{"id":1585,"date":"2025-06-18T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsaus.p11.sol1.net\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:18:59","slug":"the-history-behind-southern-fried-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/news\/the-history-behind-southern-fried-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"The history behind southern fried chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, fried chicken was widely accepted to be an original product of the American South. It\u2019s easy to see why: even back then, Southerners made fried chicken a centrepiece for special occasions. The theory at the time was that it came from West Africa, where the locals ate chicken and deep fried their food.\u00a0<\/p>

Then in 1983, food writer John F Mariani released\u00a0The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink.\u00a0<\/i>Within its pages lies an explosive revelation: fried chicken actually comes from Scotland?!\u00a0<\/p>

As Mariani wrote, \u201cthe Scottish, who enjoyed frying their chickens rather than boiling or baking them as the English did, may have brought the method with them when they settled the [American] South.\u201d<\/p>

Although this too is just a theory, it\u2019s supported by a recipe appearing in a British cookbook from 1747,\u00a0The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy:<\/i><\/p>

\u201cCut two chickens into quarters, lay them in vinegar, for three or four hours, with pepper, salt, a bay leaf, and a few cloves, make a very thick batter, first with half a pint of wine and flour, then the yolks of two eggs, a little melted butter, some grated nutmeg and chopped parsley; beat very well together, dip your fowls in the batter, and fry them in a good deal of hog\u2019s lard, which must first boil before you put your chickens in.\u201d<\/i><\/p>

The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>

Fried chicken around the globe<\/b><\/h2>

Today, modern cooking techniques and mass chicken production have made fried chicken popular amongst many cultures around the world. Here\u2019s just a handful of fried chicken favourites:<\/p>

  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC):\u00a0<\/b>Perhaps the most famous example thanks to Colonel Sanders.<\/li>
  • Korean fried chicken:\u00a0<\/b>Fried twice for an extra-crispy skin, and sometimes coated with a sticky, spicy and sweet sauce.<\/li>
  • Japanese chicken karaage:<\/b>\u00a0Chicken breast or pieces are marinated in soy sauce or other seasonings, then coated in potato starch and deep-fried.\u00a0<\/li>
  • Buttermilk fried chicken:\u00a0<\/b>Southern-style fried chicken marinated in buttermilk for a tangy flavour, then traditionally pan-fried in a skillet rather than deep-fried.<\/li>
  • Taiwanese fried chicken:\u00a0<\/b>Fried chicken pieces topped with salt, pepper and chili powder and typically served from street carts.<\/li>
  • Indonesian\/Malaysian fried chicken (ayam goreng):\u00a0<\/b>Chicken coated in lemongrass, turmeric, garlic and other spices, and fried in coconut oil.<\/li><\/ul>

    Need a fried chicken fix?<\/b><\/h2>

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    You\u2019re no doubt hungry after so much fried chicken talk. Lucky for you, our Crispy Chicken and Southern Chicken burgers come with a generous buttermilk fried chicken breast for that crispy crunch in every bite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}