Fried Chicken Thread

[IrishLax]

Raising Cane’s is delicious. Only had it twice. The sauce is bonkers... I ate so much food the second time (because I remembered not ordering enough the first time) that I literally got sick.

My new jam tho is Fuku.

 

[Wild Bill]

For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.

One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".

Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs.

I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant.

Ronald?

 

[Ndaccountant]

After having Asian fried chicken, I can't go back to the US style. It's just to heavy. The exception are wings. I have not found anyone else in the world that does wings like the US.

 

[Irish YJ]

Lot of great options here in ATL.

Mary Mac's Tea Room is great, and a historical place. Awesome fried green tomators too.

South City Kitchen, which is a yupee joint, has crazy good fried Chicken. Crazy good Carolina Trout too. FGTs as well.

And Hattie B’s Hot Chicken (small chain started in Nashville IIRC) is delicious.

Those, and several awesome little dumps in the hood and around Memorial.

 

[Ndaccountant]

For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.

One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".

Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs.

I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant.

This makes me sad for your toilet.

 

[zelezo vlk]

So in Texas there's a rule that only establishments who make 51% of their money through food can be open right now. Obviously that's led to some creative ways of places staying open, whether it be my fave brew pub selling chips and salsa for $3 with a $2 beer (as opposed to $5/pint normally), or french fries or whatever.

But a block from my office a fairly new brewery, which opened in February, decided to work with the food truck outside. For a while, you'd buy a pint for $2 but were getting a piece of chicken katsu for $3. Sadly, I didn't get to take advantage of that deal often enough. $5 for a pint and fried chicken is a phenomenal deal

 

[ulukinatme]

Wait...I thought this was the DC Search/Fried Chicken thread???

 

[ulukinatme]

Didn't know the IE tailgate was a thing.


Though even if I had known there wouldn't have been time to stop by after trying to find a place to park at that POS stadium. Ended up lucking out and finding a spot a mile away. Got in line to get into the stadium 45 minutes early and still missed kickoff.

I was reaching out to everyone that said they were going to be at the game. We did our homework and parked in the Kentucky Exposition Center. It was still about a 3/4 mile walk to the stadium, but wasn't bad and there were plenty of spots for all of us to chill.

For real though, that stadium is smaller than ND's and it takes twice as long to get to your seat. They have no idea what they're doing in Louisville.

 

[ACamp1900]

I can’t hate on the Mc chicken, prob McDs best menu item. I’ll take Popeyes spicy sandwich with extra sauce and a side of red beans and rice with crystal hot sauce as the best combo in all of fast food tho. Canes is really good but it’s so freakin expensive for a few tenders, fries and toast. Feels like it should be half the price honestly. ChickFA is good but really just good,... not as good as Popeyes, Canes or even El Pollo Loco for chicken spots imo

 

[SonofOahu]

Raising Cane’s is delicious. Only had it twice. The sauce is bonkers... I ate so much food the second time (because I remembered not ordering enough the first time) that I literally got sick.

My new jam tho is Fuku.

Fuku you too, LAX.

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[SonofOahu]

I've had every style of fried chicken: Korean fried chicken, Japanese Karaage, crispy Chinese style, Hawaiian garlic chicken, Filipino, lemon grass Thai wings, OG Buffalo wings, Nashville hot, and almost every chain you can think of (except for Bo Jangles and Raising Cains). I will go to my grave arguing that Publix has the best fried chicken in America.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Bo jangles

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[GATTACA!]

I was reaching out to everyone that said they were going to be at the game. We did our homework and parked in the Kentucky Exposition Center. It was still about a 3/4 mile walk to the stadium, but wasn't bad and there were plenty of spots for all of us to chill.

For real though, that stadium is smaller than ND's and it takes twice as long to get to your seat. They have no idea what they're doing in Louisville.

My theory is that they hardly sell out or sell close to capacity so it's rarely an issue. But yeah it was insane. Basically a quarter of the stadium trying to get in one gate that had 3 old ladies checking tickets. Then once you get in, at least for us, we had to climb like 20 stories. No escalators or ramps. Like wtf??

 

[ulukinatme]

My theory is that they hardly sell out or sell close to capacity so it's rarely an issue. But yeah it was insane. Basically a quarter of the stadium trying to get in one gate that had 3 old ladies checking tickets. Then once you get in, at least for us, we had to climb like 20 stories. No escalators or ramps. Like wtf??

Papa John knew how to make pizzas and say stupid stuff, not build football stadiums.

You were probably sitting in the same section as arndtjc and I haha, I remembered climbing 1000 stairs while dehydrated. We tailgated with SomeIrishBloke, condoms SUCk, and Irishlion. We met up with Irish#1 after the game for a bit, and we all still share a group text along with Irish2155 who was too drunk to find us before the game. He was too busy getting into his own mischief, even while the game was going on lol. You missed some fun.

