Red Velvet Fried Chicken by American Cupcake
By jpower on Friday, August 20th, 2010
American Cupcake's Red Velvet Fried Chicken (photo by Anthony Mylott)
San Fransisco restaurant American Cupcake decided that the world could use more red velvet. AC’s owner Devon Alpert reckoned that if everyone loved the flavor in cake and cupcakes, they would like it in fried chicken too. And it looks like she was absolutely right. In the delicious words of urbandaddy:
At first glance, it’ll look like a heaping plate of leg, thigh and breast. But upon further inspection, you’ll see that the chicken has taken on a slight reddish hue. That’s because your precious fried bird has been pre-soaked in AC’s signature red velvet cake batter, then dredged in toasted, crumbled bits of red velvet cupcake before being dipped in a frying pan.
Because they don’t want their delicious fried chicken to be lonely, American Cupcake includes a side of cream cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, inspired by the frosting on the cake.