About Dish

Fried in lard, Barberton chicken is distinguished by a brittle red-gold crust that encloses juice-laden meat. In the restaurants of Barberton (at the edge of Akron, Ohio), this indulgent Serbian-ancestored dish is the anchor of a ritual feast that also includes a timbale of tart cole slaw, French fries, and a bowl of spicy tomato-rice hot sauce. Dinners come large, medium, or small with whatever pieces the customer specifies. Recipes for the hot sauce have been batted around in newspaper food columns for decades.