Fried_chicken

KFC\'s Fried chicken with french fries.

Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. The chicken itself may be chicken pieces on the bone with skin, or boneless and skinless pieces, usually breast meat, as in chicken fingers.

Variants

• Chicken fingers - also known as chicken strips or chicken tenders, this is one of the most common forms of fried chicken, generally pieces of breast (sometimes with rib meat) cut into long strips, breaded or battered dipped, and deep fried.
• Chicken nuggets
• Buffalo wings, or the boneless buffalo fingers
• Popcorn chicken - occasionally known as chicken bites or other similar terms, small morsels of boneless chicken, battered and fried, resulting in little nuggets that resemble popcorn.
• Chicken patties - breaded, fried patties of chicken meat used in sandwiches.
• Chicken Fries - chicken nuggets in the shape of french fries, popularized by the fast-food restaurants Burger King and KFC.
• Chicken Chipees - chicken meat chopped and shaped into chips coated with potato crumbs. Popular in Australia
• Chicken Karaage
• Chicken Katsu - Panko breaded chicken one to two centimeters thick and sliced to bite sized pieces, served with cabbage. A variant of tonkatsu, used in the Hawaiian plate lunch.
• Country fried chicken - chicken meat that has been coated with flour or breaded, fried and served topped with country cream gravy.

A variant of fried chicken known as prawn paste chicken or shrimp paste chicken ("蝦醬雞", or "har cheong kai" in Cantonese) can be found in Hongkong-style restaurants in Singapore and Malaysia. This variety is not dissimilar to the common deep-fried version, except that the breading mixture includes puréed shrimp and ginger juice, giving it a distinctive aroma and flavor. The origin of prawn paste chicken is unknown, but various sources name it as Macau or Shandong.

See also

Notable fried chicken purveyors:

• Austin Leslie - New Orleans chef
• Bojangles\'
• Chick-fil-A
• Church\'s Chicken
• Harold\'s Chicken Shack
• KFC
• Popeye\'s Chicken & Biscuits
• Roy Rogers Family Restaurants

Related dishes:

• Chicken fried steak
• Crispy fried chicken - a dish from the Cantonese cuisine of China

Other:

• John T. Edge - Author of Fried Chicken: An American Story

External links

• Austin Leslie\'s recipe in Food and Wine, adapted from John T. Edge\'s Fried Chicken

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