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No. 21 in the world · November 2026

Honey Butter Fried Chicken

Elston Avenue, Avondale · Chicago, United States

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The one piece to order

The fried chicken with honey butter and corn muffins

The line to expect: Counter service; busy at weekend dinner.

Chicago's favorite fried chicken plate, and the honey butter melts straight into the crust.

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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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