OK...I'm scarfing down the last wing and drumstick from the 8 piece box of Publix fried chicken I bought last night (I love me some Publix chicken...an 8 piece box, a pound of tater logs and a pint of slaw from the BBQ restaurant on the way home and it's deep fried heaven)...

This is not about your favorite fried chicken place (but feel free to post your favorite )...I just got to thinking as I ate the cold dead leftovers out of the fridge, how much of my chickin' eatin' over the last 60 years has been cold, either from the refrigerator or a cooler. I actually prefer cold fried chicken (no microwave for me thank you)...don't get me wrong, I do like it hot, but cold chicken just has a better taste to me (maybe it's the congealed grease )...

Hence the question...

Question:
How do you primarily like your fried chicken?

Choices:
Hot.
Cold.
Either way is fine with me...it's fried chicken after all...it's all good.
I don't care for fried chicken...I'm funny that way.
What's this chicken of which you speak?

 

I'll eat it cold, no doubt, but I prefer it hot.

Fresh & hit is the best. Cold chicken more so when younger but seldom nowadays.

Prefer extra crispy and hot. There are also some Korean places in Korea Town that serve a mean Korean style fried (wings and drumettes) chicken with different flavorings. The spicy one with sweet kochujang is nice - spicy, sweet, crispy yummy.

I prefer it hot, but if it's leftovers I eat it cold. Re-warming it by whatever method ruins it.

Coincidentally, we're having Boneless Fried for supper tonight, with chunks cut from breast fillets from our own chickens. Chicken gravy, smashed pa-tadas and corn to go with.

Burrrp...

Hot please. Cold leftovers are fine though.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:
I'll eat it cold, no doubt, but I prefer it hot.

This

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I prefer it hot, but if it's leftovers I eat it cold. Re-warming it by whatever method ruins it.

This is how I feel about fried chicken.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

Coincidentally, we're having Boneless Fried for supper tonight

Burrrp...

My wife is from Arkansas and has the best Southern Fried Chicken you ever ate along with fresh picked Poke Salad, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes and corn bread.

I treat it the same way as pizza. I prefer it hot, but if it gets cold, I would eat it cold too.
I would still eat it soggy reheated if I have sides to go with it.

Don't matter, as long as it didn't come from KFC.

I'm trying to recall the last time I ate fried chicken and had leftovers. I guess this poll doesn't apply to me.

Good timing. I was going to post a "search for the best fried chicken" in the state of Florida. Can we do that here?

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Originally posted by Ironmike57:
Good timing. I was going to post a "search for the best fried chicken" in the state of Florida. Can we do that here?

Why shoot YEAH!

If you are in NOLA, go to Willie Maes.

Publix has the best fried chicken I have ever eaten bar none.

RMD

The best fried chicken I ever ate was out of my grandmother in law's ancient iron skillet. A close second is the General Store in Lorman, Mississippi. And I definitely agree with hot is best, but leftovers should be cold. No way to reheat them that doesn't dry them out.

Hot, initially, then cold. Either way is fine, but fried chicken must never be reheated.

I've fried chicken in a kitchen known for the fried chicken. I learned a few secrets. There's more than one way to do it right, but to my knowledge, all of them involve eating the chicken shortly after frying. Reheat any of the great recipes and they all fall down some way or another. Some things are just best had right at the moment. Fried chicken is one.

Like the other poster who compared it to pizza, I also tend to find it mostly agreeable, but only in an "it's a shadow of its former glory" sort of way.