Has anyone tried the Harold's on Cicero Ave., south of Chicago Ave.? I'm looking for something on the west side or near west suburbs?

I would like to put in a vote for Evanston Chicken Shack. Went there today and it was awesome. The chicken was so crispy and juicy. I went to Harold's #44 yesterday and it was good, but this is better. I wish I had a camera. Plus, the fries are crinkly and well seasoned. I will have to try more places on your list but as for now, ECS rules.

Terrasini wrote:I would like to put in a vote for Evanston Chicken Shack. Went there today and it was awesome. The chicken was so crispy and juicy. I went to Harold's #44 yesterday and it was good, but this is better. I wish I had a camera. Plus, the fries are crinkly and well seasoned. I will have to try more places on your list but as for now, ECS rules.

I agree. When it comes to fried chicken, ECS and Hecky's (Fried chicken only...no BBQ) are quite the dynamic duo. Located within blocks of each other. Who'd a thunk that Evanston would be a fried chicken Mecca.

Terrasini wrote:I would like to put in a vote for Evanston Chicken Shack. Went there today and it was awesome. The chicken was so crispy and juicy. I went to Harold's #44 yesterday and it was good, but this is better. I wish I had a camera. Plus, the fries are crinkly and well seasoned. I will have to try more places on your list but as for now, ECS rules.

I am a big fan of the Chicken Shack also. I like the funky worn ambience and neighborhood friendliness of the Chicken Shack better than the pristine newness of Harold's #44. I also think their sweet moist fried catfish is probably the best around. However, when it comes to the Chicken, I can't decide which I like better. They are both very good. It seems my current favorite depends on which I ate last. I do think Harold's holds up better in the fridge overnight.

Although both places are from the same school of crispy chicken frying, and both serve very plump juicy birds, the end product is very different. The Shack's chicken has a lighter spicier golden coating, whereas #44's yardbird has a deep brown toasty thick crunchiness. I think I like them both equally, but for different reasons. One day I will try them side-by-side. I don't know why people are always obssessed with finding the "best" of something, but I guess it gives us an excuse to keep trying new places and retrying old ones.

Anyhow, if you are a fan of catfish, ECS does have the best (at least the best in Evanston).

I agree that Stanley's hits the spot. The mashed potatoes I had were decent, as well.

Wishbone has pan fried chicken 3 nights a week. It's not great fried chicken, but it's good fried chicken, and satisfied my craving.

Joe's Steak and Stone Crab is an unexpected venue for good fried chicken. I was there one night -- didn't want a steak and ordered the chicken instead. It was nicely breaded, well flavored and spiced, and even the white meat was moist.

I will forever hate myself for never making it to Hollyhock Hill while I lived in Indianapolis.

Be that as it may, here are my favorite chicken spots:

1) MacArthurs - Perfectly seasoned, juicy chicken with semi-soft, semi-crunchy skin. The last 3 times i went there i swore chicken couldn't get any better, but each visit has found me ordering two chicken dinners. . .and some to go. lol. I highly recommend the Mac n Cheese side, as its my favorite mac n cheese in Chicagoland.

2) Stanley's - this may be the highest quality of chicken that i've had prepared fried. . at least it seemed that way to me. Mildly seasoned and crisp, with even the white meat considerable moist and juicy. The mac n cheese had a garlicky afterglow that was fantastic. . .it may actually be better mac than MacArthurs.

I'll have to revisit the Evanston Chicken Shack this weekend.

Ina's on west Randolph has the best and healthiest fried chicken. Combine it with the garlic mashed potatoes....can't get much better... take the advice from someone who has tried all the other spots....

Can't say that these are the best, but they are definitely my favorite....

Harold's Chicken Shack in RP on Clark and Pratt is killer. Excellent fried chicken. Always fresh, always moist, never slimy. Fries range from great to so-so, but who cares when the chicken is so damn excellent. 1/2 Dark with hot sauce on the side is my usual order.

