Popeye's Copycat Recipes

[Julie]

All recipes are from old BBS Public Domain Recipes downloaded from 1992-1996, boxtops, magazines, newspapers and public domain files.

[k75h]

Popeye's Fried Chicken

6 cups vegetable oil
2/3 cup flour
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons white pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons paprika
3 eggs
1 frying chicken with skin, cut up

1. Heat the oil over medium heat in a deep fryer or in a wide, deep pan on the stove.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, peppers, and paprika.
3. Break the eggs into a seperate shallow bowl and beat until blended.
4. Check the oil by dropping in a pinch of the flour mixture. If the oil bubbles rapidly around the flour, it is ready.
5. Dip each piece of chicken into the eggs, then coat generously with the flour mixture. Drop each piece into the hot oil and fry for 15-25 minutes, or until it is dark golden brown.
6. Remove the chicken to paper towels or a rack to drain.

[Julie]

Popeye's Red Beans and Rice

3 Cans Red Beans 15.5-16 0Z ( 2 cans with liquid 1 can drained )
1/2 LB -3/4lb Smoked Ham Hock
1 1/4 Cup Water
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Garlic Salt
1/4 tsp Red Pepper
1/2 tsp Salt or To Taste
1/4 Cup Lard + 1 Tbs
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
4 - 5 Cups Premium Long Grain Rice Cooked and Drained

Pour 2 cans of beans in a 2 quart pan add smoked ham hock and water. Simmer on medium heat for an hour until the meat starts to loosen from the bone. Remove from heat and cool until the hock is cool enough so the meat may be removed from the bone. Place the meat, beans and liquid in a food processor. To the this mixture add onion powder, garlic salt, red pepper, salt, and lard. Process for only 4 seconds. Beans should be chopped and liquid thick. Now add the 3rd can of beans that have been drained of their liquid. Process just
for a second or two, you want these beans to remain almost whole.

Pour bean mixture back into to pan and cook slowly on low heat stirring often until ready to serve.

Serve over a premium cooked and drained long grain rice .