Fried chicken is one of the favourite foods around the world. This simple dish can be found in restaurants, food stalls, and even households. Many people love its savoury and crispy taste.
Indonesian fried chicken is also a very popular food. This dish can be found in various regions, with various recipe variations. Indonesian fried chicken is generally cooked with flour, giving it a crunchy and savoury texture.
In fact, fried chicken is so popular that in Indonesia, there are many menus that are essentially fried chicken. So, it seems only natural that a list of the best-fried chicken menus would include some Indonesian fried chicken menu names.
Taste Atlas, a site known for providing information and rankings about food from around the world, has once again released a list of the best-fried chicken dishes in the world.
Indonesian fried chicken ranked fifth with a rating of 4.4, while ayam penyet, another fried chicken-based dish, came in ninth place with a rating of 4.3.
This is not the first time fried chicken and ayam penyet have been recognized by international foodies. Last year, fried chicken even won first place as the world’s best-fried chicken dish.
However, according to the latest TasteAtlas December 2024 list, fried chicken from South Korea (Korean Fried Chicken), commonly called Chikin, took first place with a score of 4.6. The American military first introduced fried chicken to South Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s.
Taste Atlas employs various mechanisms in assigning scores that ensure only reviews from genuine users are counted while fake ratings are ignored. In fact, reviews from users who are recognized by the system as having a deeper knowledge of the food gain additional value weight.
10 Best Fried Chicken Dishes – Taste Atlas December 2024
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1. Chikin, South Korea
2. Karaage, Japan
3. Chicken 65, India
4. Fried Chicken, Southern United States
5. Fried Chicken, Indonesia
6. Zhaziji, China
7. Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken, Taiwan
8. Chicken Kyiv, Ukraine
9. Ayam Penyet, Indonesia
10. Orange Chicken, USA
Two Indonesian fried chicken menus: Ayam Goreng and Ayam Penyet
For expats living in Indonesia, it’s easy to enjoy these two most delicious fried chicken menus.
According to Taste Atlas, Indonesian fried chicken is made from bone-in chicken pieces, such as upper and lower thighs. These chicken pieces are marinated in a seasoning consisting of traditional spices such as lemongrass, galangal, turmeric and tamarind.
Penyet chicken is a yellow marinated chicken dish with sambal on top. The seasoning is fairly complex because it consists of various Nusantara herbs and spices, such as coriander, candlenut, turmeric, galangal, bay leaves, shallots, and garlic.
In some versions, the chicken is pressed after frying while coated with sambal. The dish is usually served complete with additional sambal, fresh vegetables such as cucumber and basil leaves, and other complements such as tempeh, tofu, and warm white rice.
Penyet chicken tastes delicious, especially when eaten with a plate of warm rice. The chicken meat is tender because it has been boiled first and then sambal-infused. Sambal penyet chicken is slightly different from other chilli sauces; usually, the sauce feels spicier.
