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Popeyes, Bojangles, Churches Chicken, or KFC? Best Nationwide fast food fried chicken?
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Chicken Camper? Sounds like an old Call of Duty player
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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But their grilled chicken is really good though.
As for their sides, I really like the potato wedges, but the mashed potatoes, mac and cheese etc, no, it's not great quality, but it gets the job done.
Oh yeah, that stuff is great.
highrider
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Very big chicken, chain restaurant from Central America but the are all over the DC, Maryland, Virginia area. Best I’ve had of the fast food variety chicken. They use a marinade that gives it a nice zip, and it’s consistent like Popeyes. And the sides are really good. I always though Pollos Hermanos from Breaking Bad was based on it.
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JareBear: Remastered
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Very big chicken, chain restaurant from Central America but the are all over the DC, Maryland, Virginia area. Best I’ve had of the fast food variety chicken. They use a marinade that gives it a nice zip, and it’s consistent like Popeyes. And the sides are really good. I always though Pollos Hermanos from Breaking Bad was based on it.
Nice!
Da-Kid
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Churches
Churches has some good biscuits when fresh and honestly they beat out Popeyes by having more timed menu specials.
But Popeyes has some good ass sides like their Dirty Rice, Mash Potatoes, and the glorious Res Beans and Rice. But overall I think the chicken are both good but different.
KFC is trash. Never tried the others.
Churches has some good biscuits when fresh and honestly they beat out Popeyes by having more timed menu specials.
But Popeyes has some good ass sides like their Dirty Rice, Mash Potatoes, and the glorious Res Beans and Rice. But overall I think the chicken are both good but different.
KFC is trash. Never tried the others.
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J-Roderton
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Shout out Zaxbys for offering an actually spicy hot dipping sauce.
Afro Republican
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Some people subtract points off KFC for selling Grilled Chicken at a Fired Chicken restaurant. That's how things go.
Da-Kid
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KFC does not cook their chicken right. I've been to multiple KFC's and they suck.
Their biscuits are flavorless. The Chicken is never perfectly cooked. Its slimy and undercooked. The flour batter is uncooked inside, and way too often I bite into a big overcooked/undercooked piece of pure batter with zero chicken. How do you even accomplish that?
The only thing good about KFC is their Bone-In party wings, and their chicken bowls
Now I can eat their chicken bowls all day. Other than that, trash
Their biscuits are flavorless. The Chicken is never perfectly cooked. Its slimy and undercooked. The flour batter is uncooked inside, and way too often I bite into a big overcooked/undercooked piece of pure batter with zero chicken. How do you even accomplish that?
The only thing good about KFC is their Bone-In party wings, and their chicken bowls
Now I can eat their chicken bowls all day. Other than that, trash
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lil puff
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As far as the chicken, I prefer Popeyes, but I don't hate any of them, I'll eat them all.
I don't like Popeyes fries, though. Prefer KFC wedges. Caveat, I hate Popeyes Stripes tho. Occasionally there is a rubbery, non chicken tasting piece in them.
Don't care for the biscuits, cause I've already got fries and that's just too much carbs for me.
Sides are neither here nor there for me, I usually just get fries.
I don't like Popeyes fries, though. Prefer KFC wedges. Caveat, I hate Popeyes Stripes tho. Occasionally there is a rubbery, non chicken tasting piece in them.
Don't care for the biscuits, cause I've already got fries and that's just too much carbs for me.
Sides are neither here nor there for me, I usually just get fries.
cryptoadam
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its to inconsistent and the skin is good but the chicken itself is always hit and miss.
Though I do love their coleslaw.
JareBear: Remastered
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Yeah I think they have good slaw, potatoes+gravy, and wedges.
The KFC Mac and cheese tastes worse than 60 second insta Mac out of a microwave. Biscuits are plain.
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cryptoadam
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Someone once told me and not sure if its true, that KFC was the only food that weight watchers did not allow.
JareBear: Remastered
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anytime I see a list of “absolutely worst food to eat” or “most unhealthy fast food items” KFC or KFC items are always neat the top of the list. I mean everything on the lists are bad for you but from what I read it sounds like KFC tends to throw in even more egregious amounts of sodium in everything. I think one little pot pie has more than your suggested daily intake, for example. I could be wrong.
That’s one thing I appreciate about chick-fil-a is they have somewhat reasonable amounts of sodium in their meals. I mean again, don’t get me wrong, fast food is fast food for a reason, it’s all bad, but I don’t feel too guilty after Chuck-Fil-A unless I went all out and got a milkshake with it
lil puff
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Those biscuits are so dry, if I take a bite, it takes like several minutes for that shit to get down my throat.
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lachesis
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Well, to be honest I'd take any Korean fried chicken joints on most of the times - but I guess they are not nationally available. I do have a soft spot for good ol' southern style fried chicken - and since I have only gotten 2 of available candidates (KFC and Popeyes) - so my vote goes to Popeyes. I do remember having my first KFC in South Korea back in early-mid 80s (IIRC) - it was a heavenly experience - but the KFCs in US or at least over the years have been consistently disappointing. Popeyes - although it's a hit and miss in many times - have gave me much better experience.
Bonchons has good fried chicken to your point. I recently discovered Publix does as well.
Best biscuits? Biscuitville. I'm not a lover of biscuits but ... you walk in that place and you see them making those fresh biscuits and you know you're in the right spot.
Of the chains listed, Bojangles. Best chicken, best biscuits,best dirty rice, best tea.
Popeyes chicken is close but too breaded. Their dirty rice is also not nearly as good.
