This decades-old New Orleans-leaning Valley restaurant turns out reliable fried chicken by the piece. Diners can also sort through Bayou staples like gumbo and jambalaya to find fried chicken po’ boys and more.

我t should come as no surprise that the Valley’s most celebrated Thai spot has some of the best fried chicken. Anajak’s Southern Thai fried chicken is succulent, crispy, and comes with a side order of sticky rice and spicy nam jim sauce.

This growing hot chicken enterprise is one of the most recognizable names in the game at the moment. Thankfully, fans who aren’t here for the heat can still find lots to like in the restaurant’s non-spicy fried chicken, available as combos with tenders, sandwiches, or quarter bird pieces.

Cheap beer and fried chicken already sound like a winning combination, but when the bar comes from none other than Dustin Lancaster, you know it’s going to be something even more special. The result is Crawford’s, a Westlake drinking hole that puts out some surprisingly awesome fried chicken from the tiny kitchen in the back.

Whether bone-in or boneless chicken, Hoho Chicken is best consumed with a group. A bag full of fried chicken or a rice bowl can be taken up a notch flavorwise with sweet chili, garlic, coconut, lemon pepper, or hot fire options.

Howlin’ Ray’s is the hottest thing going on Postmates (a result of the pandemic) and a forthcoming sit-down location in Pasadena promises to bring the heat with a bar and plenty of access to sandwiches, tenders, and batters boxes of wings.

The Prince tends to pull people in for different reasons. Some are movie buffs eager to see a slice of LA, others are there for stiff, fun cocktails and the late-night hours. And yet more come simply for the fried chicken, a throwback menu item at this Koreatown haunt that can come as wings, full plates, spicy or not, and just about any iteration in between. For hangout vibes and chicken, this is it.

Grand Central Market is the place to try a little bit of everything — and that includes some of LA’s best fried chicken. The Lucky Bird stand turns out not only the now-ubiquitous fried chicken sandwiches, it also offers buckets of bird, wings, and combo orders for those eating on the fly.

Located inside the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, Kim Prince’sHotville Chickenserves up its signature wares by the piece and in sandwich form. This is the OG hot chicken, straight from the grand-grand niece of the Prince family.

For buckets of the good stuff, get to Dinah’s on Sepulveda. This staple diner-slash-chicken spot has been in the neighborhood for decades, serving up its bright red buckets of takeout fried chicken to the greater Westside. Don’t be afraid to add a few orders of gizzards or liver to go, either.

This South LA institution is open daily for takeout. Jim Dandy’s serves a juicy bird with a classic crunchy batter; it’s the golden-fried standard for fried chicken in the city. Be prepared to wait, there is almost always a line.

Wait until the car doors are closed and take in the aroma that is Qchon Chicken. They’ll ask for your preferred spice level before preparing beautifully seasoned, exceptionally crispy Korean-style fried drumsticks.

Finding Khmer food in Long Beach is an easy task. Cambodia Town’s restaurants are plentiful with colorful interiors, with options that never feel redundant. Get Monorom’s always flavorful and crispy fried chicken. Order enough to share or take home, since fried chicken always tastes better the day after.