Pollo al Oregano

Oregano Fried Chicken

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico

By Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral

Published 2019

  • About

This is our version of fried chicken—except we don’t use any extra oil or fat. It gets crispy in its own luscious chicken fat that is rendered as it cooks. It sings with the beautiful floral aroma and flavor of oregano, which adds an herbaceousness to chicken that keeps it from being too heavy. I like my chicken super crispy, almost even burnt, so I let the chicken go until it gets really, really golden brown.