5 Restaurant Chains With the Best Fried Chicken and Garlic Bread, According to Diners

These restaurant chains pair crispy fried chicken with buttery, garlicky bread.

If you are a fried chicken fan, you probably already know that garlic bread pairs perfectly with the breaded and fried poultry. In fact, some restaurants have built their menus around this dynamic duo. Not every garlic bread and fried chicken combo gets rave reviews. Which restaurant serves the most delicious? Here are 5 restaurant chains with the best fried chicken and garlic bread, according to diners.

Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen

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The country fried chicken at Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, served hand-breaded on Texas toast with country gravy, is a diner-approved meal. “We all got the chicken fried chicken which is a MUST! Hot, crispy. And packed with flavor,” says a Facebooker.

Slim Chickens

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Slim Chickens, a smaller but growing chain, serves hand-breaded tenders with delicious sauces and the perfect butter, garlic, and herb-soaked Texas toast that is thick-cut and grilled. “Since moving south I’ve discovered Slim Chickens and Whataburger. Strongly prefer either of them over any other fast food now,” writes a Redditor.

Texas Roadhouse

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Texas Roadhouse’s Country Fried Chicken dinner comes with a hand-battered, golden-fried white-meat chicken breast topped with your choice of gravy. While the chain doesn’t have standard garlic bread, there is a viral garlic cheese roll “hack” that diners swear by: Ask your server for a side of garlic lemon pepper butter that is used for grilled shrimp and parmesan cheese to dip your warm rolls into.

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Raising Cane’s

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Every Raising Cane meal comes with the chain’s trademark  Texas Toast, a “pillowy pull-apart bread with just the right amount of butter and garlic,” Raising Cane’s declares on its website. It is the most delicious accompaniment to its hand-breaded tenders. “Fresh Raising Cane’s literally melts in your mouth…they use the tenderloin part of the breast only,” says Redditor u/idontevenliftbrah. “100% best tenders in fast food market. They actually use real chicken tenderloins,” another writes.

Zaxby’s

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Since 1990, Zaxby’s has brought its array of chicken dishes and Texas toast to customers nationwide. All the chicken finger and wing combos come with a slice of garlic- and butter-soaked Texas toast, and select sandwiches at Zaxby’s are served on Texas toast, including the Kickin Chicken Sandwich. One Redditor claims no other fast-food chain’s Texas toast compares to Zaxby’s.