ATOMIC CHICKEN: Gluten Friendly Original Southern Fried Chicken Coating – 500g

Southern fried crunch, minus the gluten

Coeliac in the crew? No dramas. This is Atomic Chicken's Original Southern Fried Coating rebuilt on rice and potato so everyone at the table gets the same golden, craggy crunch. All the takeaway-shop flavour, none of the wheat — just properly crispy fried chicken that nobody has to sit out.

The flavour

Savoury and moreish with real Southern-fried character — garlic and onion up front, that classic chicken-salt umami through the middle, and a gentle paprika-and-cayenne warmth on the finish. A mild kick, not a burn.

How to cook with it

• Buttermilk-soak your chicken, then dredge heavily in the coating for classic fried chook.
• Deep-fry or air-fry wings and drumsticks until deep golden and shattering-crisp.
• Crumb chicken breasts for a gluten-free schnitty the whole family can share.
• Coat cauliflower florets or haloumi for a cracking veg-friendly fry-up.

In the bag

A pale, fine-to-medium gluten-free crumb flecked with paprika and spice. Free-running and easy to dredge, it fries up light, golden and genuinely crunchy.

Ingredients & Dietary

Ingredients: Rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, spices (onion, garlic, paprika, black pepper, chilli powder, cayenne pepper), hydrolysed vegetable protein, chicken salt (salt, sugar, flavour enhancer 621), rice cereal, anti-caking agent (551), rice bran oil, spices, natural flavour, baking powder.

Dietary: Gluten friendly — made without gluten ingredients, though traces are possible due to shared manufacturing. May contain traces of gluten (wheat), dairy (milk), soy and peanuts — always check the physical label.

FAQ

How hot is it? Mild — a gentle paprika-and-cayenne warmth on the finish, a kick rather than a burn.

Is it gluten free? It is gluten friendly — made without gluten ingredients (built on rice and potato), though traces are possible due to shared manufacturing. It is vegetarian-friendly by its listed ingredients — always check the physical label.

How do I use it? Buttermilk-soak your chicken, then dredge heavily and deep-fry or air-fry until deep golden and shattering-crisp; it also crumbs a great gluten-free schnitty.

Where is it made? Made in Australia.

The Rub Smuggler's Verdict

Same golden shatter as the wheat version — nobody at the table misses out. Fry it up and zip it with a bright Danny Balboa's Snake Oil — jalapeño, pineapple and lime, all gluten free — then build a proper burger with a spoon of smoky Drunken Sailor Smokey Tomato Relish. A gluten-free feed the whole crew can raid.