Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Fried Chicken Recipe
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- 2 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken bites or chicken breast meat
- ¾ cup of mayonnaise
- 1 bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (makes about 5 cups)
- 1 tsp of cayenne pepper
- 2 tbsp of corn starch
- ½ tsp of kosher salt
- 1 cup of cooking oil (canola, peanut, etc.)
Instructions
- Crush your Cheetos on the countertop using a large, flat item. Alternatively, you can place the entire contents of the bag of chips into a food processor and turn it into dust that way. It should take about a minute to turn them into a powder.
- Mix together the corn starch, Cheeto dust, cayenne pepper and kosher salt. One of the easiest ways to mix them thoroughly is to add them all to a plastic resealable bag and shake that up.
- The next step for our fried Flamin’ Hot Cheetos chicken wings recipe is to coat the chicken in mayonnaise. You can do that in a bag as well, massaging the chicken with the mayonnaise until it is all coated. You can also do that in a bowl, if you like. If you buy boneless chicken breasts, just be sure to cut the breast meat up into bite size pieces or as large as you want them.
- Place about half a cup of oil in a frying pan and heat on medium. While that is warming, place the chicken into the same bag or containers as your seasonings. Mix all of that together until the chicken is fully coated with dust. The mayo works to hold the seasoning in place and to keep it from falling off much during frying.
- Once the oil is heated, you can transfer the chicken to the frying pan. It’s best to use tongs for that. Make sure there is some space between each piece of chicken so that it can fry properly. Cook each piece of chicken on medium heat for about 3 minutes on each side. Then, remove the chicken from the frying pan and place on a paper towel or parchment paper to allow the grease to fall off. You can eat the chicken after it has been allowed to cool for a short while.