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NDTV
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Now Make KFC-Style Chicken Popcorn At Home In Just 20 Mins! Try This Easy Recipe
For many non-vegetarians, chicken popcorn is a beloved snack that's hard to resist, especially when it's from KFC. But what if we told you that you can enjoy similar flavours in the comfort of your home? No more waiting in lines or shelling out big bucks for a bucket of crispy goodness. With this easy recipe, you can now indulge in KFC-style chicken popcorn whenever you crave it. The best part? It's ready in just 20 minutes! The recipe for it was shared by the Instagram page @mumbaichikhaugalli. Try it today and get ready to satisfy your snack cravings in no time! Also Read: 8 Fun Ways To Use Your Favourite Popcorn While Cooking What Is Chicken Popcorn Made Of? Chicken popcorn is a popular snack made from bite-sized pieces of boneless chicken, marinated in spices and herbs, then coated with a crispy batter and deep-fried to perfection. The chicken is typically cut into small pieces, making it easy to devour in just a few bites. Is Chicken Popcorn Healthy? Chicken popcorn can be a relatively unhealthy snack due to the deep-frying process. However, you can make a healthier version by air frying or baking the chicken, which reduces the calorie count significantly. How To Ensure KFC-Style Chicken Popcorn Turns Out Crispy? To achieve crispy chicken popcorn, it's essential to use the right batter and frying technique. A light, airy batter with the right balance of ingredients will help achieve crispiness. Additionally, frying the chicken in batches at the right oil temperature will ensure a golden-brown and crunchy exterior. What To Serve With KFC-Style Chicken Popcorn? You can enjoy chicken popcorn with a variety of dips and sauces. Some popular options include cream dip, spicy dip, tomato ketchup or mustard sauce. Feel free to experiment with different flavours and find your favourite combination. How To Make KFC-Style Chicken Popcorn At Home | Chicken Popcorn Recipe Start by adding boneless chicken pieces to a large bowl. To this, add mirchi powder, salt, black pepper, garlic-green chilli paste and lemon juice. Mix well, ensuring the chicken is well-marinated. Keep it aside for a few minutes. Now, add maida and cornflour to a bowl. Coat the marinated chicken pieces in the flour mixture and put them in a strainer. This will help remove excess flour from them. Then, dip them in cold water for a few seconds. Coat them again with some flour. Heat oil in a kadhai and add the chicken pieces in batches. Cook them until they become golden brown and crispy. Drain excess oil and serve hot with your favourite dip. Watch the full recipe video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mumbaichi Khaugalli | Food & Stories| (@mumbaichikhaugalli) With this simple recipe, you can now enjoy delicious KFC-style chicken popcorn at home. Happy Snacking!
Irish Examiner
19-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Irish Examiner
Sarah Butler: These homemade 'fakeaways' are great for getting kids into the kitchen
Feeding a family doesn't have to be expensive, complicated, or time-consuming. With a little planning and a few staple ingredients, you can create meals that are just as satisfying as any takeaway — and far better for your budget, your health, and your family time. That's exactly what these two recipes offer: the wholesome comfort of a homemade omelette, and the bold, crunchy joy of KFC-style chicken tenders—both bursting with flavour and made with love. Omelettes are a lifesaver for busy households. Quick to prepare, easy to customise, and great for using up leftover bits of veg or cooked meats, they're a smart way to reduce waste while making something nutritious and delicious. They're also a great way to get kids involved—choosing their own fillings or even cracking the eggs themselves. On the other hand, fake-away nights have become a popular treat, and making your own crispy chicken tenders at home brings all the fun without the grease or additives. You control what goes in—and the results are far more rewarding (and affordable) than a drive-thru meal. Together, these two recipes give you the best of both worlds: fast, feel-good food that brings everyone around the table. Easy Veggie & Ham Omelette recipe by:Sarah Butler Omelettes are one of the most versatile and underrated meals around. Packed with protein, quick to make, and endlessly adaptable, they're perfect for any time of day—from breakfast to a light dinner. Servings 2 Preparation Time 5 mins Cooking Time 2 mins Total Time 7 mins Course Main Ingredients 4 eggs 2 tbsp milk 2 tsp butter For the filling: 3–4 cherry tomatoes, quartered ½ spring onion, finely sliced ¼ red pepper, finely chopped ¼ yellow pepper, finely chopped Handful of spinach 2 slices ham, finely chopped 40g red cheddar cheese, grated Salt and pepper to taste Method In a bowl, whisk 2 eggs with 1 tablespoon of milk. