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No. 55 in the world · November 2026
Harold's Chicken Shack
No. 55The one piece to order
A half white, fried hard, with mild sauce over fries and white bread
The South Side chicken shack Chicago is proudest of.
Make it at home
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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