Why Your Fried Chicken LOSES Its Crunch — 8 Old DINER Tricks to FIX It

Fried chicken crisp out of the fryer, limp and sad ten minutes later? Here's how a diner cook keeps the crunch through the whole meal. I've run a diner in New Jersey for forty years, and on a Friday night the ticket rail never stops filling with chicken basket orders. In this video I walk you through eight old diner fixes, from steady oil heat to resting the dredge before it fries, frying every piece twice, and even turning the leftover dredge flour into gravy. The last fix explains what actually happens to that crust in the ten minutes after it leaves the oil — and it has nothing to do with the recipe. #friedchicken #dinerfood #crispychicken #cookingtips #frankbehindthegriddle