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Heat 1 teaspoon of butter in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Pour in the egg mixture and let it cook undisturbed for about 30 seconds. Scatter half of the filling ingredients over one half of the omelette. Cook for another 1 minute until the eggs are just set. Carefully fold the plain half over the filled side using a spatula. Slide onto a plate and serve hot with brown bread, toast, or roast potatoes. Repeat steps 1–6 for the second omelette. Sarah's secrets Prep your filling ingredients before you start cooking. The omelette cooks extremely quickly, so having everything ready to go makes it fast and foolproof. KFC-Style Chicken Tenders recipe by:Sarah Butler These homemade KFC-style tenders are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, delivering all the crunch and flavour of your favourite takeaway—without the cost or mystery ingredients. Servings 4 Preparation Time 30 mins Cooking Time 12 mins Total Time 42 mins Course Main Ingredients For the coating: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp salt 1½ tsp dried thyme 1½ tsp dried basil 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tbsp celery salt 1 tbsp ground black pepper 1 tbsp ground yellow mustard ¼ cup paprika 2 tbsp garlic salt 1 tbsp ground ginger 3 tbsp ground white pepper For the marinade: 1 cup buttermilk 1 egg, beaten 1 whole chicken (cut into 8 pieces) or chicken tenders Optional: MSG seasoning For frying: Sunflower or rapeseed oil Method In a bowl, mix all coating ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg. Add oil to a deep pan and heat to a medium-high heat. Dredge the chicken in the flour mix, pressing firmly to coat. Shake off excess. Fry 3–4 pieces at a time for 12 minutes, turning halfway, until golden and cooked through. Transfer cooked chicken to a warm oven while frying the rest. Sarah's secrets Double-dip for the ultimate crunch! Dip the chicken in the flour, then the buttermilk, then dredge again trough the flour before frying. Read More
Business Mayor
22-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- Business Mayor
‘It's Disneyland for preppers': why apocalypse-minded shoppers go to Costco
L ast summer, Costco shoppers noticed something new on the big-box store's shelves. For the low, low price of $62.99, preparedness-minded customers could snatch up what one food influencer called a 'Costco apocalypse dinner kit'. Think of the kit as a KFC-style bucket, but instead of fried chicken, it is stuffed with an emergency supply of 132 meals – including pouches of dehydrated macaroni and cheese, apple cinnamon cereal and chicken pot pie – promised to last up to 25 years in storage, or until the big one hits. There were lackluster reviews – 'I'd sooner allow myself to be eaten by zombies than have to survive on this,' wrote Emily Heil, a Washington Post food reporter. Spectators on social media noted that the bucket, which contained meals even the worst home chef could whip up, might be great for a college dorm room. Some people said they ate the dinners while camping. A representative for Costco declined to say how many apocalypse buckets it has sold in the past year. Representatives for ReadyWise, the company that makes the bucket in various sizes as well as other 'survival foods', did not respond to a request for comment. It doesn't take much imagination to see why Costco might be a paradise for preppers, or people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills in advance of emergencies such as natural disasters or societal collapse. The chain sells everything from dry goods to tools to baby formula, necessities both for someone who likes to keep a well-stocked house in the best of times and anyone scared enough to anticipate the end of times. Read More Sainsbury's declares it is winning back Lidl and Aldi customers 'Preppers like efficiency, and Costco is nothing if not efficient,' said Coby Coonradt, a 44-year-old from Vernal, Utah, who co-hosts the Casual Preppers Podcast with his friend Cameron Hardy. 