Popeyes Canada has been teasing us with the release of their new Chicken Sandwich for about a week now.KFC Canada just released their new KFC Famous Chicken Chicken Sandwich, which uses similar ingredients too. It's no secret that Popeyes has quite the fan base, so we were excited to put this chain to … Treasure that feeling: It is your vaccine against eating this sandwich ever again. So, while the chicken itself was only moderately above average, and the other two inclusions were boring and lacking, the bun elevated the entire experience to new heights, giving fast food fans a welcome new chicken sandwich option. “These are KFC.”. The sandwich will be tested at restaurants in Orlando, Winter Park, Sanford, Kissimmee, Clermont, Mount Dora and Poinciana. And when you are done eating, the glaze and grease of the doughnuts will remain in your throat. Here’s our review from September. “I love my job,” I muttered. KFC's Chicken & Donut Sandwich features two warm glazed donuts sandwiching an Extra Crispy fried chicken filet. 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Indeed, one of the main hallmarks of this sandwich is its heaviness. Want more foodie news? You can also get the chicken and donuts separated (not a sandwich) for $5.99. Popeyes’ pickles blew KFC’s out of the water (interesting, because KFC made a point to tout the thickness of its pickle slices), but it also began to disintegrate less than halfway through. The KFC Chicken Sandwich à la carte costs $3.99, and a combo with a side and medium drink is $6.99. Okay, not cried. KFC recently announced that it added Kentucky Fried Chicken & Donuts to its menus through March 16th (or for as long as supplies last).. With less than a month to order KFC’s world-famous Extra Crispy fried chicken with warm, fresh, glazed-to-order donuts, we didn’t waste any time sending Stetson out to give it a shot. The positive reception and lack of animal products will likely draw many new customers. It's available for $3.99 or in a $5 Fill Up meal along with a side, cookie, and fountain drink. The chicken sandwich-storm has reached a new high, and it has reached a new low. We bought three as soon as we found out they existed. KFC tests new chicken sandwich in Orlando: ‘Ours wasn’t the one to beat’. We love reviewing the latest viral restaurant trends for you! For the Cheeto sandwich, KFC uses their “Extra Crispy” chicken filet which, to be honest, wasn’t that crispy? The Famous Chicken Chicken Sandwich features a buttermilk marinated chicken fillet that’s triple breaded in the brand’s Extra Crispy seasoning, drizzled with buttery garlic oil, topped with 3 sweet chunky pickles, and double the creamy mayo on a lightly toasted potato bun. Dozens of dead animals were found in a Virginia Beach woman’s freezer. Though Popeyes’ offering, save its wrinkly “brioche” bun, looked far more like the photo KFC sent with its press annoucement, taste-wise they were pretty near identical. Dew. 1100 calories. Personally, though, I’d pass on both, safely park my car at A La Cart in the Milk District, and blaze it up right at Chicken Fire. These little chicken sandwiches are the new big. Eating this sandwich allows you to understand what the duck in turducken feels like: stuffed with chicken, while being devoured by something much larger than yourself. I had written up the phenomenon months ago, … Thanks KFC. According to the nutrition calculator from KFC (select Limited Time Offer, then Chicken & Donuts), the sandwich isn't exactly the most nutritious meal on the block — but with two entire donuts, are you surprised? So, I’m giving this round to KFC for its stability, an important factor for sandwiches often eaten in traffic. “Oh no,” said our cashier, proudly. Dew for my drink. It tastes like doughnut with an inch-thick accent of celery-salted chicken. My husband, on the other hand, loves red meat, so sometimes he gets annoyed when I want to have chicken for dinner, yet again. But the doughnuts are a little denser than the basic Krispy Kreme glazed. Unless you’ve been buried under several hundred rocks for the past few months, you’ve undoubtedly seen the fried chicken sandwich wars gathering pace. On most bites of the sandwich, it tastes a lot like doughnut. But the mood at KFC was buoyant: The staff seemed to love these doughnuts. But they still taste like Krispy Kremes. Hours later, I sat in a drive-through line on East Colonial and I chuckled. The KFC Chicken & Donuts sandwich tastes like guilt, and regret, and sadness. This week, about 40 KFC locations in Virginia and Pennsylvania received test shipments of KFC doughnuts. The combination is a decadent staple in certain circles — perhaps most prominently at Federal Donuts in Philadelphia, helmed by acclaimed chef Michael Solomonov of Israeli spot Zahav. As for the chicken, it was juicy and flavourful. The sky isn’t falling; it’s just headed to Kentucky Fried Chicken® for these freshly breaded chicken tenders, served with pickles and mayo on an all-new sesame-seed bun. These days, Popeye’s is indefinitely out of chicken sandwiches, the