If you're Australian and you haven't had chicken salt there is something very weird going on! 🙃

@m2ad18

9 ай бұрын

It’s bloody Un-Australian 😂

@thischubbyboislife7871

9 ай бұрын

10000% also if you choose to have normal salt over chicken salt on chips you are unaustralian

@Elriuhilu

9 ай бұрын

I really don't like chicken salt. I can eat it if I have to, but I don't like the taste.

@jogould1045

9 ай бұрын

@@m2ad18 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kaynec3079

9 ай бұрын

If you're Australian and haven't had chicken salt you're not Australian.

I always feel deep sadness for people who don't know chicken salt. It is a gift that should be shared with the whole world.

@suave-rider

9 ай бұрын

but et's nought made from chickinz 😔

@ChewieLuke

9 ай бұрын

No chicken salt, no peace. Know chicken salt, know peace.

@jessicarocks1329

9 ай бұрын

Wait I have a business idea🤣

@bruuuuuhhhhhhh

9 ай бұрын

It’s shit though

@raymondsmit344

9 ай бұрын

There’s a brand of chicken salt that I grew up with in South Africa. I’ve been living in Australia now most or my life. I’m sorry to say, but the SA brand is better than AUS chicken salt. Have a look for it in the international section! 😄

Chicken salt is an immensely popular seasoning in its native Australia, where the Mitani family introduced the product in 1979. Its ingredient list might surprise you: Mitani's chicken salt does not contain actual chicken-rather it's a garlicky seasoning originally intended for rotisserie chickens.

@Mav_F

9 ай бұрын

Mitani Family didn't invent it. They bought it off the inventor and yes it doesn't have Chicken in it. Its named Chicken Salt because it was put on Rotisserie chickens in a Fish and Chip shop in the inventor's shop. I know the story because I am from where it was invented in South Australia Chicken salt was originally developed in the 1970s by Peter Brinkworth in Gawler, South Australia to season chicken for rotisseries. This recipe was purchased by Mitani Group in 1979, and is now commonly used on chips throughout Australia.

@TommyMoritz

9 ай бұрын

@@Mav_F wow I didn’t know. So what is it made of?

@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb

9 ай бұрын

Mitani chicken salt is the best

@3pipper

9 ай бұрын

@@TommyMoritzmade from decaying chicken carcasses tastes the same… shite…

@Mav_F

9 ай бұрын

@TommyMoritz Salt,Rice Flour, Dextrose, Onion , Garlic Spices, Flavour enhances, Yeast, Vegetable Oil, Soy Sauce Powders, Anti-Caking Agent, Herbs, Acidity Regulator, and think turmeric ... every one makes it differently. Do a search

Thank you to the Greeks and Italians that made our food( including fish and chips ) and coffee next level here in Australia. 👏☺️

@azmanabdula

9 ай бұрын

We have this local fish and chip shop Greek old lady and I believe chinese or korean lady? Anyways perfect combo The asian lady knows how to cook dim sims and scallops and whatnot and the greek lady knows how to make mean hamburgers A weird match made in fast food heaven -Aussie here

@soozdundee

9 ай бұрын

I only wish I knew their recipe for batter though 😢

@amazini8834

9 ай бұрын

100%! The amazing cuisine we have in aus is all due to immigration. Best place lets keep it going

@TrinaMadeIt

9 ай бұрын

The best part of food in Australia is we have integrated every immigrant populations influences and made them apart of our food culture. A Bahn Mi is as amazing and part of our food culture now as fish and chips and also Spag bol.

@dwindeyer

9 ай бұрын

Korean chicken places make the best chips IMO

Oh mate! I almost cry inside when people say they haven't heard or tried chicken salt. It is essential on ALL chips 😍

@judeofdapto2625

9 ай бұрын

It is the Lord's salt

@WyattOShea

8 ай бұрын

I have like 2kg of it in the pantry 😂. I put a huge amount of it on my chicken and chips and other foods sometimes.

