Cut into strips, then we had a medium bowl where my wife put some milk and eggs in where we dipped the strips in so the dry batter would adhere to it . From there we had another bowl where we dropped the strips in the dry batter, then straight to the oil. We went off the directions on the Uncle Bucks fry mix. Not going to lie, this has been awesome for us. They also make a regular chicken fry mix, not hot and spicy. We like the Hot and Spicy, has a really good kick at the end.