{"id":41798,"date":"2026-10-03T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/41798\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:43:11","slug":"5-restaurant-chains-with-the-best-fried-chicken-and-garlic-bread-according-to-diners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/41798\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Restaurant Chains With the Best Fried Chicken and Garlic Bread, According to Diners"},"content":{"rendered":"

These restaurant chains pair crispy fried chicken with buttery, garlicky bread.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\tCheddar\u2019s Scratch Kitchen<\/p>\n

\"\"” src=”https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cheddars-Country-Fried-Chicken.png” alt=”” width=”640″ height=”469″ \/>Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen<\/p>\n

The country fried chicken at Cheddar\u2019s Scratch Kitchen, served hand-breaded on Texas toast with country gravy, is a diner-approved meal. \u201cWe all got the chicken fried chicken which is a MUST! Hot, crispy. And packed with flavor,\u201d says a Facebooker.<\/p>\n

\tSlim Chickens<\/p>\n

\"\"” src=”https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Slim-Chickens-chicken-tender-combo.png” alt=”” width=”640″ height=”469″ \/>Slim Chickens<\/p>\n

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. \u201cSince moving south I\u2019ve discovered Slim Chickens and Whataburger. Strongly prefer either of them over any other fast food now,\u201d writes a Redditor.<\/p>\n

\tTexas Roadhouse<\/p>\n

\"\"” src=”https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Texas-Roadhouse-Country-fried-chicken.jpeg” alt=”” width=”640″ height=”469″ \/>Texas Roadhouse<\/p>\n

Texas Roadhouse\u2019s 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\u2019t have standard garlic bread, there is a viral garlic cheese roll \u201chack\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

5 Restaurant Chains With the Best Chicken Parmesan and Garlic Bread, According to Diners<\/p>\n

\tRaising Cane\u2019s<\/p>\n

\"\"” src=”https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Raising-Canes-Tenders-meal.png” alt=”” width=”640″ height=”469″ \/>Raising Cane’s<\/p>\n

Every Raising Cane meal comes with the chain\u2019s trademark\u00a0 Texas Toast, a \u201cpillowy pull-apart bread with just the right amount of butter and garlic,\u201d Raising Cane\u2019s declares on its website. It is the most delicious accompaniment to its hand-breaded tenders. \u201cFresh Raising Cane\u2019s literally melts in your mouth\u2026they use the tenderloin part of the breast only,\u201d says Redditor u\/idontevenliftbrah. \u201c100% best tenders in fast food market. They actually use real chicken tenderloins,\u201d another writes.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e<\/p>\n

\tZaxby\u2019s<\/p>\n

\"\"” src=”https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/zaxbys-chicken-finger-plate-1.png” alt=”” width=”640″ height=”469″ \/>Zaxby’s<\/p>\n

Since 1990, Zaxby\u2019s 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\u2019s are served on Texas toast, including the Kickin Chicken Sandwich. One Redditor claims no other fast-food chain\u2019s Texas toast compares to Zaxby\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12820,477,237,68,14307,176,220],"class_list":["post-41798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-bread","tag-chicken","tag-restaurant-chains","tag-restaurants","tag-side-dishes","tag-texas","tag-texas-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117377748442230759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}