Is it healthy to fry chicken with butter?

That depends on what you think the correct temperature is for frying chicken. If you use butter, understand that the burning point/smoke point is about 350F. 350F is the low limit for oil heat (at least pour moi) for chicken. I prefer the oil to be about 375F to ensure quick, thorough heating. read more

If you mean frying with a breading to make a “fried chicken” crust, I’d avoid butter not for health reasons, but because butter has a low smoke point and contains milk solids that separate when melted and will burn up at the high temperature and time breaded fried chicken takes to cook. read more

i don't recommend frying chicken with butter. You can oven fry it. Put a stick of butter in the pan when it's melted place chicken in pan and cook on 450 for 30mins. read more

Butter adds such delicious taste to so many dishes that it seems logical to fry chicken in it. Yet butter has limitations to its succulent flavor. Its number one drawback is that heating butter to the proper temperature for deep-frying results in a burnt, smoky mess. read more