Broast chicken from Khan BBQ. Not sure what they mean by "broast," this stuff is definitely fried. Excellent chicken, chopped to tiny bits, marinated, and fried hard. Delishus.

Can anyone recommend some good chicharron de pollo? This was my favorite fried chicken to eat when I lived in Brooklyn.

Peace!

Broasting is some sort of deep-frying under pressure...

http://www.broaster.com/

The first time I ordered/ate the broasted chicken at Kahn BBQ I though it was horrible - everything fried to a crisp and not much meat; almost all bone. My second experience of ordering the item was similar to the first - so I now avoid it. I go, I try but I haven't found anything I think is exceptional or at Kahn's - just "OK" food.

Bill wrote:The first time I ordered/ate the broasted chicken at Kahn BBQ I though it was horrible - everything fried to a crisp and not much meat; almost all bone. My second experience of ordering the item was similar to the first - so I now avoid it. I go, I try but I haven't found anything I think is exceptional or at Kahn's - just "OK" food.

Wow, sorry to hear that. Khan's is now my favorite place on Devon, and a standard order of half a "broast chicken," chicken boti, tandoori naan, maybe some rice (plain if you don't require the pricier frontier versions with meat), and perhaps a spicy daal or aloo palak -- to round out your curry-esque needs -- can be just the thing for a party of three or four. Any other place you vastly prefer on Devon?

the best and healthiest fried chicken

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Mike G wrote:

the best and healthiest fried chicken

CONTRADICTION ALERT

I was thinking the same thing.

Broasted Chicken is essentially frying chicken under pressure, and its rare to find spots that offer it. Restaurants generally dont offer broasted chickne because the equipment is apparently much more expenseive than a fryer.More often than not, when a place offers "broasted" chicken they are incorrectly asserting that their rotisserie chicken is broasted chicken.

I lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years and broasted chicken spots were like Starbucks out there.

At any rate, the high heat under pressure allows the chicken's skin to seal in the juices better than frying (from what i understand), which usuallly means that your white meat is as juicy as the dark meat, and doesn't dry out.

Here's a list of broaster chicken spots I know of:

1) Chicken Bowl (Melrose Park)
2) Nano's Pizza (Morton Grove)
3) JD Kadds Pizza/BBQ (Park Ridge)
4) Bob's BBQ (Rogers Park)

STOP THE PRESSES!

I just called Stanley's since i had their chicken last week and thought it was quite "broasty" as opposed to fried. . and guess what??

Stanley's prepares their chicken in a broaster.

[cue suspenseful cliffhanger music]

Ghazi wrote:I lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years and broasted chicken spots were like Starbucks out there.

Odd that you mention this. Saudi Arabia's the first place I ever ate broasted chicken.

I had a baby tooth come out in a piece of broasted chicken. It was annoying to eat the chicken with a loose tooth, much better when it came out and there was just a gap. We always went to this place for broasted chicken and spaghetti, and dipped the chicken into the spaghetti sauce.

Ghazi wrote:Here's a list of broaster chicken spots I know of:

1) Chicken Bowl (Melrose Park)
2) Nano's Pizza (Morton Grove)
3) JD Kadds Pizza/BBQ (Park Ridge)
4) Bob's BBQ (Rogers Park)

Another spot is Chicken Inn on Milwaukee near Howard.

Ghazi wrote:Broasted Chicken is essentially frying chicken under pressure, and its rare to find spots that offer it.

i believe KFC prepares their chicken in a pressure fryer as well.

The original recipe, yes they do.

Crisp (2940 N Broadway Ave) also pressure fries their chicken.

as does CND (205 E. Grand Ave)

I lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years and broasted chicken spots were like Starbucks out there.

I grew up in rural Iowa, and broasted chicken was everywhere. The similarities between Iowa & Saudi Arabia are uncanny.

