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Buttermilk-brined chicken, seasoned, breaded and fried to order in cast iron, the Hoosier standard threading Upland South and Black migration cooking through Indianapolis neighborhood rooms.
Indiana fried-chicken culture pulls from the Upland South and the Black South, transmitted through both white-flight migration and the Great Migration into Indianapolis neighborhoods. The pan-fried, cast-iron preparation predates the pressure-fried fast-food version and survives at independent rooms across the city.
2 editor picks for Hoosier fried chicken in Indianapolis, ranked by editorial score. All Indianapolis signature dishes · Hoosier fried chicken across every city.
Workingman's Friend ★ 4.5
haughville · 234 N Belmont Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46222
Workingman's Friend in Haughville, Indianapolis is a 1918 lunch counter. The thin-patty smash double cheeseburger is the West Side standard.
The Eagle Mass Ave ★ 4.3
mass-ave · 310 Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Cincinnati import that nails the Mass Avenue fried-chicken brief. Brined and dredged in-house, served with spoonbread and a half-dozen Southern sides.
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