The Meal Plan: A No Holds Barred Fried Chicken Fiasco!

Union Square Café Fried Chicken Recipe Photo: Marcus Nilsson
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Tonight's menu features some good old-fashioned deep-frying. There's also blackening and grilling, two other things you should get into while it's hot. Sounds counter-productive with the heat and heat, but you'll be fine. Choose your fried chicken, there are several, then pick from our hand-selected list of salads and fixins to make a crowd-friendly feast best served outdoors.

To start, a salad:

  • Romanesco Summer Salad
  • Smoky Kale Salad With Toasted Almonds And Egg
  • Indonesian Vegetable Salad With Peanut Sauce

    • Choose your fried chicken:

  • General Tso Fried Chicken
  • Mexican Fried Chicken
  • Union Square Café Fried Chicken
  • Korean Fried Chicken

    • And fixins:

  • Goat Cheese and Asparagus Macaroni Salad
  • Blackened Okra With Red Rice
  • Grilled Sweet & Spicy Pickles
  • Country Ham and Cheese Biscuit Bread
  • Texas Potato Salad
  • Collard Greens with Ham and Bacon

    • For dessert: Peach Cobbler with Cardamom Whipped Cream

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