sir_eccles

It's the southern style of frying. You take the piece of chicken and dip it in batter (often a buttermilk based batter) and deep fry it. But instead of "chicken fried chicken" it's "chicken fried steak".

Dammit now I want fried chicken. For a Phoenix recommendation, I would go with LoLo's Chicken and Waffles. Nice catfish there too.

markonline1

WTF is a cackleberry???

Philk

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Gotta admit, I hadn't heard of it before

Nutek

Why isn't it just "Fried Chicken"?

Uncle_Bob

Oh thanks for clearing up my confusion, i haven't tried it but now i want to. Hows it typically served? Can you have it in a bun with mayo? or is it served with vegetables etc?

Bob

I've had it in a bap...but usually, it's served with white gravy, biscuits and a side, usually mashed spuds, green beans, baked beans, grits or collard greens.

Well that's how it was usually offered in the various places I tried it.

I suppose the nearest place to me that does it is Crackerbarrel, but our local one isn't that local and it wasn't nearly as nice as the one we tried in PA...but it is cheap and quick.

Uncle_Bob

From what i can gather they beat the crap out of the chicken so its flat like a steak and maybe because they use a steak hammer to do that.

I could easily be wrong

Uncle_Bob

so what is chicken fried chicken?

kimilseung

When eating out: lightly basted, just to see if they know what it means. Some do, some don't.

Nutek

This. I don't understand this.

Pulaski

It is chicken fried in the style of fried chicken, as opposed to chicken fried steak which is steak fried in the style of fried chicken.

Nutek

Wouldn't normal people just call that Fried Chicken?

If not, Why isn't it KCFC?

lizzyq

I like my cackleberries fried and then inserted into a sandwich with bacon.

Must ask steveq to get all the ingredients for the above on his way back from work. Mmmm!

Nutek

Want! With Brown Sauce.

Pulaski

Colonel Sanders had already used that abbreviation for his aerosol propelant business.