I’m an Aussie and have to say chicken salt on chips is awesome and the fish here is very good many people from around the world have had it and are very pleased by the quality

@johnphelps9788

9 ай бұрын

I'm an Aussie and my small town has 3 fish and chip shops. The quality varies between shops and even the best sometimes have below average tucker. Overcooked chips and undercooked batter are the worst faults. One thing Aussie chippies do better than any Burger King or Maccas though is hamburgers. An Aussie hamburger with the lot from the local chippie is unbeatable. Chuck in some dimmies and a spring roll and you've got a real feed.

@azmanabdula

9 ай бұрын

@@johnphelps9788 Its funny how we have the "lot" and the Hawaiian (Or it used to be the case) I always found it funny because the Hawaiian was the lot with pineapple So the real "the lot" Seriously though how good is beetroot on a hamburger It makes it Bring back the McOz Maccas please!

@johnphelps9788

9 ай бұрын

@@azmanabdula it is funny, a burger with the lot isn't really with the lot if pineapple is extra. It's always been this way for some reason in whatever chippy I've ever been to in OZ. Re the beetroot, I love it too.

@bulkheadineededthat1314

8 ай бұрын

Over in NZ we also love our chicken salt.

@azmanabdula

8 ай бұрын

@@johnphelps9788 Still it makes sense Pineapple isnt a part of the original lot Who would have had pineapple? Wasnt it hard to keep back then

Chicken salt is a herbal seasoning originally created to season chicken. before cooking. Its so good people started using it instead of salt.

Having a fun inception moment here. You're from the UK, living in Malaysia, reacting to British youtubers trying Australian food. I'm an Australian who grew up in Malaysia, who has also lived in the UK, who regularly watches the same British youtubers but mostly their Korean content. I'm also trying to think of anywhere in Malaysia that may have chicken salt because it is an absolute game changer. Worst case scenario, I'm sure you can buy it online!

Mitani chicken salt is the original and best version of chicken salt out there. It started in South Australia. It’s not chicken, it’s the spices used on chicken. There is a KZread vid out there on Mitani’s chicken salt.

@republicofcasuals

9 ай бұрын

I used to love going to Matani's in Adelaide and buying things in oversized containers and bulk. There would always be a 1.9kg HUGE tin of Milo and big boxes of CHICKO ROLLS and Corn JACKS in the freezer and yes, the big shaker of CHICKEN SALT 😁

Hoki (NZ) and Blue Grenadier (Aus) are the same fish and is very popular. The main fish in my state Victoria is Flake which is a generic term for shark - the best shark is gummy shark but school shark is often used. We also typically get Snapper and Flounder as choices in Victoria.

@TheKrispyfort

9 ай бұрын

Have you tried Bream and Barramundi?

@patriciadawson4164

9 ай бұрын

A lot of shops in Townsville the generic fish is Spanish Mackerel.

@elizabethdavey6398

9 ай бұрын

Blue Grenadier is delicious. Best fish and chips are at the Bermagui Fisherman's pier on the NSW south coast.

@evaadams8298

9 ай бұрын

@@elizabethdavey6398. Thanks for the tip! Im going to Bermagui for a few nights next week…. Will definitely go there!

@darianistead2239

9 ай бұрын

Correct.. Flake in NZ is called lemon fish in NZ and is the cheapest. Hoki, snapper, gurnard are also common choices🤤

We fry our fish at a higher temperature here in Australia than in the UK. It cooks the batter quickly and crispy and seals the fish in. Because the temp is lower in the UK it takes longer to cook and absorbs more oil which makes it seem oilier to the taste.

@atorthefightingeagle9813

9 ай бұрын

And the fish in Australia is rubbery and undercooked as a consequence. My local chippy the fish is soft and flakes apart because they fry for 8 minutes. And the batter's not soggy or oily, they've been in business since the 1930s so know how to get it right. Soft, fat chips like they're supposed to be. Hot chips in Australia are dry French fries. Too dry.