I grew up near where the Chicken Bowl is located and loved the broasted chicken there it was super crispy, moist and juicy inside and perfectly seasoned granted this was years ago but if memory serves it was yummy. something that has not been mentioned yet is the broasted potatoes some how when they are broasted they get this kinda skin on them. They are served in wedges and the entire potato has the skin im pretty sure they dont dip them in any thing prior to dropping them in the broaster... that was a good potato!!!

I'm sure I've linked this before, but this Slate piece explains what the deal is with broasted chicken.

http://www.slate.com/id/1003261/

(Short answer: back before franchising and national branding totally took over, it was common for companies to sign you up as an affiliate but for you to retain your store name (which presumably had cachet in your own market). You'd get the advantage of the national brand name (Rexall Drugs are guaranteed pure), the cost advantages of group buying power (Ace Hardware), or in the case of both Kentucky Fried Chicken and Broasted Chicken, a proprietary process which made it easier for less-trained employees to cook pretty good fried chicken to a consistent standard in less time, but you'd still be your business under your name, unlike a McDonald's or a 7-11 today.)

stevez wrote:

Ghazi wrote:Here's a list of broaster chicken spots I know of:

1) Chicken Bowl (Melrose Park)
2) Nano's Pizza (Morton Grove)
3) JD Kadds Pizza/BBQ (Park Ridge)
4) Bob's BBQ (Rogers Park)

Another spot is Chicken Inn on Milwaukee near Howard.

I remember applying for a job at the original White Fence Farm when I was barely legal to work and seeing their pressure cookers. The things looked like small submarines and were big enough that'd it be feasible to crawl inside of one.

They're also on the list of places that broast their chicken. (Although I seem to recall that the second fry is done in a standard deep fryer.)

According to the Broaster company website, these places sell "Genuine Broaster" chicken:

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Doubtless there are other pressure-fryer systems out there, however.

Really good food. Not for the health conscious, though....
Eat and Run

http://chicago.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?restaurantid=11272

I also grew up eating Chicken Bowl in Melrose Park, not the same as fried chicken, but delicous. Big pieces, juicy, not greasy. Also forgive me but I love Popeye's spicy. I have always heard a rumor that the Popeye's in New Orleans taste different. in my many trips there I have still yet to try it. Another place I have always loved the chicken from was Coumo Catering in Northlake. Mom would always use this company for large parties when we lived in Melrose Park, it was a breaded and possibly Baked/fried??? but was always yummmy. ? I Kow they are not Southern fried but just wanted to add my favorites.
Joey B

LTh,

Don't know about best in Chicagoland, but I was dead shocked at the deliciousness of the Sunday Special Fried Chicken at L Woods. Crisp, greaseless terrifically crunchy crust, meaty moist chicken, even the extra large breast was juicy, with an even distribution of flavor suggesting the bird spent time in a brine.

Fried Chicken, Sunday Special at L Woods



Couple the fried chicken with onion strings, a JimInLoganSquare worthy biscuit drizzled with fragrant honey and I have a new arrow in my fried yard bird quiver.

Biscuit



My wife and I ate at the bar, Cubs game was on and she is a life long fan, had multiple interesting conversations, a solid chopped salad, just ok coconut cake and a bone in rib eye for my bride that was ~fine~, but made me remember why I prefer either a top tier steak house such as David Burke or my own back yard for steak.

Overall a surprisingly enjoyable experience at L Woods and the fried chicken was terrific, Sundays only though.

Enjoy,
Gary

L Woods
7110 N. Lincoln Ave.
Lincolnwood IL, 60712
847-677-3350

joeyb708 wrote: Also forgive me but I love Popeye's spicy. I have always heard a rumor that the Popeye's in New Orleans taste different. in my many trips there I have still yet to try it. Joey B

I've tried it and there really isn't much of a difference. For me (and I know this isn't Chicago), the best fried chicken resides in Tennessee at Gus'. I haven't been to the original Mason location but I have been to the Memphis location and think about it every time someone mentions Memphis. For sure, it will be my first stop when I find myself in the vicinity of that town. http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/08/the-best-fried-chicken-might-b.html