I don't trust Church's because I don't trust chains that only open in the bad part of town.
KFC was excellent in Kentucky. Anywhere else it's garbage tier. I think a lab proved whatever Colonel Sanders may have put in it, these days those herbs and spices are salt, pepper, sugar, and MSG. I think they might still serve it the way the colonel intended in Kentucky.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Can't say I understand why, what's wrong with offering variety?
KillCleanEat
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Popeyes hands down. But I have not had Bojangles, so my vote is watered down. Honestly though, you can't go wrong with any of them. Even kfc has good sandwiches and bowls.
Also, raising Cain's would be great if their sauce wasn't trash.
Also, raising Cain's would be great if their sauce wasn't trash.
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lil puff
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This is an all over great post. Biscuitville?
Churches are going to be a distant memory soon, they are closing down all over.
Biscuitville. They're in North Carolina and some rural parts of Va.
I forgot to mention Lee's Chicken. Lee's chicken is some top tier stuff along and as far as chains go they crush everyone with potato wedges.
Golden Skillet was great years ago but I think only a handful of that super greasy chicken is left.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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I've been wracking my brain to try to remember if there was ever a Churches in my town and if I ever tried them.
I feel like it's possible there was once but if there was it's been gone for a long time.
Chente Fernandez
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Having grown up really poor, Church's will always have a special place in my heart. Plus, the biscuits are delicious
Afro Republican
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I mean the reason why was given to you not sure where the confusion is, some people like consistency over variety that's just how some people are.
Bumblebeetuna
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Popeyes for me, easily.
Second would be CFA.
Third, Golden Chick, just for the dirty rice.
Second would be CFA.
Third, Golden Chick, just for the dirty rice.
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Cane’s isn’t “fast food fried chicken?”
I mean just going off thread title.....
Does Chick-Fil-A still count? That’s my runner up
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Afro Republican
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Didn't think it would be so lopsided to Popeyes, especially since I think there's more KFC's internationally than Popeyes and GAF having a decent presence outside the US.
Popeyes is good though. Best fries.
Popeyes is good though. Best fries.
#Phonepunk#
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voted Bojangles cos that's the last one here i've eaten at and it was pretty good.
Arby's has some amazing chicken tenders tho, the best in the game. i'd rate Zaxby's probably second as far as consistency.
Arby's has some amazing chicken tenders tho, the best in the game. i'd rate Zaxby's probably second as far as consistency.
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Their fried chicken items in general are really good. Buffalo chicken sliders are great
yet_another_alt
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I kind of agree. Nothing beats holding onto bone, biting down and feeling the crack of crispy skin, sinking your teeth into the flesh, then tearing it off like a savage. Besides I still haven't forgiven Chick-fil-a for retiring their chicken salad sandwich.
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The boneless vs. bone-in discussion could be a thread of its own.
For me it’s a mood thing, just depends on the moment.
For me it’s a mood thing, just depends on the moment.
brap
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That's not even a thing. """""""""""""""""""""""""""""Boneless""""""""""""""""""""""" is just differently shaped chicken nuggets.
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What? There’s no difference between nuggets/tenders and wings?
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yet_another_alt
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They're called tendies.
JareBear: Remastered
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Now I’m lost.
There’s no difference between boneless and bone-in chicken? Boneless vs bone-in is absolutely a discussion I’ve had with friends in the past. It is “a thing.”
There’s no difference between boneless and bone-in chicken? Boneless vs bone-in is absolutely a discussion I’ve had with friends in the past. It is “a thing.”
brap
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"Bone in" is regular chicken off the bird. ALL """"""""""boneless"""""" is just chicken nuggets. They are not wings or any of that. Boneless chicken wings do not exist. They are chicken nuggets.
Same thing.
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No, they're gamer fuel.
appaws
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I would say no, Chick-Fil-A does not count. All of the choices in the poll were places with whole chicken pieces. The "Chicken Tender" places are excellent in their own right, but that is a different category. We could have a separate poll with Raising Cane's vs. Zaxby's vs. whatever else. Chick-Fil-A might be a whole different category from that since they are focused on sangwiches.
Susurrus
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Popeyes > KFC > Church's
Never heard of Bojangles so I looked it up and it seems very regional and not anywhere I've lived (Dallas, Boise, Anchorage, much less abroad).
Also since I have been abroad for most of a decade, I haven't had much chance to try Church's since about late 00s (though I did see one on vacation a couple years go in Dubai renamed Texas Chicken, but didn't try it). I didn't much care for Church's in Anchorage.
My KFC experience has been German KFC and my Popeyes experience has been on a military base in Germany. I can generally go for both, but KFC's spicy is super mild so I lean towards Popeye's.
Favorite fried chicken joints are the many Chicken & Beer places spread across South Korea.
I also do get Chik-fil-A when I visit the US, albeit usually at an airport during a layover.
Never heard of Bojangles so I looked it up and it seems very regional and not anywhere I've lived (Dallas, Boise, Anchorage, much less abroad).
Also since I have been abroad for most of a decade, I haven't had much chance to try Church's since about late 00s (though I did see one on vacation a couple years go in Dubai renamed Texas Chicken, but didn't try it). I didn't much care for Church's in Anchorage.
My KFC experience has been German KFC and my Popeyes experience has been on a military base in Germany. I can generally go for both, but KFC's spicy is super mild so I lean towards Popeye's.
Favorite fried chicken joints are the many Chicken & Beer places spread across South Korea.
I also do get Chik-fil-A when I visit the US, albeit usually at an airport during a layover.
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