PHOTOS: Winnipeg Fried Chicken Fest 2025 Participants

Magma Bites Platter

Dunk signature smoky, roasted garlic pepper fried chicken chunks into a molten volcano of peri-peri cheese sauce, nestled in a perfectly toasted sourdough bread bowl. On the side crunchy, golden crispy potato wedges complete this epic eruption of flavour.

This dish brings the heat and keeps you dipping back for more!

Southern Style Chicken & Waffle Burger

It’s finally back. An incredible mix of sweet, savoury, and spicy flavours. Fried chicken breast covered in jalapeño infused maple syrup and paired with a homemade garlic chili aioli sits on top of a vibrant southern coleslaw with crunchy dill pickles. This all sits between two golden brown waffles brushed with cinnamon-sugar butter. This is worth the sticky fingers. Served with our famous cinnamon-salt chips!

Taco Crunch Sando

Introducing the “Taco Crunch Sando” – a mouthwatering creation that’s sure to delight your taste buds! This delicious sandwich features a perfectly fried chicken breast tossed in zesty taco seasoning, delivering bold flavors in every bite. It’s generously spread with a creamy Cholula and sour cream sauce on both the top and bottom buns for a spicy kick. Topped with fresh, juicy tomato, crisp lettuce, smooth guacamole, and crunchy tortilla strips, this sando offers a delightful combination of textures and tastes. Get ready to experience a fiesta of flavor with every delicious crunch!

Honey Dill Chicken Burger

A chicken breast fried and battered and served on a garlic buttered brioche bun with our made-in-house honey dill sauce, lettuce, and pickles!

Celtic Comfort Fried Chicken

A juicy chicken breast, hand breaded in our pub seasoned flour recipe, fried to golden perfection and smothered in a made-in-pub country style sausage gravy. Served on top of garlic mashed potatoes with sautéed green beans, red peppers and with a home made cheddar biscuit to wipe up all the goodness.

Karaage Sushi Crisps

Crispy Japanese Karaage chicken bits tossed in a house made sweet sesame aioli, green onions, radishes, pickled onions, diced cucumbers, topped with pecans and chilli flakes, served on 3 crispy nori & rice paper shells.

Charlee’s BOLD & BARE Crispy Asian Chicken

This flirty birdy has thiccc, juicy thighs that don’t hold back—skin-on, butterflied, and bare. Brined, marinated, and sous vide for maximum tenderness, then shallow-fried in sizzling hot oil for that golden, scandalously crispy finish. Topped with our in-house ginger scallion sauce—zingy, aromatic, and addicting…the type of sauce you’ll want to pour on everything. Completing this plate of seduction is our classic Garlic Fried Rice and a refreshing trio of cucumber, tomato, mango and Charlee’s famous tangy and sweet “atchara” – pickled grated papaya and carrots.

Crispy Fried Cheddar Chicken Burger “Miftéki Kotópoulo Tiganitó”

Crispy Fried Chicken Burger…..A mouth-watering chicken burger, perfectly fried until crispy and golden, with a layer of melted Monterey Pepper Jack cheese. This is served on a toasted bun with fresh lettuce, ripe tomato, and a tangy lightly spiced mayonnaise, garnished with a Pickle. Served with your choice of two sides.

The Ragin’ Rooster

The Return of The Rooster! Start with a soft brioche bun, lather it with fresh garlic aioli, then a jumbo juicy whole boneless chicken thigh fried crispy with habanero and Mexican-seasoned breading, drizzle on copious amounts of their homemade Not Yo Cheese sauce, melt on some grated 3-cheese, add freshly sliced onions & tomatoes, two strips of maple bacon, crispy fried jalapenos and lots of crispy lettuce. Comes with Straight or Checker Fries. Spice level: 4 bolts

Double Jerk Chicken Burger

Two home-battered and fried-to-perfection chicken patties on a locally-made brioche bun with homemade jerk barbecue sauce, chipotle sauce, mayo, lettuce and jalapenos! It’s honestly awesome! Served with a side of home cut skinny fries!

Po Boy’s Paradise

An homage to the classic po’ boy, this Cajun-inspired sandwich delivers buttermilk fried chicken, pickles, lettuce, tomato, and creamy remoulade in a fresh roll fit for king.

Caribbean Jerk Double Crispy Chicken Burger & Fries

Two home-battered and fried crispy chicken breast patties, slathered in our homemade Jerk BBQ Sauce, drizzled with chipotle, jalapenos, mayo, lettuce and onions, served with homemade skinny fries.

She’s all Chaat Tamarind Fried Chicken

Tamarind, garam masala & garlic marinated fried chicken thigh, tossed in tamarind chutney and topped with chaat masala yogurt, a fresh minty slaw, ginger-pickled cukes and a chili chutney butter, all served on a toasted doughnut “bun”.

The Golden Roost

Nashville hot chicken thighs on grilled sourdough bread, topped with a honey mayo cabbage slaw, bearnaise sauce, Nashville hot sauce, poached egg, and radish greens.

T.F.C.

Tropical Fried Chicken, this bold fried chicken sandwich brings the heat with thick buttermilk fried chicken coated in fiery mango sauce, cooled down by silky coconut cream and crunchy cabbage slaw. All nestled inside a pillowy pineapple bun, it’s a hot tropical paradise for your taste buds.

O.G. – Outrageous Goodness

Before all these fancy sandwiches there was the O.G. The Original Goodness. Chicken tenders marinated in our flavorful buttermilk marinade and fried to perfection. Served with a healthy side of our award winning Kennebec fries, housemate honey dill sauce and creamy slaw. That’s right — chicken fingers, but freekin’ good fingers!

The HIGHRISE

A sandwich so stacked, it’s got its own skyline! Dive into two colossal layers of crunchy double-fried chicken, smoky bacon strips, and savoury pepper bacon jam, all balanced with fresh lettuce, juicy tomatoes, and a trifecta of sauces: hot chipotle, creamy ranch, and garlicky aioli. This towering creation is the ultimate BLT upgrade.

Think you can conquer the HIGHRISE?

DJ drop that beet ! Chicken Croquette Sandwich

Crispy chicken croquette with pockets of cheese curds

Topped with roasted honey dill beets, fresh arugula and mayo, sitting on top of tangy tarter sauce in between a toasted potato bun.

Fry’n Mighty

Meet the Hot and Fried, where golden fried chicken and zesty pickled slaw take center stage, topped with a playful kiss of hot honey. All wrapped up in a soft brioche bun, it’s love at first bite!

Chick Out This Dish

Double fried chicken thighs tossed in house made BBQ sauce, herb + garlic aioli, tangy pickled onions, grainy Dijon mustard, crisp iceberg lettuce, sliced tomato all served on a toasted baked in house brioche bun.

Piri Crunch Hoagie Delight

Our very first sandwich creation! Scrumptious flavor combination that will satisfy your palate! Crispy fried chicken thighs in a hoagie bun drizzled with our signature sauces: Piri-Piri Sauce and Garlic Aioli and adding another layer of crunch topped off with kale slaw.

The Tropic Crunch

A buttermilk-fried chicken breast with a jalapeno ranch, topped with a smoked gouda mornay sauce dotted with pickled cucumbers, sliced porchetta, and finished with a pineapple glaze drizzle and some fresh arugula on a signature brioche bun.