How to Make Favorites from North Carolina: Dipped Fried Chicken and Lemon Pie

Test cook Bryan Roof shows host Julia Collin Davison a top-secret recipe for North Carolina Dipped Fried Chicken. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Bridget Lancaster to a tasting of chocolate ice cream. And finally, test cook Ashley Moore makes Bridget a classic version of North Carolina Lemon Pie.
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[@terrymyers699]

I am leaving the VA homeless shelter on Friday for my new apartment. I will celebrate my new home by making and baking the chicken and lemon pie. I'll have to use Franks RedHot Sauce since we don't get that brand here in SoCal. I retired 3 years ago being a Navy cook and chef for the better part of the last 30 years and I have never looked so forward to making a recipe as I am right now! PS: Haggen Dazs Chocolate is the best! Hell, ANY flavor of HD is the best!

[@lala_bee]

Congratulations on your new apartment Terry! I wish you the best of luck on this new path. Thank you for your service too. And yes, Texas Pete's is hard to find here in SoCal, but Frank's rocks!

[@terrymyers699]

Thank you very much, LaLa. I'm one of the lucky ones and getting out of here and back on my own in less than 6 months. But I've been fighting to get back on my own feet since Day 1. I'm just thankful I had a string of bad luck and not one of the vets that have serious demons plaguing their lives. All I dreamed about last night was that chicken so I have to get my own place now! lol

[@rebekahbryantinman1060]

Thank you for your service ❤️

[@terrymyers699]

@@rebekahbryantinman1060 thanx!

[@terrymyers699]

@@headie3737 thank you so very much. I'm one if the lucky ones as quite a few of the veterans in my situation are in shelters a lot longer than I've been here. I found the right place at the right time. And I want to wish you all the best. I cannot begin to comprehend what life is like where you are, under such extremes. Here's hoping that smart people and peace prevail soon.

[@alexhurst3986]

"I want to eat this in a dark room with my shirt off" is the best accolade to good food ever!

[@dgmisal1979]

Yup. That's the ultimate compliment right there.

[@blkwheeler32]

Indeed!

[@hdrik66]

I would join him in a flash

[@tomthumb1322]

I've made a family version of this chicken for years, has saved my marriage several times. Thanks Gma!

[@techynerdygypsy1731]

Yeah, I've missed you guys soon much... Thank you for bringing back episode 😊😊❤️

[@garryr]

Can you change your upload times? These show up right AFTER I have had dinner.... and you STILL ....make me hungry.

[@namalengkap4781]

My favorite youtube channel! I found this channel a few months ago and I instantly fell in love. I'm not good at cooking but after finding this channel and visiting the website I learned a lot. I still live with my parents and plan to buy a house and I started looking for kitchen equipment and this channel helped me buy kitchen equipment. I will collect all the books from America's Test Kitchen.

[@donnatyner4674]

😅

[@tearren1]

Thank you for the video. A suggestion ...I think your suppose to use some of the pan drippings from all the fried chicken to make a rue and create the dripping sauce. These people wouldnt have wasted anything, and they wouldnt have just thrown out the drippings. If they did make a rue, the rue would probably just be made with water, no stock or cream. Also, you wouldnt want to cook the rue very long after adding water or it would thicken and be gravy.

[@JohnBodoni]

Elle doing the voiceover intro - yay!

[@DavidBrowningBYD]

I'm a NC boy, but I've never heard of the chicken or the pie. I feel like I've missed out all of my life! I even spent four years at Pfeiffer College, which is very near Salisbury, NC, and have many friends to this day who live in Salisbury.

[@CopenhagenDreaming]

I've been craving fried chicken for a few months now, so I've been rummaging through lots on online recipes and videos so I can goddamn make it myself; you can't find good fried chicken in Denmark for love nor money. (You can get "okay" fried chicken - which is still good, of course - but it's just... Not right!) It's all part of the project of making my boyfriend realise that US food is not, in fact, crap. And actually there are some US dishes that I know he will absolutely love.

[@Avacarho]

I was 13 when I made my first pie, which was a lemon meringue pie, and beat my grandma's pie. I LOVE LEMON, and will have to try this lemon pie recipe. Thanks for sharing.

[@nicholashilton2514]

Thanks for posting this! Love these so much!

[@amberjones9520]

North Carolina native here. Yall make me proud. I love my NC food heritage.

[@JenLovesBenz]

I live in Canada but I'm so down for southern food.

[@squyars]

Call we see more of Brian? He's fun to watch. Great sense of humor.

[@MyronTheHen]

With these amazing gals, "I think I'm home." Is this the wrong forum to announce my love for Ms. Bridget? (again)

[@PattiFinn]

I love the way that lady keeps shoveling that chocolate ice cream in, non stop! Too funny.

