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18 of Our Favorite Fried Chicken Recipes

These 17 recipes for fried chicken are so crispy, so juicy, so flat-out tasty, you won’t believe you made it yourself.
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Christopher Testani

Put on an apron, grab a cast-iron skillet, and prepare to fry up chicken so crispy, so juicy, so flat-out tasty, you won’t believe you made it yourself.

  • A pile of fried chicken on a platter topped with sweet pickle slices and served with white BBQ sauce on the side.
    Photograph by Travis Rainey, Prop Styling by Alexandra Massillon, Food Styling by Luciana Lamboy
    1/18

    Buttermilk Fried Chicken

    The egg-enriched buttermilk mixture makes for an especially crunchy and craggy coating. This recipe is from Buxton Hall, one of the Hot 10, America’s Best New Restaurants 2016.

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    Alex Lau
    2/18

    BA's Best Fried Chicken Sandwich

    This sandwich is engineered for maximum impact. Each element is awesome, but it’s the way they come together that puts it over the top. Mmmmm, yeah.

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  • Blue platter of chicken karaage with sliced lemon and wooden tongs.
    Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Judy Kim, Prop Styling by Stephanie De Luca
    3/18

    Chicken Karaage

    This chicken karaage recipe promises full flavor from a soy-and-sake marinade and combines wheat flour, rice flour, and cornstarch for a super crisp crust.

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  • Several pieces of golden skilletfried chicken on a blue serving tray.
    Photograph by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Prop styling by Sean Dooley, Food Styling by Mieko Takahashi
    4/18

    Skillet-Fried Chicken

    Fried chicken like mama used to make, only better. No offense to mama: this chicken is just really good.

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    Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott
    9/18

    Pickle-Brined Fried Chicken

    How does the fried chicken from Rose's Luxury achieve No. 1 status? Brined, boneless thighs are responsible for incredible dark-meat flavor, and the dredge technique creates an insanely crunchy coating.

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    Zach DeSart
    10/18

    Fried Chicken Biscuits

    Fried chicken on a hot buttered biscuit—what’s not to like?

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