"Restaurant style" chicken breading?

[droid327]

I've fried up chicken fingers and stuff several differnet ways before - tossed in flour, dipped in egg, dipped in flour+water batter, tossed in cornmeal, etc. etc.

What I really want is to figure out how to do the thick, bumpy, really crispy breading you get when you get chicken fingers at a restaurant, even like McDonalds. You can buy them prebreaded but I'd like to know how to do it yourself.

Is there a recipe I just cant find? Or is it the deep-fryer that makes it different from just floured and panfried chicken?

I know theres a bunch of differnet ways to make fried chicken, but I really want the way that makes it just like KFC

[Sliteofhand]

The deep fryer seals it in place so the air bubbles keep the batter inflated.
Using larger bread crumbles give it that bumpy look.
In a pinch you can deep fry in a pan if you have a little fry basket to set down in it.