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Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Why chicken sandwich is the new hamburger in land of the Big Mac
You have to take a couple of decent-sized bites out of a Le Coupé fried chicken sandwich before the lips touch bread. The thick cut of thigh, which is brined in buttermilk for 24 hours, coated in a chilli-honey glaze and topped with sweet pickles, cabbage, kale 'slaw' and honey mustard, is served in a brioche bun that was apparently designed for a much smaller piece of meat. The result is a chicken sandwich which has been hailed by users of the reviews app Yelp as the best in California. That makes Craig Walker's creation, sold from an unassuming takeaway in central Los Angeles, an important historical artefact: here, in the state that gave the world McDonald's, is evidence of a seismic shift in American
Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Why chicken could soon overtake beef in the land of the Big Mac
You have to take a couple of decent-sized bites out of a Le Coupé fried chicken sandwich before the lips touch bread. The thick cut of thigh, which is brined in buttermilk for 24 hours, coated in a chilli-honey glaze and topped with sweet pickles, cabbage, kale 'slaw' and honey mustard, is served in a brioche bun that was apparently designed for a much smaller piece of meat. The result is a chicken sandwich which has been hailed by users of the reviews app Yelp as the best in California. That makes Craig Walker's creation, sold from an unassuming takeaway in central Los Angeles, an important historical artefact: here, in the state that gave the world McDonald's, is evidence of a seismic shift in American
