Looking for the best fried chicken for the Fourth? Look no further. We got ’em all: Cajun, Northern, Asian, and Southern recipes.
Fried Chicken
Booyah! We've found the secret to simple yet sensational fried chicken. And it's as basic as can be. Just salt. Pepper. Flour. Water. Patience. Bourbon Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Yes, bourbon-inflected fried chicken. It’s in the brine. And oh, baby, are you gonna wish you’d been doing this all your life. Waffle Fried Chicken with Spicy Bourbon Maple Syrup
Fried chicken as you've never, ever experienced. Waffle-battered thighs are fried until crisp and doused with a spiked syrup that boasts a sweet heat. Cajun Fried Chicken
Bathed in buttermilk and spiced ever so slightly, this Cajun fried hen is memorably moist, superlatively crisp, and gosh darn perfect through and through. Batter-Fried Chicken
Proof that it doesn't take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken. Sweet Tea Brined Fried Chicken
Crisp fried chicken and cool sweet tea. A combination of the South's two fave things in which a 24-hour marinade subtly suffuses the chicken with the summeriness of tea and lemon. Judy Hesser's Oven-Fried Chicken
Mind-bogglingly crisp oven-fried chicken. And it's sooo easy. Just shake, shake, shake chicken thighs in a bag of seasoned flour and bake unattended for a little while. Egg Shop Fried Chicken
For years, Egg Shop's fried chicken has been the talk of New York City. It’s crunchy, juicy, salty, spicy, honey-frizzled fried chicken amazingness. And here's how you can make it. Breaded Oven Fried Chicken Thighs
These crumb-coated thighs come together with no fuss and can easily be adapted to whatever ingredients you happen to have on hand. Northern Fried Chicken
The secret to this Northern fried chicken recipe? Matzoh meal and honey. No lie. HUNGRY FOR MORE?
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