The Colonel's Secret Recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken

Can you name the 11 herbs and spices in Colonel Sanders' secret recipe?
Amounts are for 2 cups of white flour
You'll also need MSG to match the taste of KFC
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Last updated: February 16, 2025
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2/3 tbsp
salt
1/2 tbsp
thyme
1/2 tbsp
basil
1/2 tbsp
oregano
1 tbsp
celery salt
1 tbsp
black pepper
1 tbsp
dried mustard
4 tbsp
paprika
2 tbsp
garlic salt
1 tbsp
ground ginger
3 tbsp
white pepper
MSG
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2 Comments
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Level 88
Feb 16, 2025
Fun quiz. But how much MSG?
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Level 87
Feb 16, 2025
I don't know. The Chicago Tribune reported that, after using the recipe given to them by Colonel Sander's nephew, MSG had to be added in order to recreate KFC's taste. The Tribune article is paywalled, but from Wikipedia:

After some trial and error, they decided the chicken should be soaked in buttermilk and coated once in the breading mixture, then fried in oil at 350 °F (177 °C) in a pressure fryer until golden brown. As a pressure fryer was too big, a deep fryer was used alternatively as a substitute. They also claimed that, with the addition of MSG as a flavor enhancer, they could produce fried chicken which tasted "indistinguishable" from fried chicken that they had purchased at KFC.