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G OING GLOBAL
fried chicken looks different depending on where you are in the
world. but more importantly, it’s all delicious. — A I E S H A D . L I T T L E

Karaage Chicharrón Korean Fried Chicken 65 Yan Su Ji

The frying method De Pollo Chicken (Taiwanese
1 used for karaage dates 4 There are lots of weird
Popcorn
back to Japan’s Edo period,
2 Hailing from Puerto
Rico and the
3 Versions of fried
chicken had been
theories about how
this south Indian dish got its Chicken)
but this dish didn’t gain Dominican Republic, this popular in South Korea since name (the chicken’s
steam at izakayas or start dish is made with chunks of the 1940s, but the style we marinated for 65 days?), but 5 Popularized as a
street food in Taiwan,
being sold in konbinis fried chicken pieces know and love traces its the number just represents chicken thighs are marinated
(Japanese convenience seasoned with sazon, adobo, origins to the ’80s. Due to a the year it was created at in soy sauce, garlic, salt, and
stores) until after World War and garlic. In Spanish, double-frying process, it’s Hotel Buhari in Chennai. The white pepper and then
II. It’s typically marinated “chicharrón” means lighter and crispier than its appetizer is deep-fried topped with a five-spice
with soy sauce, mirin, sake, “crackling,” which refers to American counterpart. There marinated chicken with curry powder mix, creating a
and ginger, rolled in flour or the sound the chicken pieces are several chains in the area leaves and chiles for a spicy snack-worthy appetizer.
potato starch, and then makes when they’re cooked that make fast-casual Korean kick. You can find Chicken 65 Try it at Poke Hut or Pho
deep-fried for juicy, crispy up. What’s the word for fried chicken—like bb.q on several local Indian Kimmy.
results. Grab it at Kiki or “tasty”? Get it at El Asadero Chicken on Fourth Street, restaurants’ menus, 1509 R ACE ST., UNIT 104, OVER-
Mochiko. Mexican Bar and Grill or CM Chicken in Liberty including Nawabi THE-RHINE, (513) 975-0905,
5932 HAMILTON AVE., COLLEGE Maize. Township, and Bonchon in Hyderabad House. POKEHUTUSA.COM; 11974 LEBA-
HILL, (513) 541-0381, KIKICIN NON RD., SHARONVILLE, (513)
1081 SMILE Y AVE., FOREST PARK, Mason—but Decibel in 11963 LEBANON RD., SUITE 120,
CINNATI.COM; 1524 MADISON 769-5999, PHO-KIMMY.COM
(513) 407-3582, Walnut Hills is really the SHARONVILLE, (513) 956-5678,
RD., WALNUT HILLS, (513) 559- EL ASADEROMBG.COM; 1438 HHCINCY.COM
1000, CAFEMOCHIKO.COM R ACE ST., OVER-THE-RHINE, place to try it.
(513) 381-1608, MAIZEOTR.COM 922 E. MCMILL AN ST., (513)
1 429-5002, DECIBELCHICKEN. 3
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