Last spring, Kentucky Fried Chicken tested their champion for the Chicken Sandwich Wars with a massive new item in Orlando.
Looks like that test was a success, and the fried chicken chain’s new sandwich is making its national debut.
The sandwich features a quarter-pound, double-breaded, all-white meat chicken breast filet atop a buttery brioche bun slathered with your choice of mayo or spicy sauce and thick and crispy pickles.
McDonald’s has also announced the debut of three chicken sandwiches to their menu earlier this week, rounding out the major fast-food chains in the country selecting a contender for the fried chicken sandwich title currently held by Popeyes.
KFC’s new Chicken Sandwich is now available at select markets. It will be at all 4,000 US locations by the end of February. Definitely excited to try this one, even in a crowded class of chicken sandos.
Gravy is the most comforting part of any holiday meal. It’s rich and savory, making it the exclamation point to any feast that keeps a warm boat of it on the side.
In the UK, where roast dinners are king year round, even outside of the holidays, KFC is latching onto that vibe with a new fried chicken “burger” that cranks the gravy meter to the max.
The new Gravy Box burger meal (the UK tends to call cooked, flat meats served in a roll burgers) features a fried chicken filet, melted cheese, and gravynnaise: a blend of gravy and mayo that looks as unctuous as it sounds.
Atop all of that lies this sandwich’s piéce de resistance: a hash brown “boat” (basically an indented hash brown to contain space) that’s filled to the brim with gravy.
The sandwich promises to be a gravy-soaked feast that’ll leave you in pure bliss, as well as a need for extra napkins.
KFC UK’s offering is being sold for a limited time over the holiday season. It comes in a box with a mini chicken filet, a pot of gravynnaise, a side dish, and a drink for £6.99.
If you’re a fan of KFC’s Mac and Cheese, or just looking to order a whole bunch for a family dinner, you should know that it’s possible to get KFC Mac and Cheese buckets.
This was confirmed by TikToker Allen Ferrell, known for submitting ridiculous orders in drive-thrus and seeing if he can get away with it. One of his fans challenged him to order an entire bucket of KFC’s cheesy pasta, and staffers at the location he went to obliged.
Imagery courtesy of Allen Ferrell
A typical KFC bucket can hold up to 16 pieces of fried chicken, which translates to a hefty quantity of macaroni and cheese that can fit inside.
Ferrell ended up paying $19.99 for the bucket, which came out to about $21 after taxes. He later mentioned that he ate the whole bucket, which, to be honest, I don’t blame him for.
A “Bucket-Size” offering isn’t on KFC’s official menu for online ordering, but apparently there is a system in place to charge someone for it if they do get some.
Foodbeast has reached out to KFC to see if this is something that can be ordered commonly, and are waiting to hear back.
At the very least, it’s possible to order while going through the drive-thru.
Earlier this year, we reported on a KFC x Crocs collab which debuted during New York Fashion week and had fans of both up to their ears in excitement for a potential general release. Well friends, I don’t know how much more you can contain that excitement, but just know that it’ll be for only a little while longer.
That’s because the crispy Crocs Classic Clogs have a release date next week on July 28th on Crocs.com for $59.99. This highly anticipated pair also comes with two removable, chicken-scented, drumstick-shaped Jibbitz charms.
What’s better is that this release is hinged to a good cause, with $3 of every purchase going to the KFC Foundation’s REACH Educational Grant Program, which helps employees at participating KFC locations to further their education through college scholarships.
You know what they say when it comes to fashion, a good statement piece is crucial in one’s wardrobe. Pretty sure a pair of Crocs Classic Clogs looking like a delicious bucket of KFC chicken fulfills that notion to the max.
With the search for more sustainable meat options in fast food expanding, KFC has taken a pivotal step in getting major chains to consider lab-grown meat as a potential solution.
KFC’s global team announced in a press release that they were looking into making nuggets that utilize chicken cells as part of the process, making them the first major to chain to publicly announce that cellular agriculture could be an option for them.
These nuggets are being developed in conjunction with 3D Bioprinting Solutions, a Russia-based company known for creating prosthetic organs. The resulting nuggets will use some plant material, but also use cells from chickens to “reproduce the taste and texture of chicken meat almost without involving animals in the process,” according to the release.
KFC will provide spice blends and other ingredient needs to make the nuggets taste like their signature chicken, while 3D Bioprinting will come up with the blend of meat/plant cells needed to get the texture down right.