victims of their own success. The fast-food chain, which has chicken in its name, has surprisingly found … July 8, 2020 by Stuart. “I need to stop eating this,” said another colleague, before taking yet another bite. Meet the Chicken & Donuts sandwich from Kentucky Fried Chicken. Here are the KFC locations in Virginia selling the Chicken & Donuts sandwich, starting with locations in Hampton Roads: The Chicken and Donuts sandwich, seen mid-meal at The Virginian-Pilot offices in Norfolk. It’s a steroidal take on chicken and waffles. Sign up for the Food & Drink newsletter at orlandosentinel.com/newsletters. But most importantly, starting Monday, the chain began serving a fried chicken sandwich that is alarming in its single-minded, lipid-swaddled simplicity. The 20% larger piece of chicken is combined with “double-breaded, Extra Crispy chicken filet on a new buttery brioche bun, to the crispier, thicker pickles, and the perfect amount of the Colonel’s real mayo, now in classic or spicy.” My colleague, standing close enough to hear, laughed. Pros: Thick, hearty, simple and tasty chicken filet. Facebook Twitter Flipboard uproxx.it Topics: #Fast Food Culture , #Food Tags: Fast Food Culture , FOOD , FOOD REVIEWS , KFC KFC’s competitor in the ever growing arms race is this Crispy Colonel Sandwich. A chicken and doughnuts sandwich has respectable precedents in the world, of course. The pleasure is less guilty than shameful. Cons: A couple of inconsistent breading spots that tend to attach to the bread more than the chicken. Taste: 8.00/10. It tastes like all of the reasons everyone leaves you, eventually. $5 Fill Up. The tomato was tart, the lettuce … I do love me some savory and sweet combinations and I knew this ‘wich would take my taste buds to the heavens … It may not be at the level of Chick-fil-A’s Chicken Sandwich, but it’s a worthy alternative. At least, the KFC doughnuts also come glazed in that same saturated, viscous sugar-grease that refuses to leave any surface it comes into contact with: a sticky sludge of wish fulfillment for the reptile brain. But it has merits. [KFC’s new fried chicken and doughnut sandwich is terrifying and delicious] Nashville chicken, of course, is a style popularized in the Tennessee city that has … It tastes like all of the reasons everyone leaves you, eventually. This round was harder. Purchased Price: $3.99. KFC, it turned out, was testing a new contender in the heated chicken sandwich wars here in town. KFC Chicken Littles are made with freshly-breaded tenders, pickles and mayo on a sweet bun. It also tastes pretty good. “They’re so good!” said our cashier at the Monticello Avenue KFC in Norfolk, when we rolled in for our dose right when the doors opened. The Nashville Hot wings from KFC aren’t overwhelmingly spicy, but are completely … She’s now going to jail. KFC, it turned out, was testing a new contender in the heated chicken sandwich wars here in town. The combination of an extra crispy fillet wedged between two rings of glazed, yeasty indulgence is essentially a middle chicken finger to the keto / paleo / Whole30 movement. You can add a side and a drink for $7.99. The usual, greased-chalk texture of KFC chicken is here subsumed into the greater and more powerful grease of the doughnuts, which are quite decent glazed doughnuts of the Krispy Kreme school. I do love my job. I opted for the 2 piece drumstick and thigh meal ($5.49) mainly because I wanted to get bone in, multiple pieces to examine, and I love dark meat. I don't think the folks at this store got the memo. Right there, in front of my eyeballs on the big screen television I was witnessing something very magical happening: It was the new KFC donut fried chicken sandwich being constructed and I knew then I had to have it. Find me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @amydroo or on the OSFoodie Instagram account @orlando.foodie. Want to reach out? As for a fast food chicken sandwich, it’s pretty good because it’s actually chicken meat. Review: KFC - Crispy Colonel Sandwich. About that sauce, KFC uses an oil of similar viscosity to drench its Georgia Gold, Nashville Hot, and Smoky Mountain BBQ fried chickens. It was distracting me like nothing had distracted me before.. Eaten once, and only once in your life, the sandwich offers all the novelty and pre-evolutionary pleasures of a fried Twinkie or Oreo at the state fair. The donuts were hot and appeared to have been fried in the restaurant at … So how is it? The KFC Chicken and Donut Sandwich is priced between $5.49 and $7.49. Email: amthompson@orlandosentinel.com. You really want to know???? Each sandwich is delivered with a wet nap alongside the customary napkins, and this will clean your hands. How much does the KFC donut chicken sandwich cost? It will cover your hands and your lips and possibly the tip of your nose. All the accoutrements were great. Ordered the donut chicken sandwich as a combo meal with mashed potatoes as my side with the orange thunder Mt. It is even, perhaps, a form of violence. The only complaint was the batter around the chicken. We had to get Popeyes Canada’s new Chicken Sandwich as it launched today to see how it compares for a better chicken sandwich. “I’m going to take one home when I get off shift.”