7 Restaurant Chains With the Best Chicken Dinners That Taste Homemade
There are few aromas more enticing than a chicken roasting away in the oven, filling the kitchen with savory warmth and coziness. If you want to recreate that feeling while enjoying a restaurant meal, several spots have delicious chicken dinners that hit the spot when all you want is simple yet incredibly satisfying comfort food. These meals usually come with sides like vegetables and mashed potatoes and have that unmistakable down-home flavor: Here are seven chains with chicken dinners so good they taste homemade.
Cowboy Chicken
It doesn’t get any better than the rotisserie chicken plates at Cowboy Chicken, made from fresh, never frozen chicken slow roasted over real wood. “Hubby just gets the rotisserie chicken, I wanted something different so tried the Durango Bowl. It was awesome! Chicken was soft and juicy, with tons of flavor,” one diner said.
Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen
The Homemade Chicken Pot Pie at Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen is outstanding, packed with scratch-made cream sauce, vegetables, and of course chicken in a light flaky crust. “I ordered the Chicken Pot Pie, which was freaking AMAZING!!!!” one fan said. “I am a pot pie snob and this was recommended to us to try. It does NOT disappoint. The crust was light and flaky the innards were scrumptious.”
Cotton Patch Cafe
The Chicken Fried Chicken at Cotton Patch Cafe is another comfort food classic fans love. “The chicken was tender, moist, delicious and cooked just right! The green beans were good and had bacon bits in them,” one diner shared.
Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel’s Campfire Chicken is a limited time only treat: A marinated half-chicken with campfire seasoning, sweet corn on the cob, red skin potatoes, carrots, grape tomatoes, and onions, all slow-cooked in foil and served with buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins. The chicken fried steak is also delicious.
Po’ Folks Restaurant
The fried chicken plate at Po’ Folks Restaurant does not disappoint, fans say. “When my plate arrived at the table, I couldn’t believe how large the portion was! It was literally enough for 2 people easily…(although I ate all but 1 piece of the chicken..lol),” one diner said. “I was stuffed!! All I needed after that was a good nap and it would have been perfect!”
Perkins American Food Co.
The Grilled Chicken Family Meal at Perkins is a must-have: Seasoned and grilled chicken breasts served with our black bean corn relish, served with your choice of two sides and four biscuits for a filling meal that scores points for being a better-for-you choice.
El Pollo Loco
El Pollo Loco’s freshly flame-grilled chicken meals are consistently impressive and taste amazing. “El Pollo Loco is definitely the sleeper hit. They need to bring back the stuffed quesadillas though,” one Redditor said.