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KFC's top-secret chicken recipe may have been revealed
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The newspaper tried the recipe in its kitchen and claimed that it was “virtually indistinguishable from the batch bought at KFC”. (Shutterstock/-)
T
he secret chicken recipe of global restaurant chain KFC may have been accidentally revealed to a reporter from the Chicago Tribune by Colonel Sanders’ nephew himself.
The nephew, Joe Ledington, 67, still lives in his uncle’s hometown, Corbin, Kentucky, where the first KFC chicken was served more than 75 years ago.
The newspaper said that when their reporter went to the small lakeside town to write a story about it, Ledington displayed a handwritten recipe. And, apparently, the key ingredient is white pepper.
(Read also: KFC's new marketing gimmick: Giving away scented sunscreen)
KFC's secret recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices https://t.co/k0ieLSbcPI pic.twitter.com/gg3NygwFqN
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) August 19, 2016
KFC takes the secrecy of the recipe very seriously, insisting that it is still safe in a vault and transported in an armored truck. “Many people have made these claims over the years and no one has been accurate – this one isn’t either,” the company said in a statement as reported by AFP.
However, the newspaper tried the recipe in its kitchen and claimed that it was “virtually indistinguishable from the batch bought at KFC”.
The possibility that someone may have finally stumbled upon the long-hidden recipe has caught the attention of other US media. However, one newspaper, The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, also home of the KFC corporate headquarters, said they would “side with KFC” on the matter. "Too much paprika" a Courier reporter wrote of the alleged secret recipe. (tif/kes)
