but years of cooking fried chicken have given me a solid formula. You don’t need a lot of cornstarch in fried chicken dredge—the mixture of flour and seasonings—to get its benefits. Add one tablespoon ...
But without any type of coating, "it's not really fried chicken," said Ervin ... The final step is a light coating of oil, to make sure any dry flour isn't exposed on the surface of the chicken.