'You can stock up on your 72-hour kit and your next family BBQ in the same trip.' Beyond food and water, Coonradt turns to Costco for freeze-dried meals, first aid kits, fire extinguishers and off-grid lighting. 'You can build out a pretty legit emergency kit just by shopping there once a month.' Costco's lore runs deep; self-described 'Costcodians', or super fans, revere the members-only chain, which is based in the US and is the third-largest retailer in the world, after Amazon and Walmart. The store's harsh fluorescent lighting and industrial shelving may not count for much aesthetically, but with an abundance of cheaper choices, who cares? More than 130 million people call Costco their grocery store worldwide, and while not all of them identify as preppers, the chain's tendency toward bulk – its house brand Kirkland sells everything from hot dogs to golf balls to vodka in impressively large containers – lends itself well to the ideology. People shop for supplies at a Costco in Burbank, California. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP 'Prepping doesn't have to be extreme,' Coonradt said. 'You can be totally normal, live in the suburbs, shop at Costco, and still be ready for a flood or power outage.' His co-host, Hardy, who is 43, described how apocalypse-minded shoppers can build up a doomsday supply in the same way that Ernest Hemingway describes how a character went broke in The Sun Also Rises: 'gradually, and then suddenly'. Read More Premier Inn/Primark: discerning Germans set test for incomers 'Since most people shop for groceries weekly, a simple way to start preparing is to buy a little extra food and water each time,' Hardy said. 'This builds up an emergency supply large enough to keep you and your family safe during most crises.' If not the rapture, then a minor snowstorm, a sustained power outage, economic turmoil, a climate catastrophe or another pandemic. Christine, a 43-year-old from Idaho who posts prepper content to her 655,000 followers on her YouTube account, Frugal Fit Mom, owns one of the Costco buckets, which she uses mostly for camping meals. She thinks preppers get more out of buying staples in bulk. 'It's important to only get things you already use [when building an emergency kit],' she said. 'If you get canned tuna because you saw someone else get it, but you hate canned tuna, sure, it will keep you alive, but you're not going to be happy with life.' Both Christine's Costco reliance and prepper mentality comes from 'growing up really, really poor', she said. Her parents bought in bulk because it was cheaper. But their thriftiness allowed for creativity: they made bread from scratch and built backyard gardens for their kids to play in. Now Christine passes these lessons on to her children. 'You're not gonna find it cheaper anywhere other than Costco,' she said. Every time I walk into Costco, I'm not just shopping – I'm investing in my family's security Barbara As a brand, Costco subtly leans into its reputation as a prepper paradise. It sells a variety of non-perishable foods, packs of 'self-heating emergency meals' (just add a 'non-flammable liquid') and portable water purification kits. It also does a roaring trade in gold bars and coins, according to Read More Oil creeps higher as dollar weakens, markets await central banks But if prepperism is associated with the right, the company's politics don't necessarily align. Costco made headlines earlier this year by upholding its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump administration's crackdown, and Costco's director, Hamilton E James, has donated to Democratic Pacs and parties. For some, the Costco prepper bucket symbolizes how distressingly within reach the end of the world seems. For others, it's just another item to throw in the bunker. Either way, more than half of US families stockpile food, according to the market research firm Packaged Facts, signaling some level of concern with the state of things. In Oklahoma, a homesteading influencer named Barbara – she goes by A Homestead Journey on YouTube – used Costco when stocking her 'prepper pantry'. It contains all her family's favorite food items, just en masse, so they don't have to run out to the store when disaster strikes. 'Costco is like a Disneyland for preppers,' said Barbara, who is 39 and also did not share her last name due to privacy concerns. 'Every time I walk into Costco, I'm not just shopping – I'm investing in my family's security.'
