This is one of those days with a more obvious celebratory food. Fried chicken is, as you might expect, chicken that has been fried. Although it possibly isn't quite as simple as that.
Fried chicken is also known sometimes as Southern fried chicken from its association with the American South, even though chicken fritters are a centuries old dish. In the US, they are actually linked to Scottish immigrants to what would become the United States.
The reason why it isn't quite as simple as chicken that has been fried is that the chicken, which is usually in small pieces, separated at the joints but with skin and bones left, is first coated. This can be in flour, or batter, which may have flavourings such as herbs and spices added to it, and then deep fried.
The fast food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC, is probably one of the best known brands worldwide.
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