 

[notredomer23]

Bonchon is elite

 

[Irishize]

Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is the GOAT. Can only speak to the original in Memphis b/c once a restaurant starts to franchise, the quality doesn’t always translate to every location.

https://gusfriedchicken.com/

 

[Irishize]

Slim chicken anyone?

Slims is good. I actually like their wings. My son loves everything they serve there. Founded out of Fayetteville, AR so we see it offend down here.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Caniac Combo, no slaw, extra toast, extra sauce, lemonade.

Box combo, no slaw, no toast, extra sauce, extra fries and a Dr. Pepper (I love the toast but it's just not filling enough to skip out on the mountain of fries).

Agreed. Good stuff. The toast chicken sauce trifecta is (chef’s kiss)

The sauce is really what sets them apart. Everyone's got some variation on "American fry sauce", which is always a mix of ketchup and mayo. But Cane's adds worcestershire and a ton of pepper which gives theirs a nice balance of acid and spice that others lack.

Raising Cane’s is delicious. Only had it twice. The sauce is bonkers... I ate so much food the second time (because I remembered not ordering enough the first time) that I literally got sick.

I used to be a big Chik-fil-a fan, but they got rid of their strips and Cane's Sauce > Chik-fil-a Sauce.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.

One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".

Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs.

I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant.

Welcome, Mayor McCheese.

 

[ACamp1900]

El Pollo Loco’s grilled chicken beats any fast good fried chicken I’ve had tho,... straight up.

 

[The Polish Irishman]

You have not lived until you have had Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles.

 

[rtrn2glory]

You have not lived until you have had Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles.

I didn't know that was a real thing.

On top of Cane's though in Ohio, Lee's chicken is pretty elite here as well.

 

[ACamp1900]

Roscoes is really good,... honestly though there’s a lot of good places to get Chicken n Waffles in LA now... why wait in those lines at Roscoes??

 

[bcole2]

In Ohio there is another good chicken place called Hot Chicken Takeover. They have different spice levels of their fried chicken options and it is dynamite. Hot will make you question your life choices.

 

[IrishLion]

They've opened in Hawaii, same. I haven't tried it, but I have friends who swear it's the best chicken they've had.

Canes is good,... it’s just fries tenders and toast and when you get it you think ‘this is it!?’ Because it passes zero eye tests but yeah for tenders, fries and toast that look like they came from the freezer section it’s really good. Canes is super expensive tho for what it is (fast food tenders)

I prefer Canes to Zaxbys. Canes menu is much smaller but it does a few things they have very very well.

Raising Cane’s is delicious. Only had it twice. The sauce is bonkers... I ate so much food the second time (because I remembered not ordering enough the first time) that I literally got sick.

The craziest thing about Cane's is that the chicken isn't THAT good... it lacks seasoning and flavor on its own, and is honestly kind of bland.

But it's always so hot and fresh, and the batter is so crispy, and the QC people NEVER allow the weird/chewy pieces through the line... and so when you get it, you are always getting the exact same quality of hot, fresh, crispy chicken to dip into the sauce, which is the best sauce in the game, period.

Box combo, no slaw, no toast, extra sauce, extra fries and a Dr. Pepper (I love the toast but it's just not filling enough to skip out on the mountain of fries)...

Cane's Sauce > Chik-fil-a Sauce.

I like the extra toast because I like to make mini Cane's sandwiches. Flatten the toast, throw a strip or two on it, drown it in the sauce, then prosper on a stomach that is far too full for comfort, while still somehow feeling content with your decision to over-indulge.

For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.

One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".

Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs.

I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant.

I see your thinly-veiled attempt at distracting us from the menu item you're REALLY after, Hamburglar. I'm not buying it.

 

[MNIrishman]

https://youtu.be/cQHQIhJbeFo

 

[Irish#1]

My dear departed grandmother made the best fried chicken and taught my mom who nailed it. She passed in '71. Haven't had any that compares and probably never will.

 

[SonofOahu]

Bonchon is elite

Really? I wasn't that impressed. Okay, once this plague is over and y'all decide to come to Oahu, there are three restaurants to put on your agenda. These are, in my opinion, the best (Asia-inspired) fried chicken in Hawaii:

Cafe Duck Butt (the original bar, in Kakaako)
Lunch Box Kitchen
La Tour Cafe

Honorable mention goes to: Fat Boys, Mitsu-Ken, Piggy Smalls, and Row Bar

 

[GATTACA!]

In Ohio there is another good chicken place called Hot Chicken Takeover. They have different spice levels of their fried chicken options and it is dynamite. Hot will make you question your life choices.

Hot Chicken Takeover is okay. It definitely feels like an imitation, but that's enough to scratch the itch every so often. Their baked beans are A tier though.