Chicken Express

This is southern style fast food at its best!

I LOVE the gravy!  Living in Southern California, I don't get the taste of the South very often.  Usually I use ranch, but the gravy was so good that I never even opened my ranch.   I had the chicken strips.  I also had the fried okra. It was not greasy.  Very good.  The person at the counter suggested I try the roll instead of the biscuit since it was my first time in and the roll was sweet and tasty.  

This was the Eastland location and the 2 employees were especially nice even though I walked in 5 minutes before closing.  I will look forward to visiting again any time I come to TX.   Yummy!

I'm a sucker for chicken tenders, so I like to try any place that serves them. I've eaten at Chicken Express a LOT, mostly because there was one right next to the UNT campus.  I love the breading on the chicken, perfectly crispy.  The corn nuggets are my favorite side dish though!  I've tried all the sides though, they're all good.  The sweet tea is delicious! The restaurant was clean and quick service. Friendly staff.

So I'm normally the person railing against fast food in all forms, but this chain of chicken dives sucked me in off I-20 like a magnet (after realizing we had passed up the last Whataburger for 200 miles).

In most respects, this is the same concept as KFC, only with a different breading recipe and without the slick branding that comes with being part of the multi-billion dollar Pepsi group. The chicken is pretty good for fast food and of the same quality you would find at a KFC - the reader is free to make their own judgment as to what that quality is. The three star rating is compared to other fast food places, so don't get me wrong: this is greasy chicken with miscellaneous other fried foods.

The sign advertised gizzards, which neither me nor my friend ever had before. We each get a chicken tender combo and an order of gizzards to share. I was very encouraged by the fact that when I asked for hot sauce I was offered multiple kinds, as well as a hot seasoning salt. Both meals included a bowl of black pepper spiced white gravy, which stuck to your ribs and was great with the chicken and fries. The fried okra I got was disappointing, but the huge bucket of sweet tea on the counter hit the spot.

As for the gizzards, well, they must be an acquired taste, because neither of us could eat more than one of the gristly and not-very-flavorful bird stomachs.