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Our 13 picks for the best fried chicken outside of the South
Southern Kitchen ^ | April 18, 2019 | Rachel Taylor

Posted on 04/21/2019 10:25:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

There’s no denying the South has some of the best fried chicken in the country. But the secret's out and all around the country chefs are frying up some great fried chicken. Here are our picks for the 13 best.

If you find yourself craving fried chicken in upstate New York, Portland, Oregon or California, we’ve got you covered. Some of these restaurants are serving up classic Southern fried chicken or putting their own twist on our fried favorite. Either way, all of these restaurants will satisfy your fried chicken

The Crack Shack San Diego Founders Michael Rosen and Atlanta transplant Richard Blais had a bold, but simple vision when they created The Crack Shack: Southern California fried chicken and eggs. And with their “crack spice” and locally raised free-living chickens, the menu at The Crack Shack reimagines these classic dishes. While the menu varies at each location, the delicious fried chicken stays the same.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Travel
KEYWORDS: chicken; cookery; eateries; food; friedchicken; restaurants
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To: exDemMom

“I still love good old KFC, all dark original. I’ve tried some of the others and they never did much for me. I just wish they had better sides.‘
No kidding! What’s up with the mashed potatoes? Taste like ground up cardboard. Not that I ever tried ground up cardboard.


101 posted on 04/21/2019 2:56:22 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: trisham

LOL - Yeah, we always had that used coffee can full of bacon grease too.

Best fried chicken; milk & egg mixture, flour with salt & pepper then cooked in a cast iron skillet with Crisco.

Tennessee’s mom friend also added garlic. It was delicious.


102 posted on 04/21/2019 3:05:59 PM PDT by blondiegoodbadugly (Thank you President Trump!!!! Please continue MAGA)
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To: moovova

Beat me to it. Publix has fantastic fried chicken


103 posted on 04/21/2019 3:07:57 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My Mother was born and raised in the Florida Panhandle as were her parents and Grandparents. We lived on a farm when I was little.

Mother would go out in the yard, grab a chicken, wring it’s neck, pluck, clean etc. She fried in lard. I can still recall the flavor of biting into a drumstick.

It was delicious, still the very best from some chains was a little bit better. Most of the times not.


104 posted on 04/21/2019 3:11:16 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: stump56

I’ve hat Southern Kitchen fried chicken. It’s really good.

Another favorite fried chicken place is the Maxwell House Bar & Grill in Spokane, WA. Didn’t think I’d be impressed, but I was.


105 posted on 04/21/2019 3:12:40 PM PDT by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: yarddog

Brings back memories when I was very little. I do remember my dad wringing a chicken’s neck and watched it walk around without it’s head. And we had fried chicken that evening for dinner.

(not on a farm, just a small town)

My mother always made homemade noodles and mashed potatoes when we had fried chicken and a vegetable from our garden. I didn’t realize how good we were eating back then.


106 posted on 04/21/2019 3:21:49 PM PDT by blondiegoodbadugly (Thank you President Trump!!!! Please continue MAGA)
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To: Yogafist

So much “yes” to Roscoe’s!


107 posted on 04/21/2019 3:22:46 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: Eddie01
The best perch “batter” is flour and salt.

There's a bar here in Mt. Clemens that has perch dinners every Friday night, best perch around.

A bunch of years ago a friend of mine's sister in law who lives in Arizona, was here visiting and they went to the bar one Friday night for the perch. She got a copy of the recipe from the bar owner and took it back to Arizona where she gave it to the owner of her favorite bar and convinced him to try offering perch dinners on Fridays.

As word got out, it wasn't long before he was packing the bar with people waiting outside to get in........As a side note, he had to order the perch from suppliers here in Michigan.

108 posted on 04/21/2019 3:25:04 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (uizzzp)
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To: yarddog

there was a place in hartford connecticut at the Chicken Coop that sold dinners called broasted chicken. They were pressurecooked deep fried. Soooo Good

have never found anything like it.


109 posted on 04/21/2019 3:37:03 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: TMN78247

The Koreans fried some.


110 posted on 04/21/2019 4:27:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: redfreedom

Our local KFC is absolutely awful. The wings are no bigger than my thumb and the chicken always tastes old. Nothing like it was 15 - 20 years ago. When I want fried chicken in our small town, I head to the Publix deli — always delicious, spicy or regular.


111 posted on 04/21/2019 4:31:34 PM PDT by varina davis (President Donald J. Trump in 2020!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

....”bacon grease is the best”....

Fried potatoes aren’t golden fried potatoes without it!


112 posted on 04/21/2019 4:42:04 PM PDT by caww
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To: mowowie

“Anything good here around the Boston area?”

Move south, we did. Your vote will never count in Boston and you can’t get good fried chicken. Legal Seafood doesn’t even come close!


113 posted on 04/21/2019 5:09:59 PM PDT by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks, Ben. If I still lived there I’m sure I’d be a regular customer.


114 posted on 04/21/2019 5:14:14 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Fiji Hill

My favorite Golden Bird location was the one in the Crenshaw shopping plaza. They had lots of parking and a large indoor dining area.

You could smell the distinct aroma of their special recipe before you even hit the door.


115 posted on 04/21/2019 5:19:32 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: exDemMom

Yes— KFC — Thighs— crispy coating. Yum. And they have the best biscuits!


116 posted on 04/21/2019 5:26:49 PM PDT by Exit148 ( (Loose Change Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I like to use bacon grease instead of the margarine in Kraft Mac-n-cheese.


117 posted on 04/21/2019 5:39:45 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Eddie01

In the fish. Great lakes fish are notorious for having large mercury contamination.

CC


118 posted on 04/21/2019 5:50:43 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Brookville Hotel (no rooms, just food) in Abilene, Kansas has excellent fried chicken (the only item on the menu). Just off of I-70 if you are traveling through. I would recommend it highly.


119 posted on 04/21/2019 7:09:34 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is the Southern KOREAN fried chicken??
(CHUCKLE.)

Fyi, fried chicken isn’t what I’m looking for to eat in a Korean place. - My favorite is BIB IM BAP with soft eggs on top.
(YES, I know that Koreans think of that as the culinary equivalent of ordering a cheeseburger basket. - Nonetheless, it’s my favorite Korean dish.)

Yours, TMN78247


120 posted on 04/21/2019 7:17:37 PM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
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