I admit I've never been to a chicken-serving eatery. (Do they call these places "restaurants?" I don't think they should).
Nonetheless, there are various recipes for fried chicken. Maybe the easiest is
chicharrón de pollo which hails from ungodly South America. (Most of these people are hellbound Catholics, but they surely know how to cook!).
Ingredients:
1 chicken
A few cloves of garlic (there's no such thing as "too much garlic")
Freshly squeezed lemon juice from one lemon (lime works, too)
1/4 cup oil (+ more for frying)
salt and pepper to taste
Recipe:
1. Cut chicken in pieces about 1 inch long.
2. Marinade for one hour in a mixture of oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper (mix well).
3. Fry in oil until golden.
Can be served with any carbohydrate of your liking: fries, rice, quinoa, you name it.
Would you be interested to learn a recipe for a mouth-melting hot peanut sauce? It's very easy and it goes perfectly with the chicken.