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Don't Overlook the Fried Chicken at a Barbecue Joint
Restaurants

Why Is the Best Fried Chicken Often Found at Barbecue Joints?

Is it sacrilege to order fried chicken at a barbecue joint? Hardly. The best baskets of crispy, salty poultry goodness are often found at places better known for pork.

by Jason Zengerle
The Bucket List: 20 Carolina Chicken Joints
Travel Guides

The Bucket List: 17 Carolina Chicken Joints

From chefs’ tables to take-out boxes, we ate our way across the state in search of the best places to satisfy that anytime, anywhere hankering for Southern fried perfection.

by Sheri Castle
B.W. Keaton's Fried Chicken Legacy Lives On at Keaton's Barbecue
Features

Keaton’s Barbecue: Where the Chicken is Dipped in a Secret Sauce — and Lore

B.W. Keaton got people’s attention when he started serving barbecue-sauced fried chicken at his restaurant in Rowan County. People are still talking, and the first question is always the same: How do I find this place?

by Joe Posnanski
Bojangles'
Food

Don’t Stop Bo’lievin’: How Bojangles’ Went From a Chicken and Biscuits Joint to a Southern Obsession

Forty years ago, Bojangles’ opened its first location in Charlotte. Now it’s got legions of fans as far away as Honduras. Still, it hasn’t lost its North Carolina heart: fast, fried, and fiercely loyal.

by Jeremy Markovich
Chicken and Pastry Recipe
Recipes

Chicken and Pastry Recipe

This simple, comforting eastern North Carolina favorite is too delicious not to share with the rest of the state.

by Lynn Wells
Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe
Recipes

Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Apples, creamy feta, and rosemary: three flavors that were made for each other. Together, they elevate the everyday baked chicken supper.

by Lynn Wells
Features

Carolina Classic: The Chicken

North Carolina explores the allure of the chicken through food, art, and travel.

by Katie Saintsing
Food

Momma’s Sunday Fried Chicken

Bob Holt remembers the taste of his mother's fried chicken served at Sunday lunch. Try his mother's recipe from Holt's cookbook Country Recipes and Other Interesting Stuff.

by Community Cookbook Series
Community Cookbook Series

Aunt Nootsie’s Chicken Pie

This chicken pie recipe comes from Eugenia “Jean” Whisnant of Claremont's personal cookbook, With Love from Mommy Jean: Best Loved Recipe Favorites.

by Community Cookbook Series
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