This spot is where you'll find the best fried chicken in the U.S.
Jollibee, a fast food chain that started in the Philippines and now has 100 U.S. locations. The first one opened in Daly City, California, in 1998. Jollibee serves a lot of items off its menu and the standout is Chickenjoy, a marinated and hand-breaded fried chicken that comes with savory gravy on the side. As with most places, you can order it regular or spicy. For Filipinos, it's nostalgic food with much more juicy chicken than you find in other fast food places in the U.S.
In second place is Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan company which began in 1971 and came to the U.S in 2002 with a location in Los Angeles. It's now grown to about 140 restaurants. Their fried chicken comes with either a dinner roll or tortillas, and the sides are better than the typical American French fries: you can order yuca fries, sweet plantains, or Campero beans made with ancho and chipotle peppers.
The third-best fried chicken right now is Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken. This Ohio-based franchise offers honey-dipped hand-breaded chicken that is then pressure-fried. Southern-style sides include smoky green beans, baked beans and, of course, flaky biscuits.
Of course, now that you've read this far, you're obliged to be dreaming of fried chicken so hot it almost burns your fingers and your tongue—we know we are.
The top 10 best fast food fried chicken:
1. Jolliebee
2. Pollo Campero
3. Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
4. Church's Texas Chicken
5. Guthrie's Chicken
6. Krispy Krunchy Chicken
7. Golden Chick
8. KFC –we knew we'd see you somewhere, old man chicken!
9. Chick-fil-A
10. Popeyes
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