Buttermilk or yogurt are commonly used for chicken and act as a tenderizer. Eggs are sometimes mixed with milk or water. Rice flour or refined starches like cornstarch can be used instead of wheat flour. Seasoning is applied either directly to the food before coating or it is mixed into the flour.Ī 3-stage breading process for pan-frying or deep-frying, begins by dredging the item in wheat flour, dipping in an egg mixture (known as an eggwash), and coating it with bread crumbs. Dredging is a simple process of coating a product with flour. Coating foods helps retain moisture while preventing foods from sticking to the pan. (Which you can always ask for).Fried and sautéed foods are often coated to enhance their texture, taste, and appearance. Many people like their wings crunchy, which is difficult to do without a breading unless you really cook them extra well done. So not only does the breading allow the wing to be tender on the inside, but it also makes it crunchy on the outside. This is similar, again, to a fried chicken recipe or a breaded chicken cutlet. An actual breading would entail flour, an egg (or buttermilk) wash, and then bread crumbs of some sort. A breading seals in the juices and makes the chicken more tender. On the plus side, because we’ve had several breaded wings that we actually enjoyed very much. In a case where wings are put out for happy hours, a breading would also make a customer fuller faster. I don’t have any facts to base this next statement on, but since chicken wings aren’t a money-making item at restaurants, a breading on the wings would probably make customers thirstier. You honestly won't believe how huge these wings were! * Click on the photo for the YouTube episode.

The one exception we found was a place in Monroe, CT called The Firehouse Grill where the wings were jumbo, breaded, and flavor out of this world. You don’t normally see restaurants breading the large jumbo wings because then they look like dinosaur wings or actual fried chicken.

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