Plan ahead! The fried chicken is delicious, but only available for lunch, and it takes 30 minutes to make.
The fried chicken is soaked in buttermilk before being breaded and fried, and it's accompanied with mashed potatoes, Swiss chard, a buttermilk biscuit, and a white wild mushroom gravy.
This butter-crust chicken is richly flavored, deeply salty, very moist, and nearly flawless.
The bold black pepper seasoning in the crust on the fried chicken adds punch to an already superb chicken. This is the gold standard for fried chicken in Chicago.
The defining characteristic of this fried chicken is the texture of the crust, which is particularly crunchy. While it's not heavily spiced, the crunch more than makes up for it.
The defining characteristic of this fried chicken is that its crust is particularly crunchy. While it's not heavily spiced, the crunch more than makes up for it.
The chicken comes with a delicate thin crust, which is then tossed in a sweet and sticky soy-ginger glaze and garnished with bits of freshly chopped green onion. The combination is addicting.
This is perfectly salted, crunchy, juicy, chicken at its best, and paired with the waffles, you've got a combination of food that's just plain good.
The exterior of the chicken is unusual in that it's more like a breading rather than a crunchy crust, so you'll likely end up with pieces slipping off, but it really does taste like home cooking.
Thanks to the crunchy exterior, balanced seasoning, good salt levels, juicy meat, and relatively light grease, this chicken is a winner.
The chicken is half-fried, then completed when ordered, to ensure you don't wait too long. If you order it with any sauce, the chicken will come doused and is accompanied with fries, and cole slaw.
Micky's might not serve an entire fried chicken, but their chicken wings are some of the best in the Loop.
The crust on this chicken was thicker than most and fried to a deeper brown as well. But paired with the Louisiana-style hot sauce, the whole thing comes together marvelously.
There's nothing not to like about this chicken, especially fresh out of the fryer. The edges are satisfyingly crispy, the chicken is moist and it comes with little sweet corn fritters.
