASurfer]

This wouldn't have been an obvious pairing to me. Actually sounds more like fuel for a 3AM tweetstorm - but I'm thinking, New Years, and if you're doing the good kind of fried chicken, it could work!

When Champagnes are made, they go through a process called autolysis, during which the wine spends time in contact with the lees. The French phrase is sur lie, which is a beautiful way of saying the wine was aged on the dead yeast that’s leftover after fermentation ends. The liquid in each bottle eventually takes on the flavors of that yeast — which is to say, the bready, toasty, briochey notes that come through when you smell and taste good Champagne.

Those bread flavors just so happen to align perfectly with the crunchy, golden goodness of nicely fried chicken. In fact, as a Kentucky native, I’d go so far as to say that the Colonel’s Original Recipe is the chicken you want to try. The spice blend is packed with savory, umami-driven pleasures, Champagne’s natural acidity plays very well with chicken grease, and the wine’s bubbles amplify the crunchy effects of the skin and coating.

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. That does sound good.

I think I will try that combo sometime soon.

[northoftheborder]

2. I have the Kentucky Fried chicken spice blend recipe

I was watching Milk Street today, where they made fried chicken the Japanese way, using boneless, skinless thighs, and corn starch, instead of flour for the breading. also used fresh ginger for marinade. Made me want to try it, although I have supposedly given up making fried chicken!

[NotASurfer]

4. Can you tell people it's "Paleo Tempura" or something and keep a straight face?

Sounds good to me by any name!

[Hortensis]

3. About now, holed up against the weather

whistling by outside (in Florida!), watching the Rose Parade, that sounds as if it would be perfect for the "occasion." Seriously. Only, version of choice would be Popeye's spicy.

Instead, it's a seafood, veggie and rice salad, blending flavors right now, but more suited for dining out on the patio, not for huddling inside against temperatures that will fall all day as a gift from the north. White wine available, but unfortunately no champagne.

Next year. Happy 2018!