I’m not sure what led me to seek out fried chicken wings covered in cheese powder. Maybe it’s that my penchant for fried poultry reached so extreme a level that I needed to find the next dimension of chicken. Or, it was the universe.
Multiple new Korean fried chicken chains in my immediate vicinity have started pushing cheese-dusted chicken. However it happened, I’m hooked. I was first introduced to cheese chicken at a spot called bb.
q Chicken, a fast-growing chain of chicken shops that started in Seoul, South Korea, in 1995. There are more than 3,500 locations in 57 countries, including more than 50 restaurants in California. Cheesling chicken at bb.
q Chicken The company is so serious about fried chicken that it established Chicken University , an educational compound in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, where new franchise shop managers and employees spend two weeks learning recipes and marketing. There are even plans to turn the school into an actual educational center and theme park open to the public. The restaurant’s cheesling chicken is coated in a stark white powder made from a mixture of mascarpone and cheddar cheeses.
It clings to the surface of the chicken, filling in every nook and groove. There’s typically a small pile of excess seasoning in a corner of the serving basket. The cheddar hits first, then the mascarpone, imparting a sweet, buttery richness to the chicken.
The amount of powder and color may vary depending on the location, and how long your chicken s.