[@mariavictorialucasanm]

I truly love your channel! It is very helpful to a faculty member who teaches culinary, nutrition and food science subjects! Shout out to the hosts-Julia and Bridgette ( did I spell it right? Forgive me if I did not❤❤❤❤). Special mention to Dan! Your videos are a staple in my food science classes! My heart out to everybody! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@shirleyvice57]

I've been cutting whole chicken just like Jack since I was ten years old. I'm now 71. Only difference, my family liked the backbone sections.

[@David-mg3cc]

Thank you!!

[@douglasfrank9323]

Turkey Hill Dairy is local for me and their ice cream is very good but I agree I prefer Häagen-Dazs.

[@jeffth205]

The lemon pie custard resembles my key lime pie custard. Great idea with the cream on top. Also I agreed 100% with you on the chocolate ice cream.

[@hulkamania5071]

I've lived in nc my whole life and been to Salisbury many times and I've never even heard of dipped chicken.

[@RT-vw6yw]

Thank you!

[@celestewatson4874]

Have you heard of Mama Dip's in Chapel Hill? This type chicken served there since early 90s. Frankie's was in Salisbury in 40s and 50s, it's been awhile. Pie was massively popularized by another CH restauranteur, Bill Smith, as Atlantic Beach pie.

[@aniahfranklin2394]

Hulk Amania franks chicken shack was in the middle of a cemetery so I’m sure you didn’t just pass by it but i tell you it was so good it didn’t matter the location his son has a restaurant in statesville that serves it

[@normacascio9041]

I have a recipe for lemon pie that I've been making for years that's close to this recipe. With the holidays here, I am now going to have to make this lemon pie. My craving for lemon has has just gone up a few notches.

[@abcragabc6466]

Crazy how Jack and Bridget chose my favorite ice cream brand ever Haagen-Daz! And the majority chose my least favorite brand Turkey Hill, it tastes cheap and dirt like. Also slow churned is disgusting with all those stabilizers. That lemon pie is life 💝

[@karengieseking1437]

My auntie made the lemon pie but used a corn flake crust. Tastes of my childhood.

[@TanyaP822]

Oh yess I watch u on t.v. and can't get enough here in Atlanta thank u for sharing..

[@Jolly_Green23]

Woah, I live in Salisbury, NC and I've never heard of dipped chicken.

[@sadraon8157]

Lol

[@refosco1993]

“I wanna eat this in dark room, on couch, with my shirt off..” okay daddy! 😝

[@GrayStoneAngel]

he’s a gorgeous man, eh ? ☺️

[@refosco1993]

No doubt!!!!

[@GrayStoneAngel]

@@refosco1993 and going by your profile picture … you’re a very good looking man ☺️

[@refosco1993]

Hahaha thanks man!!

[@GrayStoneAngel]

@@refosco1993 ☺️ just being honest 😊

[@marybretired]

17 years in NC and I never heard of dipped chicken outside of Frankies.

[@pat412pear]

Mary Burger Been in NC since 1974 and I have had a BBQ sauce dipped chicken at South 21 Drive In near the CLT airport. By the way INMHO the best fried chicken in NC is Price’s Chicken Coop in CLT.

[@patriciaaturner289]

I’m with you, Bridget; Haagen-Dasz is my favorite, too. Their pistachio is grand, and I adore their matcha.

[@johnkeyes630]

Learned a ton today. Fried chicken and Lemon pie.....my 2 favorites. Great video... Thanks.

[@karenarkadie8313]

Has anyone in Cooks Country or America's Test Kitchen heard of Blue Bell ice cream? It's a Texas favorite, made in Brenham, Texas! You really need to try it at least once in your life!😉😄

[@valerieh8526]

I think Blue Bell was in the tasting test -- check the shot where all the cartons were shown; it's in the back row left corner.

[@chrisspencer2923]

I've had all those brands of ice cream. Tillamook still beats them all hands down

[@ranchodiablaacres3967]

I was just thinking that.

[@KatieCatWalker]

Amen

[@EAKugler]

You need to go to the Tillamook factory and get it fresh after the tour.

[@wadevenerdi1060]

That looks so good, wow!

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

Who looked at the person next to you and said, “FOUR HOURS”? ha ha

[@peacenow4456]

Lemon pie, please, yum!

[@KatieCatWalker]

When I think of NC I think of Rhett and Link, Neebs Gaming and these great goodies

[@Jauhara]

Yay Lancaster County PA!

