Max’s style Fried Chicken is a copycat recipe of the popular and delicious Max Fried Chicken dish served by Max’s Restaurant. It is crispy on the outside, while tender and juicy in the inside. This fried chicken version is also very flavorful. I think that this is worthy enough to be the best copycat recipe. Your opinion matters too and it will be great if you can try this recipe later so that you can see for yourself.
I am using Cornish game hen for this recipe. This is smaller compared to regular chicken. So, if you are using regular chicken, make sure to add more cooking time for the chicken to be cooked correctly. The first procedure that I did was to steam the chicken in a mixture of herbs and seasonings. This makes the chicken tender while infusing the flavor and aroma of the herbs. Once our Max Fried Chicken has been steamed, we let is stand for about 10 minutes to drain excess liquid before deep frying. This will give you a nice tasting fried chicken that is juicy in the inside and crisp in the outside.
This Fried Chicken dish is served with fried kamote (sweet potato) and best eaten with Jufran banana ketchup or Worcestershire sauce. To make your dining experience more realistic, you can serve Lumpiang Sariwa and Pancit Canton along with it.
Try this Max Fried Chicken recipe. and let me know what you think.
Max's style Fried Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole spring chicken cornish game hen
- 6 pieces dried bay leaves
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro or parsley
- 4 cups water
- 3 cups cooking oil
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a steamer, pour the water and bring to a boil.
- Add the dried bay leaves and chopped cilantro in the boiling water
- Steam the chicken for 45 minutes
- Remove the chicken from the steamer and allow the excess liquid to drip. Let the chicken cool down.
- Rub salt and pepper all over the chicken.
- In a deep-fryer or tall pot, pour the cooking oil and apply heat.
- When the cooking oil is hot enough, deep-fry the chicken for about 12 minutes. (If the chicken is not entirely immersed in oil, flip the chicken to fry the other side for another 12 minutes or until color turns golden brown)
- Remove the chicken from the fryer and allow oil to drip.
- Serve hot with fried kamote (fried sweet potato). Share and Enjoy!
Marlyn P. Esteban says
I’m very thankful for discovering your website. I did this already and no need for us to go to the Max House…We love it..still doing some of your recipe’s…
Modie says
Kuya I haven’t tried your recipe…since type ko once in a while to eat fried chicken I’ll try to do it…Keep sharing kuya!
Doreen820 says
Hello,
good to see this recipe, thanks!
have one question though, is there any substitute for kinchay?
Thanks!
Bong says
I just tried this recipe awhile ago and while I tried to be true to the recipe, I had some whole rosemary (Mc Cormick) available and I added some to the boiling water for steaming. I did this because I read at another site claiming to have the secret recipe of Max’s rest. fried chicken. I also waited about an hour after I rubbed the salt and pepper before I fried the chicken as recommended by another reader. I am letting the chicken cool down about 4 hours before I fry it again for dinner. Again, I read somewhere that this adds crispiness to the chicken skin which makes it near the taste of Max’s. Anyway, so far the smell and the look of the chicken I cooked is similar to Max’s. And I would like to thank you for giving this recipe. As for the other site that claims the secret recipe of Max’s Restaurant Fried Chicken is, below are the ingredients and cooking procedure.
Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
rock salt
freshly cracked pepper
sprig of rosemary
2 carrots chopped
1 large onion chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 head garlic, chopped
water
frying oil
Procedure
Wash and pat chicken dry
Massage salt and pepper onto and under the skin
Combine garlic, onions, celery and carrots.
Stuff the mixture into the chicken’s cavity until full but not bursting
Prepare steamer with water. Place remainder of the vegetables and rosemary sprig into the water
Steam the chicken for around 30 minutes
Remove chicken from steamer, empty cavity and drain well. Discard the vegetables
Deep fry chicken in very hot oil until lightly browned, turning on sides as necessary
Remove from pan and allow to cool
Deep fry again until golden brown when ready to eat.
Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes before chopping pieces. This “stand time” prevents the juices from leaking out of the meat.
Hope to read comments about this soon. As for the chicken I cooked, I am happy with it. 🙂 Thanks again.
Bong says
Hi again….
I cooked the chicken a second time around in the same cooking oil over high heat. Since the first time I cooked it took about 4 minutes, I tried completing a 12 minute cook by frying the chicken a second time around for 8 minutes. Good thing I kept looking at the frying process since if I followed the time, I would have over cooked the chicken. I guess I learned that it is always a good idea to check on your cooking every now and then and not totally rely on the recommendations. As for the final outcome, the outside was crispy and really tasted very similar to Max’s. Although I would suggest for first timers of this dish to be patient in patting the ground black pepper and salt as the steaming really softens the chicken. Also to try to spread the salt and pepper evenly. Mine had some parts a little bit more salty than the others. Overall though, I passed the taste test in my not too discerning family’s taste buds and they cant wait for the next recipe. Thank you so much for the informative cooking recipe. You’re in my prayers.
’til next…
Yanah says
I love Chicken, but i eat less of it b’coz i do have food allergy.
I cooked this for my colleagues (mixed nationalities, but mostly Arabic) in one of our office gathering and all of them like it and asking for the recipe of it ;DThanks kuya for a nice & yummy recipe !! more power ;D
Beverly Chua says
Im about to try to cook your recipe coz my family loves to eat max fried chicken especially my husband,i hope he will like it!Im glad i have found your website it would be a great help for me because my husband loves to eat…
beth says
hi.. thank you so much for this recipes..i start searching bunch of chicken recipes to cook for three days.. my inlaws is planning to visit here for 3 days.. they wont eat any meat but just chicken..
more power to you guys!!
God bless
Beth
Lianne says
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I tried this recipe today. I steamed two chickens each weighing more than a kilo. My family absolutely loved them, specially the crispy skin! I got an all thumbs up, but I think I should credit their approval to you. Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipe here! God bless!
dada says
I’ve tried this recipe for lunch and i forgot my diet! 🙁 Chicken tastes awesomely like Max’s. I also used Jufran, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and fried kamote on sidings to feel like I’m really dining at Max’s. Hahaha… This is so great! Thanks PANLASANG PINOY for this recipe!
ivy says
finally i found what i have been looking for all these 5 yrs that i have been living here in the US…thank you so much. i love your website….thank u again…more power to u.
ivy
kathrina says
its good that i found out about your site..ang laking tulong saken para ma introduce ko sa family ko ang phil.food.para hindi naman puro japanese cuisine lang alam nila kainin..thanks a lot!!
Marie says
Since I love max fried chicken, I defnitely would love this recipe, ty for sharing
Darah says
I followed your leche flan and beef with broccoli! I was very surprised because it really turned out great on the first try. Very yummy indeed! Now I am doing this recipe! I am very positive that it will turn out just as the max’s.
Thanks Vanj! More power!
eva says
Hi,
Youre site ir really interesting,I just opened it recently, i know how to cook good food but some of youre recipes are really great! thanks and more power.
Eva
Panlasang Pinoy says
The result will be different if you do that. Hope this helps.
lanie says
hi..super Max’s chicken nga ang recipe mo…nag try ako straight away…my children loves it! Ubos sa isang upuan lang…lol!
janet says
Thanks po for this recipe, really love Max’s fried chix try ko po ito thanks a lot po…
Panlasang Pinoy says
I don’t recommend using cut chicken for this recipe and frying is still the preferred method. Hope this help.
hera says
where can you get bay leaves?
Panlasang Pinoy says
Hi nits, good to know that. I hope that you are enjoying surfing our site. I Hope to see you around.