The Best Fried Chicken in the U.S.??????

These lists are always, at once, hilarious and eye-opening.  There's a couple of repeats on the Bon Appetit list here, but I can't tell which list was written first.  I think writers (over)use the word "best" to grab readers' attention -- and it always works.  Having grown up in the South -- and now living in soul-food-starved New England -- I am not one to ever push away fried chicken, and I love it all.  Of the Yahoo! list, I've eaten at Pies-N-Thighs with Billyboy, and it was really great.  I've also found Roscoe's, Prince's, and Mama Dip's to be topnotch.  It's all depends on your palate, really.  I can't wait to try the other ones on both lists!    Chris

They did include Mama Dips which is a good thing.

Mama Dip's is wonderful for sure, but I must give a shout out to Bum's Restaurant in Ayden, NC. Undoutedly the best fried chicken I've ever eaten !!

A lot of people seem to like Two Sisters, but I miss out on the allure. The chicken is OK, but no where near the best in Jackson, much less in the country.

mbrookes


A lot of people seem to like Two Sisters, but I miss out on the allure. The chicken is OK, but no where near the best in Jackson, much less in the country.

As someone who has traveled all over the south and southern Midwest and has had fried chicken just about everywere, the Fried Chicken at Two Sister's Kitchen is some of the best I've had.
 
Many have raved about the the Fried Chicken at Blue Willow Inn and Ms Wilkes' however I found the fried chicken at both places to be very ordinary.

About 45 minutes north of Kansas City lies the little crossroads of a town called Edgerton, MO.  All that's there is a great restaurant called Harmer's.  They have the brest fried chicken, and people discuss whether it's the cast iron skillets or some other secret that makes their chicken so good, but people come from miles around.

Just surprised that there's no mention made of Willie Mae's Scotch House in NoLa. Was (before Katrina) and still is one of American's unique roadfood establishments!
 
QFan
Bonita Springs, FL

Had lunch at Pollo Campero today. Their fried (and grilled) chicken is fabulous. Now they are serving 4 kinds of fried or grilled chicken tacos. Three for $4.99. You pick which three of the four kinds you want. They all come "loaded". The price includes a side. I had the yucca fries today. After you've eaten yucca fries, you'll never want French fried potatoes again.

mar52


MetroplexJim: 

Now, they are also serving grilled chicken which my wife loves!  They also have a salsa bar.  I wish they also offered sour cream which goes great with "Broasted-style" chicken.

The Pollo Comperos around here sell plantains and crema so maybe if you asked for some crema... 

 
Jim, the (few) Dallas stores also offer "crema". Especially good with their incomparable fried plantains. Just ask for it. However, I recommend the sauce that they serve with the fried yucca. Fantastic! Like the Guatemalan version of "special sauce". Wait till you dip some fried chicken in that sauce!

I don't know what you folks call "crema", but around these parts, the sauce is a forcefully seasoned sour orange/oil/onion/garlic sauce called Mojo. Depending how it's made, it can have a creamy look especially if it's based on a bottled mojo marinade that has xanthan gum and blended rather then discrete ingredients. That's served with smashed and refried green plantains that we call tostones and also with boiled yucca or as a sauce with Lechon or roasted chicken. Heck, we dip Cuban bread in it too or just about anything. It's Cuban Penicillin. Wait till you dip something in OUR sauce!

Mojo is a delicious spicy hot Cuban sauce as described above. In Mexican and Central American cuisine, "crema" is basically just, sour cream.
 
 
 

Twinwillow


Mojo is a delicious spicy hot Cuban sauce as described above. In Mexican and Central American cuisine, "crema" is basically just, sour cream.

Your tips about what is now available at Pollo Campero will be most useful for my next trip there.  As an aside, several years ago I read that Wal-Mart would be offering in-store Pollo Campero in Latino neighborhoods.  I wish they'd do that for at least one of their four "super centers" within five miles of our home here in McKinney.
 
As the second ex-Mrs. Metro was a native of Bolivia my primary exposure to Latin foods (and sauces) is South American - the Andrean nations, Brasil, and Argentina.  In SA sour cream is crema agria; "crema" is crème fraîche.
 

MetroplexJim

Twinwillow


Mojo is a delicious spicy hot Cuban sauce as described above. In Mexican and Central American cuisine, "crema" is basically just, sour cream.

Your tips about what is now available at Pollo Campero will be most useful for my next trip there.  As an aside, several years ago I read that Wal-Mart would be offering in-store Pollo Campero in Latino neighborhoods.  I wish they'd do that for at least one of their four "super centers" within five miles of our home here in McKinney.

As the second ex-Mrs. Metro was a native of Bolivia my primary exposure to Latin foods (and sauces) is South American - the Andrean nations, Brasil, and Argentina.  In SA sour cream is crema agria; "crema" is crème fraîche.
 

 
At Pollo Campero, their crema is thick like sour cream. However, I've noticed at local authentic Mexican restaurants, their crema is not as thick as sour cream.
 
Jim, write me if you ever want to meet up at a Dallas area Pollo Campero for lunch together.