Scotland and West Africa is who is said to have invented fried chicken.
Fried chicken has roots in West Africa and Scotland, which also combined to create American style fried chicken.
And Scottish immigrants brought the tradition of frying chicken in fat.
And West African culinary traditions also introduced battering and seasoning to the fried chicken.
Fried chicken was also developed further by enslaved African Americans in the American South and then later fried chicken was commercialized by people like Colonel Sanders.
The first recipe developed around fried chicken was published in the year of 1747 by an English cook "Hannah" Glasse".
Although fried chicken has been around for thousands of years before 1747.
Fried chicken also has origins in China and the Middle East.
Fried chicken is also called Southern Fried Chicken and consists of chicken pieces that have been coated with seasoned batter or flour and then either air fried, deep fried, pressure fried or pan fried.
The breading of the fried chicken adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior of the chicken and retains juices in the meat.