How fried chicken became an American tradition

Fried chicken, also called Southern fried chicken, is chicken pieces coated with seasoned flour or batter and fried, and Hannah Glasse published a recipe for deep-fried chicken in 1747. The lessons answer how fried chicken became an everyday Southern dish and how its traditions developed across communities and regions. They connect its preparation, changing popularity, and place in American food culture.

2 articles, 1 video, 1 book · about 27 min of reading and viewing

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   Crispiest "8-Trick" Fried Chicken · Food52 · 3 min read

   For fried chicken, the recipe adds 3 tablespoons of marinade to the dry dredge, tossing to create flakes and clumps that give the chicken a craggly, crispy crust.

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   Fried chicken and the American fried-chicken tradition · Wikipedia · 16 min read

   Barberton chicken, also known as "Serbian fried chicken," is a fried-chicken variant created by Serbian immigrants in Barberton, Ohio, and popularized throughout that state.

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   Fried Chicken From 1736 - Comfort Food Origins - 18th Century Cooking · YouTube · 8 min watch

   The video steps back to 1736 to explore the history of fried chicken as part of Comfort Food Origins, a series that searches for the roots of modern-day staple dishes.

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   The Taste of Country Cooking · Bookshop.org

   The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis intersperses recipes for specific dishes and entire meals from her Virginia Piedmont farming village's cooking tradition with childhood reminiscences, giving readers a view of that tradition through both food and memory.

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