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    Good Food

    Fried Chicken

    Jonathan Gold rounds up the the best fried chicken meeting the Gold Standard.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold rounds up the the best fried chicken meeting the Gold Standard. He crows about both the regular and extra-spicy chicken at Kyochon in Koreatown; Sichuan fried chicken -- chopped into tiny cubes and fried with peppercorns, fresh pepper and dried chilies -- at Chung King in San Gabriel; crunchy, fried chicharrones de pollo at Mario's Peruvian Seafood in Hollywood; garlic, spicy, marinated fried chicken from the Guatemalan-based chain, Pollo Campero (17 locations throughout Southern California); and tebasaki (chicken wings) at FuRaiBo (three locations in Los Angeles County.)

    Kyochon

    3833 W Sixth St

    Los Angeles, CA 90020

    213-739-9292

    Chung King

    1000 S San Gabriel Blvd

    San Gabriel, CA 91776

    626-286-0298

    Mario's Peruvian Seafood

    5786 Melrose Ave

    Los Angeles, CA 90038

    323-466-4181

    Pollo Campero

    1605 W Olympic Blvd

    Los Angeles, CA 90015

    213-251-8594

    FuRaiBo

    2068 Sawtelle Blvd

    Los Angeles CA 90025

    310-444-1432

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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    The full episode

    2 of 8
    Fried Chicken; Plastics Update; Alli; Culinary Corps
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Fried ChickenYou’re reading this
    3. 15:00Eating India
    4. 21:00Global Warming and the Green Diet
    5. 27:00Plastics Update
    6. 33:00Bottled Water and Slow Food Nation
    7. 39:00Alli
    8. 50:00Culinary Corps
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