Guy Fieri Eats Garlic Fried Chicken | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Food Network

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now you know on triple d i love finding

the old school drawings boy do i have

one for you a joint from 1901 so here i

am on the east side of bakersfield

california right by the southern pacific

railroad now from 1901 to 1935 this

place was a lot of different joints but

since 1935 everybody in bakersfield

knows this place this is the pyrenees

cafe

pyrenees is a landmark the food here is

incredible

good flavors made from scratch right

from home and right from the vast

tradition

this old world menu has been a long time

staple here so when julie and rod

crawford took over in 2014

they weren't about to change it fast

food is it hard to explain that to

people in bakersfield no everybody baker

still gets it it's hard to explain to

the rest of the world

traditionally it is ethnic food that

comes from the bass region between

france and spain and french-born chef

gilbert hernandez knows a thing or two

about the basque people

it was the best cheaper the best sheep

burgers oh yeah people would ask the

basque to come to the united states to

raise sheep these are poor people yes

living in the hills yes with nothing

they used to make a meal so they have to

become creative and they use every part

of the animal

you can get everything from the pickled

tongue to soup or whatever the specials

are for the day fried chicken ready do

the best at it it's really kind of a

mainstay it's not southern fried chicken

by any stretch in the imagination and i

think the garlic just makes it something

different so what are we gonna make

today chef fried garlic chicken we're

gonna fry the garlic we're gonna fry the

chicken and we're gonna fry the chicken

okay let's go all right little chickens

yes she just takes a knife right through

no question of where the joint is

that was a no lookie

now you're showing

now we're gonna season the chicken

salt

black pepper garlic powder

chicken base and we're gonna put some

fresh garlic okay

a lot of garlic

a little olive oil yes you're welcome

there we go perfect

now how long we're gonna let this

marinate chef at least two hours at

least two hours yes

then after we're gonna put some and milk

and then after we grate it in the flour

seasoning flour black pepper and salt

that's it that's it

we're not going to the fryer we're going

to this yes this is the basque way of

doing it because nobody in

exactly these mountains had okay no no

i like how he just takes his time just

nice and easy

and how long do we cook it 15 20 minutes

what comes with this chef just come with

the green beans and french fries

here's the chicken very nice

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what's in the garlic sauce fresh garlic

with olive oil and a little bit butter

and parsley and here is your basket

garlic chicken

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the garlic on the outside is very strong

but the garlic and the flavor inside the

chicken is what is really nice it's

tender it's juicy

lots of flavor the crust on the chicken

is great

i have restaurants called johnny garlics

i have one in bakersfield but if i was

going to ever make fried garlic chicken

that would be the example

outstanding

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the garlic just hits you right away as

soon as you bite into it you probably

don't want to have your first date after

you eat it but it's very very good

the best chicken that you'll ever have

even though it's rooted in humble

beginnings basque food is peasant food

cuts of meat nobody wanted and you had

to figure out a way to make those meats

flavorful and tasteful

if i lived in this town this would be a

place that i would visit at least once a

week i mean it feels like i'm in an old

basque restaurant because i am

and the food matches it's delicious

wonderful job

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