Paula Patton preaches “peace, love and fried chicken” after a backlash over her chicken frying skills.
Last month, the actress posted a video on Instagram of her mother’s famous recipe for “fried chicken”, which included rinsing the chicken with cold water, covering it with flour, and marinating the chicken as it was fried in avocado oil.
About a month later, the clip went viral on social media, after Olympic track star Ashley Spencer retweeted the video on TikTok along with some critical comments about Button’s frying technique.
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The reaction: Paula Patton, 46, was all smiles when she took to Instagram on Tuesday to respond to her family’s criticism of “the famous fried chicken” after posting a cooking video on March 4.
“I’m going to make my mom’s famous fried chicken,” Patton said at the beginning of her March 4 video.
From there, I explained that the first step was to clean the chicken with cold water.
In Spencer’s reaction video, she questioned Baton’s cleaning methods, saying, ‘Just cold water? That chicken is not clean.
How it all began: It all started when Patton posted a video of herself making her evil mother’s chicken recipe on Instagram on March 4th.
Commentary: Olympic track star Ashley Spencer, 28, was among the people to criticize Patton’s fried chicken skills, which began with a criticism of how well she cleans the meat.
Not having it: “You’ve got dirty flour and unusual chicken,” Spencer stated, turning her head back. “Where’s the spice?”
Timing questioned: Spencer also questioned Patton’s ways when she put flour-coated chicken nuggets in hot oil and then added seasoning
Patton went to put the all-purpose flour in a plastic bag and add the raw chicken pieces to the flour and start shaking them.
‘You have dirty flour and unusual chicken,’ said Spencer, turning her head back. “Where’s the spice?”
Spencer also wondered about Patton’s ways when she put flour-coated chicken pieces in hot oil and then added seasonings.
Amazed: The 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist looked stunned as she continued
Cook it more: Spencer also took Patton to task for how long she had cooked the chicken, which was too pink for her liking: “Paula, don’t eat that. I think your mom is kidding,” she added.
“In grease?” I asked in astonishment. Your mother did this? You are a grease seasoning.
In her next move, Patton flipped each chicken piece before repeating the seasoning move on the other side, much to the laughing of Spencer, who exclaimed, “The condiments fell into the grease! Look at the grease!”
Finally, the Indiana native took Patton to task of deciding how long she had cooked the chicken, which was too pink for her to like.
“Paula, don’t eat that. I think your mom is kidding,” she said.
Clear things up: After learning about the growing reaction on social media, Patton returned to her Instagram page to respond
After learning about the growing reaction on social media, Patton returned to her Instagram page to respond.
“I’m in Mexico with my son and I woke up and people were like, ‘Have you seen on Instagram and TikTok and Twitter talk about the way you fry chicken? And I said, “Oh no, what!”
Apparently Patton took it all in stride, flashed a big bright smile and added, “That’s fine, I just wanted to respond and say, listen, I get it, it might sound crazy, that’s how we do it. My mom taught me that, it’s my mom’s recipe.
She went on to explain that she had thoroughly washed her chicken, even if it made the edited video seem otherwise.
Taking it in stride: Patton said, “I just wanted to respond and say listen, I get it, it might sound crazy, it’s the way we do it. My mom taught me that, it’s my mom’s recipe”
Mission: Impossible – The Ghost Protocol star went on to explain that she had thoroughly washed her chicken, even if it made the edited video look otherwise
It’s all good because everyone has their own way of making things. And I’ll take the suggestions, I’ll make a new kind of fried chicken, but I’ll always make my mom’s chicken the way she did. Put the spices in the oil and all that. It’s just the way we do it.
I just wanted to send love to everyone, I appreciate the comments, the scope for improvement, and to know this is an old family recipe; This is how we do it.’
She also revealed that she made the whole batch of fried chicken for her son Julian – whom she shares with ex-husband Robin Thicke – and his classmates at school in Los Angeles.
I just wanted to send love to everyone, I appreciate the comments, the scope for improvement, and to know this is an old family recipe; This is how we do it.’
FAMILY TIME: Patton shares video of her response to a vacation with her son Julian — who she shares with ex-husband Robin Thicke — in Mexico
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