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No. 42 in the world · November 2026

Frenchy's Chicken

Scott Street, Third Ward · Houston, United States

Southern fried chickenNo. 42
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The one piece to order

The Creole fried chicken combo

The line to expect: Busy at lunch; quick.

A Third Ward institution with a new flagship near the original; Creole-seasoned fried chicken Houston has eaten since 1969.

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Buttermilk Southern fried chicken

Buttermilk Southern fried chicken

Overnight brine, 1 hr to fry · 4 to 6 (one 1.6 kg / 3 1/2 lb chicken). The one most of the chart is built on: chicken soaked overnight in seasoned buttermilk, dredged in peppery flour with a few spoonfuls of the buttermilk worked in for craggy bits, and fried low and slow so it's cooked to the bone with a crust that cracks.

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