@rodpope7838

9 ай бұрын

Seriously? - you just watched a review done by Brits - and there are so many others out there - telling you how good our fish and chips are - and this is what you come back with - hilarious. My experience with fish and chips is exactly as I said. Was still happy to eat them - it is all just personal taste. If you were raised with soggy fish and chips then that is what you will go for.@@atorthefightingeagle9813

@renzy5270

9 ай бұрын

​@@atorthefightingeagle9813not sure where you were buying your fish and chips,but theyre certainly not dry or rubbery where i get mine 🤔

@dib000

9 ай бұрын

I lived in Australia for years and found the fish and chips to be very poor. However the chicken salt is amazing.

@renzy5270

9 ай бұрын

@@dib000 i guess its hard to get used to high quality when youre so used to eating oil sodden fish flavoured batter 🤷🏻‍♂️

They missed the pineapple fritter from the menu - battered pineapple ring. Awesome.

@sunisbest1234

9 ай бұрын

Oh yes!!!! I LOVE it! Can't have fish and chips without the pineapple to finish.❤❤❤

@republicofcasuals

9 ай бұрын

@@sunisbest1234 A little off topic but i found out the hard way that if you go to make Jelly and put fresh cut up pineapple chunks in it (not tin), it will never set and stay a liquid do to some enzyme thing going on and breaking down the proteins in the gelatine..... So i had Frozen Jelly and pineapple ice blocks instead. Just thought i would share that 😁

@sunisbest1234

9 ай бұрын

@@republicofcasuals that sounds delicious! 🍍 and Jelly ice blocks! 😋😁

@azmanabdula

9 ай бұрын

I havent had one of those in yonks Thank you random stranger for making me remember

@Bellas1717

9 ай бұрын

@@azmanabdula all good!!

That was a lovely, heartwarming video, both your own commentary and the original by the boys. Everyone in it was a gem. Aussies love welcoming well behaved, decent visitors like those guys. And they have great taste in food, except perhaps for the deep fried Mars bars.

As an Aussie, It is insane to think other Countries don't use/have Chicken Salt... It HAS to be a thing in your life!!!

Main differences - we use a lighter batter, it's freshly cooked, real fish grilled or fried, highly regulated choice and freshness of the actual cooking oils! Far more fish varieties! 😂👍

I remember as a kid in the 70s we had vinegar on our fish and chips but now it seems that somewhere along the line it transitioned to lemon. My regular fish and chip order is: Battered Snapper with extra lemon and 3 potato scallops. I had it yesterday and could easily have it again today. That particular shop gets its fish directly from the trawler. I'm not a huge chip fan but do remember first having chicken salt in the mid 80s from our local chicken shop.

@Rionnagan

9 ай бұрын

I miss potato scallops. Never found anywhere in the UK that does them, and now I'm in Scotland, no-one has even heard of them. :(

@libbypeace68

9 ай бұрын

@@Rionnagan Start a new business, lol

@pamelataylor3537

8 ай бұрын

Ask for a potato scallop in Victoria they’d look at you stupid it’s a potato cake down here.

Where I live in Qld the local fish and chip shop has a choice of reef fish, which include the best eating fish you can have, such as Red Emperor and Coral Trout.

Chicken salt is mainly salt with sugar, garlic, onion and paprika favouring; many have suggested to have a taste similar to Umami. I have it everytime on chips, it tastes a lot better than plain salt; it was invented in the 1970's by Peter Brinkworth from Gawler in South Australia to season chicken for rotisserie. It was bought by Mitani Group in 1979.

@DaveWhoa

9 ай бұрын

it's only approximately 50% sodium chloride... that makes it twice as healthy!

@Dr_KAP

9 ай бұрын

@@DaveWhoayou just need to have twice as much then you’re at 100% right 😂

@TommyMoritz

9 ай бұрын

😆😆 logical.

@ssp4795

9 ай бұрын

all the best things are from South Australia.... (except the fish, lol)

@phenel

9 ай бұрын

sugar, garlic, onion and paprika? are you kidding? it's basically powdered chicken stock and normal slat at a 50/50 ratio.

I remember when I was kid in the early 80s trying chicken salt on chips for the first time here in Australia, that's how yummy it is I remember it lol

@jmaros15

9 ай бұрын

Me too:)

My son and his wife emigrated to Scotland 5 years ago. They had been there only a couple of months when they asked me to send over some chicken salt because they couldn't get it there. Before too long, they had all their friends hooked on it!

