{"id":16136,"date":"2016-05-26T12:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=16136"},"modified":"2016-05-26T12:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:01:53","slug":"chick-n-dip-review-hampshire-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=16136","title":{"rendered":"Chick N Dip Review, Hampshire, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chick<\/a>What can be better than finding a mom and pop place out in the middle of nowhere? \u00a0Not much, in my opinion, and apparently lots of people agree, because when I stopped at this seasonal drive-in, it was jammed.<\/p>\n

They specialize in “broasted chicken,” burgers, and frozen dairy treats. “Broasting” is a combination of deep-frying and pressure cooking that was invented in Wisconsin in the 1950s.<\/p>\n

They license their cooking method and sell marinaded chicken and other items for “broasting” to over 5000 restaurants in over fifty countries. \u00a0Not a traditional franchise, but the company offers the method and equipment for a licensing fee without the payment of ongoing royalties. I first became acquainted with “Broaster Chicken” at my hometown pizza joint<\/a>, decades ago.<\/p>\n

You can dine outside or in a small attached dining room.<\/p>\n

I went with the chicken strips and fries, which was five strips and a good amount of fries (which you can also order by the pound!). \u00a0The food was VERY HOT, cooked to order, and tasted ‘fresh’ meaning (to me) not a hint of stale oil. The chicken coating was crisp, seasoned, and the chicken moist and flavorful.<\/p>\n

The order comes with a ramekin of BBQ sauce, and other dipping sauces are available. \u00a0I’ve driven by this place lots of times and never stopped. \u00a0My loss. \u00a0It won’t happen again!<\/p>\n

I’ve hit some other spots nearby that I like, the Spot in Marengo<\/a>, and I try and get to the Vet’s home<\/a> for pancake breakfasts in Genoa on occasion.<\/p>\n

Chick N Dip is located just south of I-90, about 25 miles east of Rockford, IL and 45 minutes west of Chicago. \u00a0(Map below).<\/p>\n

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What can be better than finding a mom and pop place out in the middle of nowhere? \u00a0Not much, in my opinion, and apparently lots of people agree, because when I stopped at this seasonal drive-in, it was jammed. They specialize in “broasted chicken,” burgers, and frozen dairy treats. “Broasting” is a combination of deep-frying… Continue reading Chick N Dip Review, Hampshire, IL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,16,25],"tags":[932],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}