Sweet Spicy Love

A couple of weeks back we discovered some of the best fried chicken you will ever put in your mouth, Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken! This fabulous eatery was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives and The Best Thing I Ever Ate on the food network. Although Uncle Lou's opened in 2001 neither of us have ever heard of it much less eaten there. After watching The Best Thing I Ever Ate we decided to give this place a try. On Valentine's weekend we drove out by the airport to Uncle Lou's. Like the show said "it is located in a strip mall near the airport" and they were right! Uncle Lou's is a hole in the wall but the fantastic food makes up for the lack of amenities. It is full of character and the staff there are really friendly! Uncle Lou was even there to greet us! In order to get our full experience we had to try out a variety of menu items. Here is what we ordered:

16pc white meat fried chicken dipped in sweet spicy love (mild)
3 piece order of homestyle chicken tenders
honey buttered biscuits
fried okra
fried dill pickles
potato salad
cole slaw
corn nuggets
french fries

It looks like a lot and it was but don't worry we didn't EAT it all. We definitely had some leftovers for later and we also shared the "sweet spicy love" with others. We purchased some of the sweet spicy love sauce to take home with us as well as their "corruption" which is their dry rub mixture. They call it "corruption" because once you taste it you've been corrupted! We have used corruption in a lot of things we have cooked since we purchased it! So I guess you can say we were "corrupted!"

This past Sunday we were finally able to get some friends together to go experience the sweet spicy love of Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken. Just like our first visit everyone wanted to try a variety of items and their eyes like ours were bigger than their stomachs. Everyone loved it and we hope that you will get to enjoy Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken sometime soon!

Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken

EAT up! Bon Appetit!