I’m Australian. I’ve never seen deep fried Mars bars. Chicken salt is legendary! IT’s seasoning similar to chicken flavoured crisps, it tastes a lot better on hot chips.

@someonerandom8552

9 ай бұрын

Weirdly one of the servos near me randomly started selling deep fried Mars bars a few years back. Not sure why it became a thing, but eh. Not complaining lol

@IceBreakBottle

8 ай бұрын

You get them in fish and chip shops up here in QLD

@pamelataylor3537

8 ай бұрын

@@IceBreakBottle and in Victoria too.

I am Australian with British parents, so fish and chips has always been important. Every Friday. Luckily there is a takeaway near by who cook amazing fish and chips. It is just chicken favoured. We don't grind up chickens.

Chicken salt does not actually contain chicken. It's a seasoning that was originally developed by some guy who wanted to make a salt to go on the chicken he sold in his takeaway. It proved to be very popular.

If you want to try chicken salt, it has to be Mitani brand. Invented in Adelaide Sth Aust and is probably in 90% of Aussie pantries.

@ssp4795

9 ай бұрын

actually mine is from Gaganis. another Adl institution.

You might know Hoki (it’s the New Zealand name) as Blue Grenadier. It’s my favourite white fish, especially steamed. Very sweet and delicate. Chicken salt is an absolute flavour bomb. Sometimes it’s pretty much chicken stock, sometimes it’s a herb and spice blend. One of the best I’ve ever had was very smoked paprika heavy.

@bibsp3556

9 ай бұрын

Light grill with some nice fresh lemon, pepper, Salt. Maybe a touch of chilli. So goooood

What’s more wholesome than a Scotsman comparing fish and chips around the world? 😊

That Fish shop in Clovelly is amazing and chicken salt is chicken flavoured salt which is available in pretty much all Fish & Chip shops. It's incredible. You can buy the salt online

@liamfahey7836

9 ай бұрын

It’s actually not chicken flavoured at all

@telebubba5527

9 ай бұрын

I used to live around the corner there. But that was befor this fish and chips shop. There's a video from Studio 10 in which the inventor give the recipe away, so anyone can make it themselves.

@stever285

8 ай бұрын

You drive the 100km's to swim at Clovelly, the fish and chips for lunch are just a bonus.@@aussiepom

I'm from New Zealand and have loved chicken salt for a few decades of my life.

I guess we were the UKs perfect spawn down here. We got so much british and uk culture but because of our cities all being coastal, and our oceans having incredible fish, we end up having the ideal circumstances for amazing fish and chips!

Chicken salt is essential in one’s fish & chips order. On your chips, flake, potato cakes, dim sims… basically anything fried 😂

@kel1985

9 ай бұрын

I also like calamari rings! 😃

@lisc7204

9 ай бұрын

Oh no! Now you've started the great states war by saying "potato cakes" 😅.. potato scallops for me up here in Qld 😊

@shmick6079

9 ай бұрын

@@lisc7204 as long as it’s garnished with chicken salt it need not matter!

@shmick6079

9 ай бұрын

@@kel1985 wooo same here

@marcuscook3852

9 ай бұрын

@@lisc7204 Potato fritter ... SA

I am never without chicken salt in my pantry - a blend of salt and many different spices. I add it to grilled tomatoes, oven baked chips and other meals for the extra flavour. The chips served in my local tavern are soft on the inside but crisp on the outside with a coating of added seasoning. They offer a side bowl of mushroom, pepper and other sauces. These perfect chips dipped in sauce are just perfect.

@Rosebud4u1

9 ай бұрын

Yep... I buy a tub of it at the takeaway & have it sitting on my bench in the kitchen... along with the other spices! It's like cheese... everything tastes better with chicken salt!

Had a Dutch chap stay with us 20 years ago. Stopped at Anglesea, Victoria, for fish & chips. Sat on the lawn by the beach across the road from the fish & chip shop, unwrapped the paper bundle and hoed in. Now, this chap was used to tipping 500 Euros on top of his bill for an average feed (not a fancy night out), and he couldn't believe he was sitting on the grass eating this gourmet meal off paper. He kept saying he'd only get something like this on fine china in a 5 Star Restaurant in Europe, but not quite as good. We really are blessed with top quality food in Australia.

