Fried Chicken

Chicken fried in batter, and often seasoned. Usually used in games to recover health.

Overview

Fried chicken is pieces of chicken on or off the bone that have been breaded and seasoned, then fried in oil. When pan fried, the chicken need only be shaken in flour and seasoning, then cooked in a frying pan with about a quarter inch of oil. Alternatively, the chicken could be coated in a batter and then deep-fried or cooked in a pressure fryer (the most common methods in industrial kitchens and fast-food restaurants.) In any method, the breaded coating helps hold in the savory juices of the chicken, while absorbing the flavors of the cooking oil. Fried chicken is enjoyed globally, and many restaurants in the US specialize in this staple, such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Popeye's, Bojangle's, and Church's Chicken.

Appearances in Games

Cluckin' Bell Employee

Fried chicken is a common health-recovery item in video games, especially action games or games with a modern setting. It provides stat bonuses to a player's characters in both River City Ransom and The World Ends With You (in nugget form.) In Final Fight and Samurai Showdown, items that appear to be fried chicken (or possibly roasted chicken) give an immediate health boost when picked up. The fictional Cluckin' Bell restaurant in Grand Theft Auto 4 offers health-giving chicken treats for sale. In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Bowser eats fried chicken (or Drumsticks) to recover his health. The 3 types of drumsticks are Hot, Fiery, and TNT. Hot Drumsticks only recover 80 HP to Bowser when he's a little hurt. The Fiery Drumstick is hotter than its Hot form and if Bowser eats one, 150 HP will be added to his current HP. TNT Drumsticks are the hottest of the bunch and if Bowser gobbles down on that one, then his HP will increase by 280 points. Very hot! If the Drumstick Ring is equipped, then he can eat any one of the 3 drumsticks and the amount of HP will recover depends on the drumstick type.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Samurai Shodown VI	PS2, ARC	SNK Playmore
Duke Nukem Forever	X360, PC	3D Realms Entertainment
Scribblenauts released on Sept. 15, 2009	DS	5th Cell Media
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story released on Sept. 14, 2009	DS	AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.
Darkest of Days released on Sept. 8, 2009	X360, PC	Phantom EFX
Samurai Shodown Anthology released on March 2, 2009	PSN, WII, PSP, PS2	SNK Playmore
Afro Samurai released on Jan. 27, 2009	X360, PS3	Namco Bandai Games Inc.
Guitar Hero World Tour released on Oct. 26, 2008	X360, PS3, MAC, PC, WII, PS2	Aspyr Media, Inc., Budcat Creations, Neversoft Entertainment, Vicarious Visions
Hell's Kitchen released on Sept. 9, 2008	IPHN, DS, WII, PS2, PS3, X360, PSP, PC	Ludia Inc.
Grand Theft Auto IV released on April 29, 2008	X360, PC, PS3	Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto

Name:	Fried Chicken
Appears in:	24 games
First appearance:
Aliases

	Cooking Mama
	Gordon Ramsay
	Carl Johnson
	Bowser
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