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crispy chicken fast food brands

Prompt

Last updated 3rd September 2025

Domain count
allrecipes.com
13
tasteofhome.com
13
foodrepublic.com
10
Citations count
13
0
8
5
Brands Discovered
31
27
20
7

Original answer

Here’s a concise list of well-known fast-food brands famous for crispy chicken, grouped by type with their signature crispy offering:

Chicken-specialty chains

  • KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) — Original Recipe, Extra Crispy pieces and sandwiches.
  • Popeyes — Famous for spicy and classic crispy fried chicken plus the popular Chicken Sandwich.
  • Chick-fil-A — Crispy chicken sandwich, nuggets, and breaded strips (U.S.-centric).
  • Raising Cane’s — Chicken fingers (crispy tenders) with Cane’s sauce.
  • Church’s Texas Chicken (Church’s) — Hand-battered pieces and crispy sandwiches.
  • Bojangles’ — Southern-style crispy chicken and seasoned biscuits (U.S. Southeast).
  • Zaxby’s — Crispy chicken fingers, sandwiches, and wings (Southeast U.S.).
  • Slim Chickens — Crispy tenders and sandwiches (fast-casual chain).
  • Mary Brown’s — Canadian chain known for crispy skin “Big Mary” chicken.
  • Pollo Campero — Latin-American chain with crispy fried chicken varieties.

Wings-focused or flavor-forward chains

  • Wingstop — Hand-breaded or sauced wings with crispy skin.
  • Buffalo Wild Wings — Crispy bone-in wings and boneless wings.
  • Bonchon — Korean double-fried crispy wings and boneless chicken (Korean-style).
  • Kyochon — Korean double-fried chicken with very crispy coating (Asia/global).
  • Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken — Taiwanese extra-large crispy fried cutlets (Asia).

Major burger/fast-food chains with notable crispy chicken items

  • McDonald’s — McChicken, various crispy chicken sandwiches and McNuggets.
  • Burger King — Crispy chicken sandwiches and chicken nuggets.
  • Wendy’s — Crispy chicken sandwiches and nuggets.
  • Shake Shack — Chick’n Shack (crispy fried chicken sandwich).
  • Jack in the Box — Crispy chicken sandwiches and tenders.
  • Carl’s Jr. / Hardee’s — Hand-breaded crispy chicken sandwiches.
  • Checkers / Rally’s — Crispy chicken sandwiches and tenders.

Kiosk/market and regional players

  • Krispy Krunchy Chicken — kiosks/quick-serve crispy fried chicken (U.S.).
  • Chicken Express — Southern-style crispy chicken (regional U.S.).
  • Jollibee — Chickenjoy (crispy fried chicken; popular in the Philippines and international).

If you want these sorted by country/region, by type (sandwich vs. wings vs. tenders), or recommendations for the crispiest chicken sandwich specifically, I can provide that next.

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Rank
Brand
Topic
LLM
Sentiment
1
🥇

KFC

90%
85%
90%
95%
Neutral
2
🥈

Popeyes

90%
80%
95%
95%
Neutral
3
🥉

Chick-fil-A

90%
75%
100%
95%
Neutral
4

Raising Cane's

83%
70%
85%
95%
Neutral
5

Slim Chickens

75%
50%
80%
95%
Neutral
6

Zaxby's

70%
55%
60%
95%
Neutral
7

Wingstop

62%
35%
55%
95%
Neutral
8

Church’s Texas Chicken

53%
65%
0%
95%
Neutral
9

Bojangles

52%
60%
0%
95%
Neutral
10

McDonald's

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
11

Burger King

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
12

Wendy's

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
13

Shake Shack

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
14

Checkers

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
15

Rally's

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
16

Krispy Krunchy Chicken

43%
35%
0%
95%
Neutral
17

Culver's

32%
0%
0%
95%
Neutral
18

Arby's

32%
0%
0%
95%
Neutral
19

Dairy Queen

32%
0%
0%
95%
Neutral
20

Sonic

32%
0%
0%
95%
Neutral
21

Mary Brown’s

15%
45%
0%
0%
Neutral
22

Pollo Campero

13%
40%
0%
0%
Neutral
23

Buffalo Wild Wings

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
24

Bonchon

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
25

Kyochon

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
26

Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
27

Jack in the Box

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
28

Carl’s Jr.

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
29

Hardee’s

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
30

Chicken Express

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
31

Jollibee

12%
35%
0%
0%
Neutral
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