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What do people think of KFC's fried chicken in the US?

Larrikin 6y ago
Personally, it's trash chicken that's usually poorly fried that comes with awful sides, with the best spice blend of any chicken I have ever had that wasn't coated in a sauce. The corporate suits have found a way to basically destroy the product by doing everything as cheaply as possible yet there is still a glimmer of what must have been an amazing product. It taste better in other countries but not because they do a better job replicating the original, but because it just taste like a completely different chicken place with the same logo. It's like getting Fanta in a different country.
- wincy 6y ago
  Oh neat, thanks for the heads up, the next time I travel out of the country I’ll have to make a point of trying KFCs to taste the difference. I think KFC provides a baseline for other chicken restaurants though, like a “your chicken must be at least this good to have a chicken restaurant”. You have to get your MVP (Minimum Viable Poultry).
Simon_says 6y ago
It was one of the delights of my childhood many decades ago. I've tried it twice in the last decade, and both times, I literally (not figuratively) threw up both times because of how disgusting it made me feel. I'll never have it again. I presumed that they must changed the recipe in some misguided attempt to cut costs, but I never really looked into it.
wincy 6y ago
KFC is pretty good. Lately though if I want chicken I end up getting Popeyes (more Cajun), China’s-Fil-A (juicier, tastes marinated, the flavor seems to permeate better on their chicken strips), or Cain’s Chicken (you can buy 25 chicken strips for $27 and feed an army, not quite as good as Chuck-Fil-A. If I’m feeling nostalgic I’ll get KFC sometimes, it’s not bad just the sides taste very fake. Like I can get mashed potatoes from a bag at Costco that taste better than their mashed potatoes. Although the last time I tried to get KFC they were “out of chicken”. That was bizarre.

Personally, it's trash chicken that's usually poorly fried that comes with awful sides, with the best spice blend of any chicken I have ever had that wasn't coated in a sauce. The corporate suits have found a way to basically destroy the product by doing everything as cheaply as possible yet there is still a glimmer of what must have been an amazing product. It taste better in other countries but not because they do a better job replicating the original, but because it just taste like a completely different chicken place with the same logo. It's like getting Fanta in a different country.

wincy 6y ago
Oh neat, thanks for the heads up, the next time I travel out of the country I’ll have to make a point of trying KFCs to taste the difference. I think KFC provides a baseline for other chicken restaurants though, like a “your chicken must be at least this good to have a chicken restaurant”. You have to get your MVP (Minimum Viable Poultry).

Simon_says 6y ago

It was one of the delights of my childhood many decades ago. I've tried it twice in the last decade, and both times, I literally (not figuratively) threw up both times because of how disgusting it made me feel. I'll never have it again. I presumed that they must changed the recipe in some misguided attempt to cut costs, but I never really looked into it.

wincy 6y ago

KFC is pretty good. Lately though if I want chicken I end up getting Popeyes (more Cajun), China’s-Fil-A (juicier, tastes marinated, the flavor seems to permeate better on their chicken strips), or Cain’s Chicken (you can buy 25 chicken strips for $27 and feed an army, not quite as good as Chuck-Fil-A. If I’m feeling nostalgic I’ll get KFC sometimes, it’s not bad just the sides taste very fake. Like I can get mashed potatoes from a bag at Costco that taste better than their mashed potatoes. Although the last time I tried to get KFC they were “out of chicken”. That was bizarre.