Buttermilk dipped and fried with a nicely mellow amount of black pepper spice is built for the Minnesota palate. Kick it up with the addition of ghost pepper jack cheese. This sandwich is served on a couple of pieces of white toast for lunch and dinner, or between two waffles during brunch. It’s the little black dress of fried chicken sandwiches.

A fried chicken sandwich so good it’s prone to swear word declaratives. The MFC, Moroccan fried chicken, not mother fussing fried chicken, requires double fisted approach and a lean in style of eating. A giant piece of fried chicken is seasoned North African spices and served with carrot slaw and a swipe of spicy feta spread on a biscuit.

Now with two locations (one in North Loop and the other in Richfield) chef Gerard Klass can pack in more flavor than ever. But the fried chicken goodness is undeniable. Order the Double A Sandwich, fried chicken on a cornbread bun brought to belly-buster heights with mac and cheese and greens.

This sandwich comes with a giant piece of bird battered in sweet-crunchy Corn Flake crust, doused in Cry Baby Craig’s insanely flavorful pickled habanero hot sauce, spicy mayo, and slaw — all on an “you-better-pack-breath-mints” onion bun. It’s a real doozy.

Hot and spicy the chicken katsu at Zen Box Izakaya is not here to be cute — rather it’s a tender, crispy double fisted dose of spice delivered on a brioche bun that yes, you will want napkins for.

A seafood boil restaurant might seem like a strange place to find a fried chicken sandwich worth crossing town for, but this is a serious contender in the pantheon of crusty poultry greatness. Simple done, this no funny business batter, fried breast is served on a bun with pickle-tart mayo and layers of good, old iceberg lettuce on a bun.

The wildly popular food trucks have found a full-time home on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul and this restaurant has been hopping since the day it opened. Fans can’t get enough of the fried chicken fingers with varying degrees of mouth-scorching heat. Barely contained on the bun, this is perfect college student levels of hunger crush, located conveniently close to Macalester College.

Thighs are boned, breaded, and fried which is excellent, but a dip in the Tennessee Hot spice blend takes this sandwich to the next level. Served on a soft bun with a healthy swipe of mayo, a couple of sweet-sour pickle chips, lettuce, and tomato, this is a four-napkin situation you won’t want to miss.