The Guardian
21-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Guardian
‘It's Disneyland for preppers': why apocalypse-minded shoppers go to Costco
Last summer, Costco shoppers noticed something new on the big-box store's shelves. For the low, low price of $62.99, preparedness-minded customers could snatch up what one food influencer called a 'Costco apocalypse dinner kit'. Think of the kit as a KFC-style bucket, but instead of fried chicken, it is stuffed with an emergency supply of 132 meals – including pouches of dehydrated macaroni and cheese, apple cinnamon cereal and chicken pot pie – promised to last up to 25 years in storage, or until the big one hits. There were lackluster reviews – 'I'd sooner allow myself to be eaten by zombies than have to survive on this,' wrote Emily Heil, a Washington Post food reporter. Spectators on social media noted that the bucket, which contained meals even the worst home chef could whip up, might be great for a college dorm room. Some people said they ate the dinners while camping. A representative for Costco declined to say how many apocalypse buckets it has sold in the past year. Representatives for ReadyWise, the company that makes the bucket in various sizes as well as other 'survival foods', did not respond to a request for comment. It doesn't take much imagination to see why Costco might be a paradise for preppers, or people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills in advance of emergencies such as natural disasters or societal collapse. The chain sells everything from dry goods to tools to baby formula, necessities both for someone who likes to keep a well-stocked house in the best of times and anyone scared enough to anticipate the end of times. 'Preppers like efficiency, and Costco is nothing if not efficient,' said Coby Coonradt, a 44-year-old from Vernal, Utah, who co-hosts the Casual Preppers Podcast with his friend Cameron Hardy. 'You can stock up on your 72-hour kit and your next family BBQ in the same trip.' Beyond food and water, Coonradt turns to Costco for freeze-dried meals, first aid kits, fire extinguishers and off-grid lighting. 'You can build out a pretty legit emergency kit just by shopping there once a month.' Costco's lore runs deep; self-described 'Costcodians', or super fans, revere the members-only chain, which is based in the US and is the third-largest retailer in the world, after Amazon and Walmart. The store's harsh fluorescent lighting and industrial shelving may not count for much aesthetically, but with an abundance of cheaper choices, who cares? More than 130 million people call Costco their grocery store worldwide, and while not all of them identify as preppers, the chain's tendency toward bulk – its house brand Kirkland sells everything from hot dogs to golf balls to vodka in impressively large containers – lends itself well to the ideology. 'Prepping doesn't have to be extreme,' Coonradt said. 'You can be totally normal, live in the suburbs, shop at Costco, and still be ready for a flood or power outage.' His co-host, Hardy, who is 43, described how apocalypse-minded shoppers can build up a doomsday supply in the same way that Ernest Hemingway describes how a character went broke in The Sun Also Rises: 'gradually, and then suddenly'. 'Since most people shop for groceries weekly, a simple way to start preparing is to buy a little extra food and water each time,' Hardy said. 'This builds up an emergency supply large enough to keep you and your family safe during most crises.' If not the rapture, then a minor snow storm, a sustained power outage, economic turmoil, a climate catastrophe or another pandemic. Christine, a 43-year-old from Idaho who posts prepper content to her 655,000 followers on her YouTube account, Frugal Fit Mom, owns one of the Costco buckets, which she uses mostly for camping meals. She thinks preppers get more out of buying staples in bulk. 'It's important to only get things you already use [when building an emergency kit],' she said. 'If you get canned tuna because you saw someone else get it, but you hate canned tuna, sure, it will keep you alive, but you're not going to be happy with life.' Both Christine's Costco reliance and prepper mentality comes from 'growing up really, really poor', she said. Her parents bought in bulk because it was cheaper. But their thriftiness allowed for creativity: they made bread from scratch and built backyard gardens for their kids to play in. Now Christine passes these lessons on to her children. 'You're not gonna find it cheaper anywhere other than Costco,' she said. As a brand, Costco subtly leans into its reputation as a prepper paradise. It sells a variety of nonperishable foods, packs of 'self-heating emergency meals' (just add a 'non-flammable liquid') and portable water purification kits. It also does a roaring trade in gold bars and coins, according to But if prepperism is associated with the right, the company's politics don't necessarily align. Costco made headlines earlier this year by upholding its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump administration's crackdown, and Costco's director, Hamilton E James, has donated to Democratic Pacs and parties. For some, the Costco prepper bucket symbolizes how distressingly within reach the end of the world seems. For others, it's just another item to throw in the bunker. Either way, more than half of US families stockpile food, according to the market research firm Packaged Facts, signaling some level of concern with the state of things. In Oklahoma, a homesteading influencer named Barbara – she goes by A Homestead Journey on YouTube – used Costco when stocking her 'prepper pantry'. It contains all her family's favorite food items, just en masse, so they don't have to run out to the store when disaster strikes. 'Costco is like a Disneyland for preppers,' said Barbara, who is 39 and also did not share her last name due to privacy concerns. 'Every time I walk into Costco, I'm not just shopping – I'm investing in my family's security.'
