Second day in a row eating this masterpiece for lunch...Breast and Wing with 2 sides(corn and green beans here) for 3.99+Tax...as said in other thread this stuff is succulent and scrumptious...Well worth the money and here is some nutritious info....
A KFC Original Recipe chicken breast contains 370 calories (490 if you go Extra Crispy), whereas the grilled version has 180 calories. And fat in that breast? Original Recipe has 21 grams, Extra Crispy has 31 grams and the grilled has 4 grams. As for sodium: OR has 1,050 milligrams, EC 1,080 milligrams and grilled has 440 milligrams.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/dining/drivethru/6386063.html
This week I reached out for some Kentucky Grilled Chicken — KFC’s latest attempt at giving customers a non-fried, less-fatty alternative to KFC’s iconic Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken.
In the past, KFC has made various tries with rotisserie chicken, roasted chicken, grilled chicken strips and the dreaded skinless, boneless, grilled chicken breast. Need I add flavorless? Chicken breasts are getting away with murder on the American menu board. I’d rather eat cardboard. At least cardboard has some fiber.
Now comes KFC with its new Kentucky Grilled Chicken, prepared with a patented process that super-grills the chicken and keeps the meat flavorful and juicy. The chicken is placed on a grill that goes into an oven. The chicken emerges with grill marks — not fake, drawn-on grill marks, either — and it’s legitimately delicious. Not delicious for grilled chicken, I mean delicious, period.
Here’s the blueprint: grilled chicken, with skin on, thankfully. Removing the skin from chicken is like having a hot fudge sundae, hold the hot fudge.
Total calories: 140 (one thigh). Fat grams: 9. Dietary fiber: 0. Carbs: 0. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: $3.99 for two pieces of chicken, two sides and a biscuit.
The nutritional comparison between fried and grilled chicken is a kick in the gut. An Extra Crispy thigh has nearly three times the calories and fat as a grilled thigh. And if you stick to white meat, the fat melts away even more. A grilled chicken breast has only 4 fat grams.
The secret to KFC’s satisfying grilled chicken is its new patented cooking process. The chicken is placed on a grill inside an oven. Different sizes and pieces of chicken are cooked on different parts of the grill, so they’re all done at the same time. Don’t ask how they do that. It’s a secret.
The chicken is marinated and covered with six herbs and spices. Here we go again with the KFC secrets. At least we’re making progress — Original Recipe has 11 secret herbs and spices.
KFC has more secrets than an entire season of Jerry Springer shows, although I doubt if any of KFC’s hens used to be a rooster.
KFC is running a special: two pieces of grilled chicken (leg and thigh or breast and wing) plus two sides and a biscuit for $3.99. I went with dark meat because there’s just more flavor and moistness than a boring breast and bony wing. I tried sweet-talking my KFC counter hostess into giving me two thighs (hate that ligament in drumsticks) but no such luck.
My two sides were both cole slaw. If KFC ever starts cutting back on menu items, cole slaw will be last to go. I asked how they make it, but you know … shh, it’s a secret.
Kentucky Grilled Chicken is also available in buckets, priced the same as Original Recipe and Extra Crispy.
So the big question is, does Kentucky Grilled Chicken taste as good as KFC Original Recipe? No, but few things do. We’re talking about one of the great joys of drive-through cuisine.
But does it taste good enough to make the lower calories and fat worth it the sacrifice? Absolutely.
You could even slip it on your family’s plate as homemade.
A KFC Original Recipe chicken breast contains 370 calories (490 if you go Extra Crispy), whereas the grilled version has 180 calories. And fat in that breast? Original Recipe has 21 grams, Extra Crispy has 31 grams and the grilled has 4 grams. As for sodium: OR has 1,050 milligrams, EC 1,080 milligrams and grilled has 440 milligrams.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/dining/drivethru/6386063.html
This week I reached out for some Kentucky Grilled Chicken — KFC’s latest attempt at giving customers a non-fried, less-fatty alternative to KFC’s iconic Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken.
In the past, KFC has made various tries with rotisserie chicken, roasted chicken, grilled chicken strips and the dreaded skinless, boneless, grilled chicken breast. Need I add flavorless? Chicken breasts are getting away with murder on the American menu board. I’d rather eat cardboard. At least cardboard has some fiber.
Now comes KFC with its new Kentucky Grilled Chicken, prepared with a patented process that super-grills the chicken and keeps the meat flavorful and juicy. The chicken is placed on a grill that goes into an oven. The chicken emerges with grill marks — not fake, drawn-on grill marks, either — and it’s legitimately delicious. Not delicious for grilled chicken, I mean delicious, period.
Here’s the blueprint: grilled chicken, with skin on, thankfully. Removing the skin from chicken is like having a hot fudge sundae, hold the hot fudge.
Total calories: 140 (one thigh). Fat grams: 9. Dietary fiber: 0. Carbs: 0. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: $3.99 for two pieces of chicken, two sides and a biscuit.
The nutritional comparison between fried and grilled chicken is a kick in the gut. An Extra Crispy thigh has nearly three times the calories and fat as a grilled thigh. And if you stick to white meat, the fat melts away even more. A grilled chicken breast has only 4 fat grams.
The secret to KFC’s satisfying grilled chicken is its new patented cooking process. The chicken is placed on a grill inside an oven. Different sizes and pieces of chicken are cooked on different parts of the grill, so they’re all done at the same time. Don’t ask how they do that. It’s a secret.
The chicken is marinated and covered with six herbs and spices. Here we go again with the KFC secrets. At least we’re making progress — Original Recipe has 11 secret herbs and spices.
KFC has more secrets than an entire season of Jerry Springer shows, although I doubt if any of KFC’s hens used to be a rooster.
KFC is running a special: two pieces of grilled chicken (leg and thigh or breast and wing) plus two sides and a biscuit for $3.99. I went with dark meat because there’s just more flavor and moistness than a boring breast and bony wing. I tried sweet-talking my KFC counter hostess into giving me two thighs (hate that ligament in drumsticks) but no such luck.
My two sides were both cole slaw. If KFC ever starts cutting back on menu items, cole slaw will be last to go. I asked how they make it, but you know … shh, it’s a secret.
Kentucky Grilled Chicken is also available in buckets, priced the same as Original Recipe and Extra Crispy.
So the big question is, does Kentucky Grilled Chicken taste as good as KFC Original Recipe? No, but few things do. We’re talking about one of the great joys of drive-through cuisine.
But does it taste good enough to make the lower calories and fat worth it the sacrifice? Absolutely.
You could even slip it on your family’s plate as homemade.
i see what you mean
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