Chicken Charlie

About the food:

Everybody loves to eat chicken. Furthermore, there are countless recipes available for its various parts. Today I'm featuring Chicken Charlie. This chicken recipe, available in either legs or wings, is not just deep-fried. It is DOUBLE-FRIED.

Now, what benefits does double-frying have? They say that the first fry cooks the chicken and removes the fat. The second fry makes the chicken much more crispier. In an experiment done regarding the double-frying technique, it has been shown that a potato appears much crispier on the outside when it was cooked twice. As for the claim that it removes fat, I express my doubts. Since the chicken is deep fried, I do not see how the fat can come out. If a chicken is cooked in broth, the fat goes to the broth. If it is grilled, the fat comes out and falls to the bottom of the grill.

Where to buy:


Chicken Charlie is located at 592 N.S. Amoranto St. cor. Banawe St., Quezon City and is open from
11am to 9pm, Monday to Sunday.



Rating:  5/10

Someone once said that what makes a food taste great is the fat, whether it be ice cream or fried chicken. For this chicken, I give a rating of 5. While it does taste great and crispy while its freshly fried, one cannot ignore that it is fried, not just once but twice. More oil (with the exception of olive oil) can lead to high blood pressure.



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to read more about the double frying experiment:  http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/01/the-burger-lab-why-double-fry-french-fries.html