I'm not a huge fan of chicken salt, but your fish and chips has improved so much over the last 30 or so years. You can get grilled fish, and the battered fish has a much higher fish to batter ratio than it used to. A lot of the old fish and chip shops were the kind of greasy 90% batter mess they're talking about. Really good fish and chips in general these days.

@quakxy_dukx

9 ай бұрын

Personally, chicken salt is a hit or miss. Sometimes I find it tastes really acidic and I have no idea why.

fish and chip shops are amazing here in AU. Very quick, cheap, very fresh and flavourful. The chicken salt is more common than standard salt with chips. We also have lots of battered stuff at these stores like crumbed sausages, sweet chilli chicken strips, etc. But one thing you will also see at fish and chip shops is, with the burgers, we always have the option to have it with a slice of beetroot/pineapple. I don't know if it's common in the UK but omg the onion and beetroot go soooo good together. We've even had mcdonalds selling burgers with beetroot, onion, bbq sauce, etc.. the perfect burger lol

@bibsp3556

9 ай бұрын

Beetroot is the best on burgers. it just ups that juicy factor so well

@Sevicify

9 ай бұрын

Can't have a plain hamburger without beetroot. Any fish & chip shop worth their salt should include beetroot as standard on a plain hamburger, it should not be an optional thing (other than to remove) and especially not an extra charge like some places have the gall to do (which would instantly cause them to lose my business).

My English Grandmother used to make the best homemade fish & chips. We used to get whiting in a beautiful crispy thin batter. And we never had chicken salt on chips. Vinegar & regular salt is superior to chicken salt as it cuts through the fatty oiliness of the chips.

fun fact in Australia the fish used in our fish and chips change depending on where you are cause in my town we use barramundi

When you order fish and chips from an Aussie fish shop you should specify what type of fish you want. There are usually a half dozen or more varieties of fish available depending on season and location. Hoki has a very soft flesh which breaks apart very easily. Hoki is probably more common in the Southern states than in Queensland It is called Chicken Salt because the original recipe was created to put on the roast chickens from a rotisserie sold in shops. The recipes for chicken salt can vary from shop to shop but usually includes salt with curry powder and/or chile powder with a couple of other spices. Most fish and chip shops will also sell you small packets of their chicken salt if you ask nicely. I have noticed that vinegar is much less commonly available at the fish shops now than was previously the case years ago. Maybe most would still splash some vinegar on an order if a customer specifically asked for it, like pepper and wooden cutlery it is available if asked for.

It can’t be just any old chicken salt! If it’s not “Anchor original chicken chippy salt” it’s a crime and not even worth trying haha

@lealand423

9 ай бұрын

I agree

@lindamcgregor4080

9 ай бұрын

Yes! I only like this one.

Chicken salt is Australia's pride. Honestly, it's one of the things I'm most proud of as an Aussie.

Aussie here...on my last trip to the UK, 2017, I did a driving holiday in a campervan...one of my overnight stops was Stonehaven..my travel companion and I got chatting with a bartender in one of the pubs there and he told us the story of how the deep fried Mars bar came about..apparently one of the fish n chips shops spouted that they would fry anything...some lads showed up one day with a challenge..the asked him to deep fry a Mars bar, and the legend was born... what I DID try one night, when stopped at a friends in Falkirk, was deep fried haggis & black pudding...man !! they were so yum..alas, not a treat I can get down under.. you can make your own chicken salt..just need some chicken seasoning and ground salt..I made some myself to have at home..yum..

The best I've had for deep fried mars bars, was a chocolate batter mars bar, with chocolate ice cream! It was awesome

Chicken salt is so much better than regular salt. Check it out on google it shows the recipe.

"I just need grease" - words to live by 👍

Chicken salt is great. A combination of salt and spices.