. REVIEW: KFC Doublicious Chicken Sandwich (Original & Grilled) July 7, 2010 July 8, 2012 Marvo 6 Rating, Fast Food, KFC. Some of you may remember the Chicken Little sandwich at KFC from the 80’s, a simple enough concept: bread, chicken, and mayo (strangly pickles appear in that promo image at … The sandwich contains 1100 calories and 65 grams of fat, as well as 1310 mg of sodium. It is a grease-soaked atrocity, a perversion of sandwich. And here comes chicken-giant KFC’s somewhat tardy response. It tastes, in fact, like you just shoved two piping-hot doughnuts into your mouth — which you did, you filthy animal. Were they Krispy Kreme, we asked, like the doughnuts in the Krispy Kreme Double Down sandwich the chain debuted in 2010? These doughnuts can be bought singly for a dollar, sure. I cried in one of Orlando’s kitchens today. The sandwich is $5.99. Or they can simply come alongside a bucket of chicken for a fresh layer of sugary fat to go with your savory fats. The KFC Chicken & Donuts sandwich tastes like guilt, and regret, and sadness. KFC's Crispy Colonel sandwiches I love hamburgers, but I love chicken even more—so chicken sandwiches are an important staple in fast food for me. The Texture. By the time we got home, the batter wasn’t as crisp. I think that's what the name of the Mt. The mayonnaise and pickles really compliment it very well. But I meant it. Back then, I’d chosen Popeyes spicy chicken as my preferred. The news of the sandwich had yet to travel extensively on Tuesday morning. While the sandwich is about the same width as a McDonald's hamburger (and with a similarly plain basic bun), the Extra Crispy filet was very thick and super meaty. Choose your favorite KFC chicken sandwich: the Doublicious and Chicken Littles are both made with the Colonel’s chicken you’ve grown to love. EDITOR’S NOTE: KFC has announced it’s rolling out this sandwich nationwide. Though it seems KFC has not found itself a truly healthy, plant-based alternative, it is unlikely the addition of the Imposter Burger will cause the chain any harm. According to KFC, the new sandwich is bigger and better. Nashville Hot. November 7, 2020. Size: N/A. But the Kentucky Fried Chicken & Donuts Sandwich, the fast food favorite’s latest creation, is its most gluttonous offering since the Double Down. I had written up the phenomenon months ago, when Chik-fil-A and Popeyes (and the chains’ many fans) were on full social-media blast, when the sandwiches were selling out all over the country. 11 herbs and spices make the Grilled chicken and Original Recipe both share that typical KFC flavor. This chicken and donutwich, of course, is a thing that should not be. Our KFC location was conspicuously empty at 10:30 a.m., especially compared to the 10-deep drive-through two doors down at the Chick-fil-A. But I was thinking the exact same thing. The KFC Famous Chicken Chicken Sandwich was pretty good. It was greasier and crunchier. Conclusion. The chicken part of it was huge and as usual, finger licking good! KFC has begun testing a new, premium chicken sandwich in Orlando, Florida. Every good chicken sandwich must start with… good chicken. Dew is, either way or orange Mt. But I teared up a little, emotional as I watched a cooking technique literally thousands of years old, as I tasted the delicious fruits of that labor. If you agree that Chey-Butta needs her own YouTube Food Review Channel, simply say so in the comments and lock it in with a thumbs up! Well, KFC is attempting to revive some of the glory days with the re-introduction of their beloved slider style fried chicken sandwich. The 2 glazed donuts on the other hand. Now the sandwich review. The Chicken & Doughnuts sandwich consists of three things: A whole doughnut on the bottom, a whole doughnut on the top, and an extra-crispy fried chicken breast in the middle. KFC offers the Nashville Hot Chicken three ways: breast, drumstick & thigh, or boneless strips (3). KFC Crispy Colonel Sandwich review. The KFC version is not art. I paid $5.99 for the sandwich. A little too salty for my tastes and when combined with bacon just adds to the sodium-laden sandwich.I liked the departure from a boring/typical cheese choice with the inclusion of a combination of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese. But it will not cure the oozy coating in your gullet, or the lingering feeling that you have done something very wrong to yourself. The chicken is fine too — the tenders that make up the sandwich are extra crispy and hold up to the sweetness of the doughnuts while staying crunchy. It had more kick. FLAVOR: It tasted reheated too. Review: KFC - Chicken & Donut Sandwich. It has been weeks since the shade-filled rise and ignominious fall of the Popeye’s chicken sandwich, a fast-food battle waged mostly on Twitter against fellow chains Chick-Fil-A and Wendy’s, and occasionally in slow-moving Popeye’s drive-throughs.