{"id":9175,"date":"2019-06-25T21:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=9175"},"modified":"2019-06-26T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T18:30:09","slug":"whats-cookin-in-chicken-charlies-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2019\/06\/25\/whats-cookin-in-chicken-charlies-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Cookin’ in Chicken Charlie’s Kitchen?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are just 67 <\/strong>days\naway until the 2019 LA County Fair Goes POP Aug. 30 to Sept. 22 and we are\ngetting HUNGRY! Everyone comes to the Fair to see the newest and best\nattractions, but behind all that walking and talking, your feet are being\nfueled by the deliciously fried food found around the fairgrounds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year we introduced our $6.60 Menu in honor of our first-ever\ntheme, Route 66. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The menu was filled with special food items that could be\nfound all across the fairgrounds for just, you guessed it, $6.60! This year\nwe\u2019re bringing it back at just $6.50, and it\u2019ll still be filled with some familiar\nand some not-so-familiar foods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no better person to talk fair food with than Mr. Fair\nFood himself, Charlie Boghosian,  better\nknown as Chicken Charlie<\/strong>! We caught\nup with Charlie in San Diego to see what he\u2019ll be bringing to the Fair this\nyear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m always thinking of how we can outdo last year because we\nalways need to outdo ourselves,\u201d Charlie said. \u201cEver since I invented Deep-Fried\nOreos, the game started and now we always need to go bigger and better every\nyear.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie laid out three of the newest items he\u2019ll be bringing to\nthe LA County Fair this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first item we got to try was his $6.50 item, a Deep-Fried\nPeanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Uncrustable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bright strawberry red pastry is one of Charlie\u2019s latest\nand most colorful concoctions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The peanut butter and strawberry-filled Uncrustable is dipped\nin a red batter and fried to perfection. After, the sandwich is lathered with\nstrawberry jam on top. Charlie then garnishes it with powdered sugar and\nsprinkles Fruity Pebbles to give it a POP of color! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, we have a delightful treat anyone can enjoy easily on\nthe go, Deep-Fried Hummus! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Little balls of hummus are dipped in batter and then fried to\na flaky, golden perfection. Each bite gives you a full burst of hummus and the\ncrunchy satisfaction of a pita chip altogether. Each plate will be served with\na side of refreshingly tasty tzatziki sauce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, we would like to introduce to you\u2026wait\nfor it\u2026the DEEP-FRIED CHIMICHANGA<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Cue dramatic music*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This monstrous burrito, weighing in well over two pounds, is\ndeep fried to a perfect crispness and holds the most delicious secrets inside\nof its green tortilla. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie first lays down a spinach tortilla then piles on huge\nscoops of mac and cheese, adds strips of saucy buffalo chicken, trickles bits\nof bacon all over the cheesy piles and tops it off with a house-made buffalo\nranch sauce. Charlie then wraps it nice and tightly and into the fryer it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once deep fried, he cuts it in half, pours more buffalo ranch\nsauce on the open ends and covers them with handfuls of crushed Hot Cheetos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This chimichanga is a must-try when roaming around for food\nat the LA County Fair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie said the most satisfying part of running his stands\nare the reactions he gets from each one of his guests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the best feeling ever when you know you did something\nto make that person stop and say \u2018wow!\u2019,\u201d Charlie said. \u201cThe LA County Fair is\none of my favorite places on Earth and I look forward to the amazing weather\nand my fryers cooking all the delicious food people will be enjoying all month\nlong.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie finished by saying to all you foodies out there, come\nready and come HUNGRY!   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are just 67 days away until the 2019 LA County Fair Goes POP Aug. 30 to Sept. 22 and we are getting HUNGRY! Everyone comes to the Fair to see the newest and best attractions, but behind all that walking and talking, your feet are being fueled by the deliciously fried food found around the fairgrounds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,13,19,1],"tags":[87,1296,1294,1295,272,351,1291,433,435,1292,1297,1293,538,614,644,1303,1300,1298,1299,1302,1301],"class_list":["post-9175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-fairnews","category-food","category-shopping","category-uncategorized","tag-bacon","tag-buffalo-chicken","tag-burrito","tag-chimichanga","tag-deep-fried","tag-fair","tag-fairfood","tag-food","tag-food-at-the-fair","tag-fried-food","tag-fruity-pebbles","tag-hot-cheetos","tag-hummus","tag-la-county-fair","tag-la-county-fair-food","tag-menu","tag-new","tag-pbnj","tag-peanutbutter","tag-value","tag-value-menu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190620-_DSC0094-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9175"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9189,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175\/revisions\/9189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}