I am not a user of chicken salt as i prefer normal salt.

i love the fact that a passerby can tell that they made a good choice

Deep-fried Mars Bar started in the Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Local kids were bringing various things in asking for them to be deep-fried and the Mars Bar was a hit. The Carron itself is more Aussie-style in that they use fresh fish and lighter oil and batter and their crumbed haddock is excellent!

Chicken salt will change your life.

As an Aussie I declare.... chicken salt, is life!

I’m from Adelaide Australia, the home of Chicken Salt, a year ago I actually met the guy who invented it, he’s currently working on attempting to sell it again under his own name (he sold the rights to Mitani 30 years ago or so)

@hiramhackenbacker9096

8 ай бұрын

There should be a big billboard outside Adelaide airport. "Welcome to the home of chicken salt" Tourism will boom.

They should have also bought crumbed fish. Never chips without chicken salt, yum.

chicken salt on chips is so godlike, it's a massive game changer and worth trying.

Since most of AUS live toward the coast we have a really good seafood industry. Fun to watch your reaction. Much love

As an Australian, I don’t get chips and potato cakes if there’s no chicken salt. The chicken salt slaps.

The origins of chicken salt is, back in the 70s a local Adelaide fish-chicken shop accidentally put the marinade rub salt for seasoning chickens prior to roasting, into the salt shaker for the chips, it was a sensation !!! The rest is history

Chicken Salt is a staple, an Aussie would have to live under a rock to have never tried Chicken Salt. It's delicious and I always sprinkle it over my vegetables before roasting.

@lindamcgregor4080

9 ай бұрын

Same. I have it on everything.😅

Aussies take the quality of our food VERY VERY seriously. The highest quality oil, the perfect temperature, a light beer batter and the freshest seafood. The deep fried Mars Bar was first made in North Adelaide in the 1980's. When was it first made in Scotland ?

Aussie here. Whenever I go overseas, I always bring some Chicken Salt as a gift or token of friendship.

The secret to a good batter is, having the oil really hot, if it's not hot enough it will take longer to fry and soak up way more oil and make it soggy and really oily, basically if its hot enough it flash fries, plus there is the type of batter used.

I’m Australian with Cornish, English & Scottish heritage, so of course my ancestors brought their heritage with them.

Hoki is a deep sea New Zealand fish. It’s awesome for take away because the fillets have no bones

It depends where you go, I'm sure every country has good food shops and bad ones. In Oz it's not hard to find the good shops. In Melbourne we have potato cakes. That's a reasonably thin slice of potato in batter. In New South Wales they have the same thing except they call them potato scallops. First time in Sydney I asked for six scallops meaning the shellfish, but ended up with potato cakes. Then argued with the shop guy that scallops are the shellfish and what he served me was potato cakes. (I got my way eventually) In Sydney a pot of beer which it's called in Melbourne, is called a schooner. There are a few different names for things in the various states. Most of us know what soft drink is, I.e. Coca-Cola/Pepsi is soft drink, however in Tasmania they call it cordial. To Melburnians, cordial is the stuff you mix with water. Cheers mate .

“Out of the Blue” chip shop is FANTASTIC and the burgers are REAL.

@Rionnagan

9 ай бұрын

You just can't get burgers like that in the UK. There was a Kiwi Burger place in Central London for a time that did Aussie & NZ burgers with salads, eggs, pineapple, etc., but it went out of business.

I live on the coast and have worked at a few fish and chip shops, some of the most popular fish is Flathead, flake, hoki, snapper and ling, Side of fish, chips with chicken salt and gravy. Very very popular. We also used to make our own chicken salt with chicken stock powder and salt, an Aussie fave

This has been a really amusing episode😂

It's all in the way it's cooked and stored before cooking. Having worked with a Pomme boss, and he says that the UK chippies store the fish and chips over the fryer where they soak up the oil in the air. In Aus, they store everything in cold displays or the freezer. It's also cooked at a higher temperature than in the UK. This causes the food to take up less oil while cooking. It then tastes lighter than the UK version. Our cooking temp is normally around 180-200 degree's C.

Hoki is probably the most popular fish sold in New Zealand - lovely white flesh. In Australia a fantastic fish is barramundi, which is a tropical fish. As for chips, those ones are much thinner than ones from most fish & chips I've been too. Chicken salt is salt with chicken seasoning and is FANTASTIC, a real game changer.

