Man who built Korea's fried chicken industry dies at 74
www.koreaherald.com
Yoon Jong-gye, the founder of Mexican Chicken and widely regarded as the creator of Korea’s signature sweet-and-spicy fried chicken, has died after a long illne
  • spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.orgOP
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    2 months ago

    TIL that the inventor of Korean fried chicken got his sucess via a restaurant chain called Mexican Chicken

    In 1985, he formally launched the Mexican Chicken brand — though unrelated to Mexico — and made industry history by airing South Korea’s first television commercial for fried chicken. The chain expanded rapidly, operating about 1,700 outlets nationwide at its peak.

  • sgibson5150@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    We make a version of this at home using Daring “chicken”. So good. We owe this guy so much. 🫡