KFC'S Top Secret Recipe Accidentally Revealed! Find Out The Recipe For The 11 Herbs & Spices

By Theena Ocay - 13 Sep '16 21:30PM

When you heard "finger lickin' good," there's no doubt you've instantly got KFC in mind. But would KFC be soon out of business now that their top-secret original fried chicken recipe has been accidentally revealed?

Known as "one of the biggest trade secrets in the world," the KFC original fried chicken recipe has been deemed as closely guarded over several years. In fact, KFC says the original handwritten recipe is housed in a 770-opound safe encased in two feet of concrete and guarded by video cameras and motion detectors.

According to Jay Jones in his report to the Chicago Tribune, "Our story begins with my trip to the small town of Corbin, Ky., where the Colonel first served his chicken more than 75 years ago to hungry motorists at the service station he ran. I'm here to visit the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum, a shrine of sorts to the fried chicken magnate. His namesake restaurant has been restored to its mid-20th-century appearance but with a modern-day KFC store as an appendage. My assignment: research the restaurant, museum and fried chicken in Corbin for a "Fork in the Road" feature in the Chicago Tribune's Travel section."

While there, he arranged a meeting with Mr. Joe Ledington, a nephew of Col. Harland Sanders. Sander is the founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken. As the meeting goes on where Mr. Ledington greeted him with the scrapbook and tour him to every page of it. The last page of it captures most of Jone's attention.

According to Jones, But what I'm really interested in is the handwritten note on the back of the document. At the top of the page, in blue ink, it reads, "11 Spices - Mix With 2 Cups White Fl." That's followed by an enumerated list of herbs and spices.

Could this be what I think it is? The 11 herbs and spices?

Lexington tells me, yep, this is it.

"That is the original 11 herbs and spices that were supposed to be so secretive," he says with conviction.

But Lexington in a later phone interview denied that he showed the recipe and did not "know for sure" if it was as authentic as he first said.

While the corporate parent of KFC, which is based in Louisville, Ky, Yum! Brands, also disputed the discovery in an email on Wednesday, saying the recipe contained in Ms. Ledington's will was incorrect.

KFC said in a statement many people have made these claims over the years and no one has been accurate - this one isn't either."

Despite this, many people now believe that this is the original secret recipe used by the fast food chain today.

The world may never know how to blend Colonel Sanders's secret spice?

In the meantime, here is the recipe that the Lexington showed The Chicago Tribune:

11 spices - mix with 2 cups white flour

2/3 tablespoon salt

1/2 tablespoon thyme

1/2 tablespoon basil

1/3 tablespoon oregano

1 tablespoon celery salt

1 tablespoon black pepper

1 tablespoon dried mustard