Revealing the Colonel’s recipe: KFC’s secret blend of spices may have been found in an old scrapbook
Have we finally found the closely-guarded family recipe?
He’s had us lickin’ our fingers for years but is the secret finally out to Colonel Sanders’ tasty blend of 11 herbs and spices?
The original recipe has been closely guarded since the 1940s and is thought to be the key to the fast-food giant’s success.
But this week American news outlet the Chicago Tribune has published what it claims to be the secret recipe found in an old scrap book belonging to one of the Colonel’s relatives.
The official ingredients list is locked away in a vault and only handed out on a strict need to know basis.
So cautious was the Colonel to guard his secret that he had the idea to have two companies so neither would ever have access to the whole thing.
However this new development in the hunt for the elusive favour combination may have revealed the secret once and for all.
The Colonel’s nephew Joe Ledington has a stumbled across a scrapbook previously owned by Claudia Sanders, the Colonel’s second wife.
Stuck inside an envelope in the scrapbook is a handwritten note with the recipe alongside Claudia’s will.
Claudia passed away in 1997 so cannot confirm the authenticity of the note.
When asked if he thought it was the original recipe Joe said: “Yeah, I do.”
He added: “I don’t want to get in an argument with [KFC’s parent company] Yum! Brands about it but … I’m pretty sure that it’s pretty close to the original.”
Yum! Brands have denied that it is the correct recipe.
Clear out the spice rack and give it a go:
11 Spices – Mix With 2 Cups White Flour
1) 2/3 tsp Salt
2) 1/2 tsp Thyme
3) 1/2 tsp Basil
4) 1/3 tsp Oregan
5) 1 tsp Celery Salt
6) 1 tsp Black Pepper
7) 1 tsp Dried Mustard
8) 4 tsp Paprika
9) 2 tsp Garlic Salt
10) 1 tsp Ground Ginger
11) 3 tsp White Pepper