Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Bell and Evans is sold all over. Its just a better quality bird than factory farmed chicken from Perdue or Tyson or Costco.
Fresh Chicken | Bell & Evans
The OP can buy it in his home town. You might not be able to.
We had a scarily bad Perdue chicken which I grilled outside a few years ago. The taste and texture was so offputting we threw it away without eating more than a few bites. I only buy better chicken now.
Empire Kosher is another brand.
I have had Bell and Evans and they are on the bit pricier side. But sooo worth the extra cents. They taste like I remember them tasting like the chickens we ate on the farm. All they got was chicken feed.
Living in Chelsea many years ago, I often would buy a Kosher chicken. It was always my "go to chicken for Sunday Dinner." One day after moving to Eastie, I was having some friends of my husband for company. Ray asked me to make fried chicken. I made the trip to Chelsea for the sole purpose of buying a couple of Kosher chickens. Well worth it. Raves from everyone. One of the men asked me for the recipe for his wife back home. I made sure to list in larger letters, One Kosher chicken cut into eight pieces. It was the first ingredient. He asked me if the Kosher chicken was really necessary. I told him it was what made the chicken taste so good. Not the batter.
I hate this forum. Now I want a Kosher chicken!