I am trying to remember the components. I recall a potato-ish bun, a ground fried chicken patty and lots of mayo but it has been so long I don’t totally trust myself.
The best things I can find are this blog post and this chowhound thread.
I was going to try to make them for a Thanksgiving get together but I am finding surprisingly little info about them on the internet. There is one recipe but it doesnt seem close to the original.
If anyone has any leads on a recipe or remembers the components better than I can the help would be greatly appreciated.
Yeah… I was never a KFC fan… My family went to Pioneer for their industrial rust colored spicy chicken…
However, I had no idea that Chicken Littles were essentially Flatish chicken nuggets. Here one of the many videos on youtube about making home made Chickie Nuggies…
You’re right on with the recipe. Soft roll (probably potato), a flat chicken “nugget”, and mayo. I wasn’t a huge KFC fan, but there was a location right next to my job. At $0.35 each, they were perfect for a starving teenager. I ate a ton of those things.
My folks used to bring bagfuls of them home for me and my sisters. We would crush a few each and my folks would crush even more. Honestly, remembering them has me wondering if they were stoners .
For the chicken I skinned and ground (2) 3lb Jidoris. Instead of chopping, I used my KitchenAid meat grinder attachment and then followed the seasoning method from the video@Dommy linked to above.
I then took the ground chicken and spread it evenly over a parchment lined quarter sheet pan. Covered it with another sheet pan and weighed it down to make sure the ground chicken was distributed evenly. Par-froze the chicken then cut it into squares. I made this ground chicken mix a few days ahead so I froze these with parchment between the squares.
When I was ready to bread them I used this recipe from a KFC Forum. (Side note the forum is pretty incredible. Imagine FTC but solely focused on KFC )
I deep fried the patties in peanut oil at about 350 for 5 min.
Slathered the buns with some Kewpie mayo and lots of pepper.
It was a ton of work but I will definitely be making these again.
I remember Chicken Littles in the 80s as a flat piece of battered fried chicken breast or thigh, not as ground meat. I remember them having a strong pepper flavor too, because I love black pepper. This was in the Midwest though, so maybe a regional difference? We only had 3 fast food places in our area and KFC was the best one. Chicken Littles were a big treat when we went into town. I was really sad when they stopped carrying them.
I had a really long debate with myself about whether or not to do ground or a pounded out breast. I recall them being square patties and found this very poor quality pic.
I figured this shape would work easiest with ground so I just went for it.
I used to love these in the late 80s… we always enjoyed when we got one with what we called “Mayonnaise Overload” (a hefty smear of mayo on a particular little). I thought they were ground chicken too (California). Man, I miss those… thanks for the walk down memory lane, and the recipes!
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