[@QIKWIA]

Y'all owe me a new phone ...☺️ Mine now has a gaping bite in the screen!😁

[@skinnylegend-7330]

that must've hurt

[@QIKWIA]

@@skinnylegend-7330 ☺️😂😂A little bit!😂

[@KatieCatWalker]

Never been a fan of Bryers ice cream. Haagen Das is my absolute favorite and Turkey Hill is for a snack that fits my wallet when im close to broke.

[@XavierKatzone]

Haagen Das and TALENTI!

[@Illusionistical822]

Breyers is overrated.

[@overseas4me]

Can't wait to make that pie!!

[@jg3094]

Excellent chicken butchering tips (a technique that truly goes with the flow), thank you!

[@williamjones7163]

OK, my mouth is watering. And I'm having Shake and Bake.

[@deejaydubla]

I'm gonna need to make that pie 😋

[@boaboy8052]

Cheers and thanks

[@kazzaswan2924]

I love Atlantic Beach pie!

[@karenarkadie8313]

I was taught at a very young age, that the way he was cutting the chicken was the proper way to cut up a chicken in our family! By the way I'm 58 years old , and we "Did Not" throw away the backs for stock.

[@karenarkadie8313]

Sorry I hit the wrong button, but we cooked the backs because that was my mother's favorite piece of the chicken! Nothing goes to waste in our household! Maybe it's a Texas thing!🤔😉😄🤗

[@marilynread364]

I will make this pie for Thanksgiving this year! Not Pecan as usual. Looks too easy and your reaction verifies deliciousness! Whee!

[@PumpkinVine25]

My sister make's double dip cinnamon fried chicken it's very simple just add two to three tablespoons of cinnamon to the flour mixture with the rest of your season's it also makes an incredible gravy

[@twosocks1976]

Both of these recipes look phenomenal! It is kind of sort of like Nashville hot chicken, but without all the oil or lard or whatever coats it after it's fried. It actually sounds even better. The trick is going to be to get Texas Pete Hot Sauce out here in southern Nevada. I love the line where Brian says he wants to eat this stuff in a dark room with his shirt off. That sounds like a real man right there. I can definitely relate. I have you eaten ribs that way before when it was just me doing a little experiment with my smoker.

[@Waltkat]

Texas Pete hot sauce is available through Amazon, in case anyone's interested.

[@twosocks1976]

@@Waltkat thanks man. But as it turns out, my local grocery store does happen to carry it. I was pleasantly surprised. I still have not made the recipe yet, but it is coming up on my menu, probably next Monday for dinner. I am very much looking forward to it.

[@fairwindgodspeed4993]

Can’t wait to try this crust! Has anyone used this recipe to make a tangerine pie?

[@semco72057]

I love fried chicken and have eaten so many down through the years.That chicken is so yummy and I remember the show it was cooked on as I watch as many shows as possible on PBS. That chicken is do tasty and left me wanting to make some also. As for the ice cream I love Blue Bell best and glad they didn't go to the smaller containers like other companies did. The lemon pie is looking great and I order pies from Swan's since they make their own and some for other companies also I have one of their pies in my freezer now and will devour it by myself in maybe three servings. I would love to be there to clean the mixing bowl which the icing was made in for the pie.

[@4thHouseOnTheRight]

We Texans love our Blue Bell ice cream... any flavor!

[@serenanorris6129]

Thanks for realistic ideals, ideas and recipes. And my ex father in law made the best lemon pie i ever ate.

[@evalynnetorres7802]

I Just 💓 all of You!

[@WyattUTFT]

The Turkey Hill is also my favorite

[@cmgs1970]

Love these

[@sya286]

I have nostalgic taste; you’ll find me eatin Blue Bell till I die

[@deborahavonrepresentative5006]

Golden syrup is much better for you then corn syrupso try the golden syrup.

[@jackwyatt1218]

Nice. The Old North State, NC.

[@rachael8a]

I am making the chicken tonight! Super excited!

[@berighteous]

can you put up like 2 hr video of just Jack and the tastings? or all tasting segments from a whole season. I wanna see every segment from the entire series.

[@BobGeogeo]

The pie's salty crust sounds like it would work for sea-side eats.

[@deborahavonrepresentative5006]

I love your show a lot better now everyone seems happier and more comfortable which is fantastic iwas wondering if you have anyadvice and easy recipes for the instant pot, Slow cooker and the air fryer as wellas the best brands to use or buy including the accessories. Keep doing what your doing you truly are for helping us cook well.

[@santuccipontarelli3763]

Yep. Turkey Hill is the best ice cream 👍🏾

[@athickie]

I’m gonna make this

[@wendyellis6402]

I am absolutely making this pie for Thanksgiving.