Lab-grown meat, also known as laboratory-produced, cellular, or cultured meat, has been proposed as an alternative to factory farm-raised meat because it has the potential to scale to global meat consumption levels while reducing environmental costs.
While companies claim that lab-made meat reduces land use, water use, and methane emissions, research has also shown that the technology could increase carbon dioxide emissions. All of this research is still speculative, however, since none of these products have been produced at a commercial scale yet.
Several companies in the United States, including Memphis Meats and JUST, have begun making breakthroughs on lab-grown meatballs, nuggets, and more in recent years. Although there’s still regulatory issues surrounding the technology, the appetite for lab-grown animal products has increased globally, with meat giants like Tyson backing brands working on cellular meat products.
KFC plans to test a prototype of this collaboration in Moscow as early as Fall of 2020.
After a brief introduction to KFC’s Beyond Fried Chicken last year, the plant-based poultry is getting an expanded test run across Southern California.
Beyond Fried Chicken photos courtesy of KFC. Background by Maxime Lebrun on Unsplash.
Starting July 20th, Beyond Meat’s collab with KFC will be available for a limited time at 59 locations across Southern California. The restaurants are located in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties.
For those unfamiliar, the Beyond Fried Chicken offering consists of nuggets made from a plant-based chicken breast substitute that Beyond Meat has developed. Seasoned like KFC’s fried chicken, it’s sold in a 6-piece or 12-piece order, with combo options available as well. All of these come with your choice of dipping sauce.
The SoCal regional offering marks the third time Beyond Fried Chicken has been made available, suggesting that KFC is looking to ramp this up to a national scale some time in the near future. It first showed up in Atlanta in August 2019, followed by a test offering in February 2020 in Nashville and Charlotte.
Considering its debut in Atlanta drew hour-long lines, there’s definitely a growing appetite for the nuggets that the chain could capitalize on.
Below is a list of all of the locations you can find the plant-based chicken at starting on the 20th:
Last year, select Kentucky Fried Chicken locations in California, Indiana, and Detroit began testing the Colonel’s new Secret Recipe Fries. The new side option was named for featuring all of the Colonel’s 11 herbs and spices in its cooking. This week, Secret Recipe Fries gets a permanent spot on KFC’s national menu, but it comes at a somber bit of a cost.
The Colonel is discontinuing its iconic potato wedges, reports Business Insider as the Secret Recipe Fries take their place as a permanent potato proxy for consumers.
I’ve called a few stores to confirm, hoping to God that there were a few wayward wedges left to order before it was too late. Alas, a fruitless wedge-less endeavor.
Look for the Secret Recipe Fries now at KFC locations nationwide.
When Popeyes launched their premium chicken sandwich, the item became a viral sensation with cars piling up at drive-thrus and customers buying out sandwiches for weeks at a time. Chicken sandwich lovers have wondered since, when and how fried chicken giant Kentucky Fried Chicken would respond to this item.
It looks like fans will have to wonder no longer, as KFC is now testing their own Premium Chicken Sandwich.
At select locations in Florida, KFC is offering a new sandwich item that’s been touted as their best sandwich yet.
The new sandwich boasts a double-breaded extra crispy chicken filet that’s 20 percent bigger than the Original Colonel Chicken Sandwich. In comparison, the premium is laden with crispier and thicker pickles, the Colonel’s real mayo, and served on a brioche bun. You can get the sandwich in both classic or spicy, depending on your affinity for heat.
Front line workers in Florida will be getting a first taste of this sandwich via delivery in the days to come. Customers who are eager to try this new menu offering can find them at the following locations:
16800 W. New Hwy 441, Mount Dora, FL, 32757
6217 International Rd., Orlando, FL, 32819
502 S Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL, 32828
5200 S John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL, 32839
4466 Pleasant Hill Road, Poinciana, FL, 34758
3601 S. Orlando Dr.Sanford, FL, 32773
2882 N Hiawassee Rd, Orlando, FL, 32818
1130 W. Osceola Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL, 34741
5780 Central Florida Parkway, Orlando, FL, 32821
11302 S Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando, FL, 32837
510 U.S. Hwy 27, Clermont, FL, 34714
5680 W US Highway 192, Kissimmee, FL, 34746
4250 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, FL, 32792
10825 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL, 32817
3009 W Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL, 32808
While only available in Florida for the time being, we can easily expect to see this item make a national release sometime in the near future.
