Chicken 65

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Chicken 65 is a spicy, deep-fried chicken dish popular in South India as bar snack, entree, or "fast food". The flavour of the dish comes from ginger, cayenne pepper, mustard powder and vinegar (although the exact recipe can vary). It can be prepared using chicken on or off the bone.

[edit] The name

The number 65 is variously said to be the number of days taken to prepare the marinade or the year of the dish's creation. One account claims that the dish emerged as a simple meal solution for Indian soldiers in 1965. Another credits the Hotel Buhari in Chennai with creating the dish.[citation needed] Whether true or not, the hotel remains known for serving Chicken 65 to this day.[1]

Others accounts claim that an "enterprising hotelier" targeted macho diners with a 65-chilli recipe and named the dish accordingly. It is generally acknowledged that no one knows which (if any) of these anecdotal theories are true.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.chennai-hotels.co.in/restaurants
  2. ^ http://bbcb.co.uk/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=58&com_id=2&com_rootid=1&
  3. ^ http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/chicken_65_0
  4. ^ http://www.indiacurry.com/chicken/cx006chix65.htm
  5. ^ http://www.vizmaya.com/?p=206
  6. ^ http://bbcb.co.uk/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=58&com_id=2&com_rootid=1&
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