[@ceasedesist703]

Came for the Lemon Pie and stayed for the wisdom 😘♥️

[@hollym5873]

Love these videos. Thanks

[@caropapa]

Seeing as i have just found you this morning, i am looking at old vlog`s, with the fried chicken which is the best oil to use? i always use canola oil. Thank you.

[@TheFlyingNapkin]

Amen brother

[@flybyairplane3528]

ATK, Hello,I first came across ‘HAGAN DAZS, IN 1961 In the BRONX, I repaired refrigeration equipment, but it WAS NOT KNOWN,outside THE BRONX, as I later saw a DOCUMENTRY,about this brand,MR &MRS MATTUS lived in the BRONX, as it got popular it was sold to PILLSBURY, MR MATTUS THEN STARTED another brand , which was lover fat, but DELICEOUS, we used to buy it I STILLhave an empty COFFEE CONTAINER, sadly he died,on vacation,and that was it for that brand .TURKEY HILL BRAND I never had ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@deborahkizer4664]

Love turkey hill . every thing.

[@lorilobnitz3056]

Love this episode, thank you! For the chicken, is there a suitable alternative for peanut oil?

[@johnbaptist7476]

U 2 ❤ ∞∞∞ 😋 & one of the best recipe for families , that you can find the ingredients at any grocery & yummylicious without Smellovision .

[@cozyvamp]

Do you suppose this chicken is where they got the idea for Buffalo Wings??? Baskin Robbins Chocolate Fudge. Just saying. My mom used to use a macadamia nut crust for cheesecake that had just the tiniest hint of salt. This saltine crust makes me think of that, and it would be a lot, A LOT, less expensive. ;)

[@misteryman526]

I actually prefer the Private Selection Chocolate Ganache from Kroger. I wonder if that was even part of the test?

[@hd-xc2lz]

Only major brands seem to make the test lists since Chris Kimball left. So unfortunately one rarely is exposed to new or unfamiliar products.

[@spremier9626]

What? I was sure Breyers would be the clear winner. As a chocolate ice cream connoisseur ie there is no other flavor IMHO, I only eat Breyers. I live in Turkey Hill country. It’s made locally so I’ve had it before and I’ve even done the plant tour “Turkey Hill Experience “. so I guess I’ll have to give it another try. That many people can’t be wrong. Gotta find out what I’m missing!

[@jasonyoung6420]

How does NC dipped fried chicken vary from Nashville Hot? just the prep? (brine vs. buttermilk) or are there other differences?

[@nateblake7422]

NC's isn't about the heat without the sweet.

[@teamfat666]

6:32 - "Leave that excess on" as he shakes off the excess.

[@mariavictorialucasanm]

May I share a small hack? When in a hurry and would want to have the taste of overnight marinated chicken? Toss the chicken in the marinade CONTINUOUSLY for a solid 10 (ten) minutes. The flavor is the same as if it was marinated overnight. I do this for a local Philippine dish called LECHON MANOK ( which translates to roasted chicken- Philippine cuisine style). Try it and give me your feedbacks.

[@barbaraleighty4583]

I've lived in North Caroilina over 20 years, never even heard of 'dipped' chicken. I love how people post North Carolina recipes when they have probably never even been here.

[@51Saffron]

I have.

[@vrzM8]

These both look great, must try. And gee Bridget is a beautiful woman

[@savannarichard6059]

Yummy

[@4IamLuna]

I am learning to cut chicken😁

[@tylerw.9100]

All of the commercial chicken restaurants leave the back bone intact.

[@deborahavonrepresentative5006]

What can i use instead of condensed milk diabetic can't use sweet and condensed milk any suggestions.

[@XavierKatzone]

Turkey Hill? Ewww. I with you two on the HD brand!

[@nancyasare87]

That's nice good job.

[@knndyskful]

I really appreciate them cutting the video so we didn’t have to wait 4 hours with them, but what did they do? Did they do other videos? Did they sip wine and snack on cheese? #AskingforAfriend

[@lancechinnian4043]

Julia has such a nice way about her ❤

[@donsebas6554]

That's how my family has broken down chicken for generations :)

[@brownthumbs1]

Does this pie freeze well?

[@debbiegeshem687]

You guys make me laugh...

[@deborahkizer4664]

Omg lemon. 👍🙏✌💛

[@deb3834]

chicken and pie, please

[@santuccipontarelli3763]

I prefer graham crackers for my pie. No saltines for me 🤷‍♀️

[@angellover02171]

Friendly's forbidden chocolate is the Best.

[@peachy75019]

That fried chicken had my mouth watering until it got dipped. Going to make this and skip the dipping.

[@kevspss]

Haagen Dazs Chocolate is the best.

[@Fannythecat]

To Sweet