Who doesn’t love chicken? You will get astonished by knowing that more than 178.98 million Americans consumed Fried chicken (only frozen) in the year 2020. You can see people’s craze for it. Though there is a long list of fried chicken types, I will discuss only the top 5 according to my list.
1). Country-fried Chicken
Country fried chicken is a southern-style fried chicken whose origin is in the United States and Scotland. It is straightforward to make with chicken breast pieces that are marinated in a mixture of different ingredients and then put in oil for frying. You can serve it with mashed potatoes, cornbread, roasted green beans, and gravy.
2). Buttermilk Fried Chicken
While calling out its name, the first thought that comes to mind is a tender, crispy chicken. It is first soaked into buttermilk (it is marinated with a mixture of salt, garlic powder, ground black pepper, paprika, dried sage, dried mustard, and buttermilk) and then placed in seasoned flour (or a mixture of baking powder, all-purpose flour, garlic powder, salt, paprika, dried thyme, dried basil, cayenne pepper, and onion powder), and after that, fry the pieces in oil to make them crispy and golden brown.
3). Korean Fried Chicken
It is a South Korean recipe used as a meal, an appetizer, and an after-meal snack. It is a fried chicken that is light and crispy. It is not heavily battered, so its skin is just paper-like, making it lightweight and crisp. First, you must marinate chicken with different ingredients and seasoned flour and corn starch. It is more crispy and soft due to corn starch.
4). Nashville Hot Chicken
Nashville hot chicken is a specialty of Nashville. It is one of the types of fried chicken that is not only marinated in different spices and ingredients; after frying, other spices are also sprinkled on this fried chicken. It is a type of little sweet and extra spicy chicken. It is served with white bread and cucumber pickle to balance the heat-up spices of fried chicken.
Although I love to fry chicken in my kitchen, I really like to go Crimson Coward for Nashville hot chicken because they offer healthy chicken with no hormones and antibiotics, with an original taste of their own mixture of spices.
5). Popcorn Fried Chicken
It is basically the idea of KFC. As the name suggests, it is fried chicken pieces that are as small as bite-size that are breaded and fried. These are crisp and tender chicken pieces that are marinated in a mixture of different spices along with yogurt and corn starch and then dredged in bread crumbs. After that, you can make it in two ways. You can also fry it in oil or place these pieces in an air fryer (a health conscious can also enjoy oil-free popcorn fried chicken). You can serve it with tea as a snack.
Conclusion
There are many types of fried chicken because people love to experiment by adding different spices and materials or using various methods to get some other taste. I have listed five different types of fried chicken I like the most.