Jolly is one of my favourite channels. I’m pretty sure I’ve recommended this exact video to you previously.

Chicken salt basically is chicken stock powder and salt... It adds a sweet and chicken flavour on top of the salt... once you have it on chips with malt vinegar, nothing compares to it... The batter is just flour, soda water, and seasonings (or beer if you're making it at home)... it gets crispy and non greasy by high temperature. Hoki is usually blue grenadier, aka merluccid hake... the chips are about 1 cm thick and usually cooked 2-3 times prior to serving... Being an Australian and going to Britan, Ireland, and Scotland for holidays... nothing beats fish and chips with potato scallops with chicken salt from Australia

"Fish" and chips is usually gummy shark down south. Also known as flake.

Worth noting, the chicken salt you can get at a supermarket is different to the stuff you get at a local takeaway. Like a lot of items, there's a culinary version and a retail version - usually you need to have access to the wholsale culinary market (in Australia, have an ABN and probably run a shop) and you'll be able to buy direct. Having said that, while I'm not %100 sure people have tried convincing me that resellers go on places like eBay to move the good stuff they're struggling to sell - you just need to do a little homework before buying.

Occasionally a Radio Station will have a call in poll of the Best Fish’n’Chips in Australia, the best Pies anddpeople call in and we choose the best. It raises the standards of others and we the people now know where to go. We go and try for ourselves. Truckies get the best and let us know. Chicken Salt is a ‘Continental Stock Cube’ (Supermarket) crumbled and added to a little less than a cup of iodised salt. Sprinkle on chips and barbecues, everything. Chiperies change the oil at least once a week. The batter difference can be the flour. Australian flour makes a fluffiness that other flour products does not. Love chicken salt chippies. Melbourne in winter for Fish’n’Chip Shop Chippies with Chicken Salt. Open the paper on the park picnic table under the umbrella. Cold outside warm on the inside. Mmmm👌(Australian soil hasn’t enough of certain minerals, so the Gov. let’s the manufactures put it in things like, zinc, fluoride, copper, etc in the water, iodine in Salt)

Chicken salt is a game changer for chips. I guess the mars bar evolved from deep fried ice cream.

Loaded chips/snack box are also brilliant. It's basically chips, choice of salt, choice of meat (turkey, lamb, beef, chicken) and your choice of sauce or gravy. Or the classic Chips, Cheese, Chicken salt and Gravy.

Australian here! Chicken salt is normally made from chicken stock bouillon or powered bouillon. Similar to the seasoning you get in chicken flavoured instant ramen

Australian fish & chips with chicken salt is amazing. ❤

The four main fish used in Australian fish and chips shops are hoki (blue grenadier), barramundi, whiting, and flake (which is actually gummy shark).

About the batter and the soggy & brown chips was caused by using the same oil for a long period (caused by dilution of adding water from the frozen chips/fish). Australia's food laws changed around 2 decades back, hence why the oil is always more or less fresh, causing crispiness. As for fish, the standard was Flake, though Hoki has been increasing as a standard now (I suspect because it's a cheaper fish to use).

LOVE chicken salt! And I love how fish and chip shops sell such a large variety of food from all different world regions. :)

Chicken salt= Salt (40%), Rice Flour, Dextrose, Onion (7%), Garlic (6%), Spices, Flavour [Contains Flavour Enhancers (627, 631)], Yeast, Vegetable Oil, Soy Sauce Powder (Contains Soy, Wheat), Anti-Caking Agent (551), Herbs, Acidity Regulator (330), Colour (160c). Packed in Australia from imported and Australian ingredients.

Chicken salt comes from charcoal chicken places where they collect all the drippings and trimmings from charcoal chicken, then they bang all that chicken grease and stuffing and skin flakes and bake it in the oven and mix it in with salt, and pop it in a shaker, and that's chicken salt. Now I don't know of any places that make fresh chicken salt like that anymore, usually just comes from a pre-made tub at the supermarket, but yeah it's really delicious and it's available everywhere and in many cases is the default salt used on chippies.

