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    Fried chicken 8 ways

    By | Shine Food – Tue, Jul 1, 2008 10:08 PM EDT

    I stopped into the Hudson News at the airport this weekend to grab a few magazines for a flight. I couldn't avoid grabbing the Bon Appetit BBQ issue with the serious burger porn on the cover. As I was paying, the cashier winked at me and said "I'm coming to your house for dinner!" I don't typically get winked at by women who are my grandmother's age so to normalize the situation I smiled and said, "Oh yeah? What are you making this 4th?" I figured that I should get some market research out of the deal. "Honey," she said, "I'm makin' fried chicken that would make you cry" I immediately needed to know more and she revealed her secret, "One word, baby: beer."

    It's amazing to see how serious, heated and slightly bazaar people get when talking about fried chicken.
    If you're a fried-chicken lover and don't have a recipe that would make someone weepy, here are 8 variations on the southern favorite. Let me know if you get tears out of anyone. And If think you have a recipe for the best fried chicken, please share!

    SeriousEats' legendary fried chicken
    Scott Peacock's and Edna Lewis's miraculously good fried chicken.

    Frat boy fried chicken
    Easy to make beer battered chicken

    Emeril's nutty version of the southern classic.
    Pecan crusted southern fried chicken

    Why fry it once when you can fry it twice?
    Food & Wine's crispy twice fried chicken

    Paula Deen's spicy-lover's fried chicken
    Crispy fried chicken with hot sauce

    This diet-friendly fried chicken weighs in at 5 grams of fat and 270 calories.
    Over fried chicken

    Racheal Ray tried to take away some guilt by turning this fried favorite into a salad. Fat chance.
    Fried chicken salad

    This Bobby Flay fried chicken recipe may get some tears...
    Blue corn fried chicken with ancho honey and buttermlk-bacon smashed potatos

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