We Tested 4 Famous Fried Chicken Recipes and Found the Best, Easiest Recipe
There are few things better than hot and crispy fried chicken. Biting into a shatteringly crisp fried coating that gives way to juicy tender chicken is truly one of the greatest culinary pleasures. Good fried chicken is a little spicy and deeply savory with just a hint of buttermilk tang. The best fried chicken is worthy of eating cold from the fridge in the middle of the night.
As beloved as it is, fried chicken is one of those recipes that many people are afraid to make for themselves. If you’ve ever considered making fried chicken at home, you’ve likely noticed that the easiest recipes aren’t as good, but that many restaurant recipes are far too complex. I, myself, am a homemade fried chicken evangelist — sure, it takes time and effort, but the results are always worth the mess you’ll make. My favorite recipe lives right here on Kitchn, but I wanted to find a rewarding entry-level fried chicken recipe to convince others to jump on the homemade fried chicken bandwagon.
To find the very best recipe for any home cook, I put four popular fried chicken recipes to the test. The results were funny and a little unexpected, but a clear winner emerged: It was the easiest and tastiest of the whole bunch. Here are the results.