Chips, Potato Scallops, Battered Sav and a Marathon Spring Roll with Chicken salt. Heaven.

Up in North QLD we typically find Barramundi, Spanish Mackerel, Coral Trout, or Red Emperor as choices for fish. Chicken salt is the Lord's salt.

The origin of old school Aussie fish ‘n chip shops is usually attributed to Greek migrants who started these Takeaways back in the ‘50s and ‘60s. These days it’s rare to find an OG Greek-owned fish ‘n chip shop … but they do exist. The Greeks and their descendants have moved on to other business ventures.

Chicken salt has no chicken or chicken bi-products, it is a seasoning salt, the main flavoring is onion in most commercial offerings, some have garlic.

Chicken salt is the seasoning of the gods.

Chicken salt originally contained chicken, just doesn’t often contain it now. There’s a bunch of different versions, almost all have onion powder and garlic powder, with different variants including paprika, powdered mushrooms, celery root, etc.

lol, funny story - I visited a mate in the UK in 2014 and we went to Bourton-on-the-water, anyway we went to a fish n chip shop for lunch and the girl behind the counter asked me if I wanted vinegar, salt etc and I asked for chicken salt, the whole shop went silent and looked at me like I'm a fkwit, same with my mate lol. I got home and sent them and the shop a few jars of chicken salt. They love it.

im a chef and can honestly say they lucked out. they went to a decent fish and chip shop and 90% of what they dissed about UK fish and chips applies to almost every corner suburb "wog shop" in aus. they were in fact eating what they referred to as "gourmet fish and chips" and that 100% would've been reflected in the price.

In Fish and chip shops in Australia they have chicken salt and plain salt. I prefer plaint salt.

Deep fried mars bars were in Australia since the 80s at corner stores, i remember them as a kid, they started in Scotland in 1992.

Chicken salt is a national treasure in Australia, almost every fish and chip shop or service station or even restaurant have it as a salt, the closest brand I’ve found to the one you use in a fish and chip shop is the brand Krio Aroma, my old work used it for their chips,

Of course it looks better, Australia has food standards. Once chicken salt took off it pretty much became mandatory. Alas - gluten. Chips & gravy. Chip sandwich (squashed is best) with tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, or gravy. Chip & gravy roll.

We created our own chicken salt at home by combining chicken stock powder and salt!😅

In Perth Western Australia, most fish and chip shops have a variety of fish .... premium fish like snapper, barramundi, cobbler, etc. Of course, you also get shark and the like.

Chicken salt is awesome, came about in South Australia I'm fairly certain and now a major part of fish and chips culture.

You want an Australian Christmas song, Tim Minchin "white wine in the sun" And yes, chicken salt is the only way to do chips

@MSTV Chicken Salt is like the Chicken flavor on Crisps /Bagged Chips chicken salt is basically as iconic as Salt and Vinegar on Chips or Tomato and BQQ sauce . chicken salt is the seasoning you need in your life and on your snacks. Dudley’s in New York City makes their own chicken salt, starting with actual fresh chicken. After rendering out the chicken skin’s fat in an oven, Dudley’s chef Thomas Lim braises the skin in chicken stock for an hour and some change, then dehydrates the skins in the oven overnight. He then blends the chicken with dehydrated mushroom powder (in case there wasn't enough umami from the chicken, this pushes you over the edge into savory flavor oblivion) two types of salt (kosher and sea), white pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Lim sells it by the jar at the deli counter. It is made from ingredients similar to Dudley's. (It contains chicken meat and skin, chicken broth, salt, rosemary extract, salt, paprika, garlic, onion, celery seeds, turmeric, arrowroot, chanterelle mushroom powder, mustard seeds, white pepper, tomato powder, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger, to be specific!) You can buy it easily online at Savory Spice Shop. And you won't regret it.

"Chicken Salt" another great South Australian invention. Sadly Hake is mostly school shark, but it tastes nice, also called Butter Fish.

I have not had Fish n Chips for many years but back in the 1960s the most Popular Fish was FLAKE which I believe was Shark! Very nice with a Pickled Onion.