All good fried chicken recipes start with a buttermilk marinade. We sprinkle in a little cayenne pepper for a fiery kick, but ...

"It's not a chicken nugget patty you might get at some fast-food restaurants. This is very much more elevated." "This is real chicken," added chef Brett Pluskalowski, who works on Taco Bell's food ...

Some are practically perfect replicas of the real version in appearance and flavor. Others are chicken-adjacent at best but offer something radically different from a nutritional perspective.