hello everyone this is running on empty food review well hello ladies gentlemen
and everyone watching and maybe listening welcome one and all to this newest review
and edition of the running on empty food review series as i've said already
i'm your host the report of the week you're never going to guess what this is you are
never going to guess what this establishment that sells chicken primarily has released
a chicken sandwich you know here's the thing i was thinking you know of course we're going to try out
this new item kfc does have a new release out there um they released this earlier in the year
but the roll out of it was it was very strange it was as though they were kind of releasing this
uh sandwich in certain parts of the country at certain times it seems to finally be available
nationally so they have released a classic chicken sandwich that of course you know we'll see if it's
any good and we'll go from there there's one thing that i was thinking about saying and i
wasn't really sure if i was gonna do it or not because i know some people might not like it
but you know what i just i have to at this point as i was getting ready i said this just needs to
be said and this is just merely my conjecture so you have every right to disagree but sometimes i
feel like the trend of chicken's hand which is is one of those things that's just been
um really overdone at this point not that this is a criticism toward kfc this might
be a delicious chicken sandwich and if it is i'll i'll tell it like it is it just seems as though
it's like a trend that just refuses to change or die and yeah we all like our chicken sandwiches
i like them i think they're pretty tasty but it just seems as though you have establishment
after establishment almost two years after the initial hype still continuing to try to
release chicken sandwiches expecting people you know clawing at each other to try to
get their hands on this and i just think it's like one of those trends that has just been uh
overdone at this point you know chicken sandwiches are still good but you have all these places
that keep acting like this is the best thing to ever hit the earth and i just i mean i just
hope in the in the world of fast food there will be a new trend that everyone can hop on
and that'll be that chicken sandwiches they have their time in their place but i just think it's
i don't know to me it's just the trend that has um you know kind of overstayed its welcome so
to speak now aside from that these are just my thoughts on it and just an observation
um let's ignore everything that i just said and get into the review just my take on the whole the
whole chicken sandwich fiasco so to speak i'm just amazed that it's still going for so long
um you know a couple years ago you had the whole trend with sriracha and everything and that you
know that lasted for a couple months but this just keeps going and going and going it's amazing
anyway kfc is um releasing their classic chicken sandwich now they already had a chicken sandwich
but they claimed that i guess this one is supposed to be better than the previous rendition
thereof because i think they originally had like it was called the crispy colonel sandwich
well this is called the classic chicken sandwich so we're going classic this time around
um it comes with a quarter pound extra crispy chicken fillet so you're going to have this nice
you know chunk of chicken there whole quarter pound of it extra crispy too uh some thick cut
pickles some mayo a brioche bun price for this is around the three dollar to five dollar range
mine was at the upper end of the spectrum at 4.99 some have said it was three some have said
it's four again i got mine for five dollars they also have it available as a combo upon
which the price is seven dollars including fries and the drink so that's what it is
and um there's the bag that it came in and there's the there's the colonel's wrinkly
face that's you know the kernel of course all the renditions that they have of them these days
i wonder what he'd think of all the chicken sandwiches if he was around
who knows right this is the bag this is one interesting thing that all these chicken sandwich
places have been doing lately you know of course chick-fil-a has been doing this for years but
mcdonald's they're doing this too with the chicken sandwiches and you've got um i think popeyes too
they have their chicken sandwich pouch you know and again this has the kernel there what i think
i'm going to do after i eat this i'm going to get some scissors and i'm going to cut is
you know kind of cut this out and i think i'm going to tape it to the wall maybe like right
in front of my bed or something and i could just look at it right as i drift off to sleep
and then as i wake up too and then he could haunt me in my dreams so that's something
order ahead for delivery or pickup classic chicken sandwich from kfc also available should one
wish in uh the spicy variant but i'm feeling classic today you know i'm just feeling like
you know going going old school right so here it is a little bit of a
little on the soggy side nice and warm but wet too glad i've got these napkins let me actually just
let me just dab it on the bun here because it's um certainly a moisture ridden bun you can see
just a little bit of a soggy sandwich but yeah let's forget about that all right
here's what it looks like there it is look at that have you ever seen a thing like this
i really shouldn't you know sometimes i get sick of it's like chicken sandwiches you know
chicken sandwiches chicken sandwiches forever the mayo as is advertised is found at the bottom
and at the top so extra mayo for all the mayo lovers and aficionados out there
and there's that pickle we were talking about two of them you know that's where they live they live
under there so you ever hear the phrase like you live under a rock well you know they live
under a bun so that phrase is partially true but it's a bun and not a rock and there's the
top again just more mayo there and that's it you know it's a pretty basic straightforward sandwich
again a big juicy hopefully juicy chicken fillet very crispy again as you can see pickles and
mayo a basic classic chicken sandwich hence the name let's um focus in here without knocking the
camera over and let's just get that thumbnail you know you know the way it goes so we'll do
this because see one problem i've had lately is i'll hold this because i'm right-handed and but
you see the shadow there that's an issue so we'll do this instead to avoid the shadow we'll get a
close-up shot right here like this we'll get a big smile for the camera in three two one like that
and then we'll get one a little further out you know something like this too with another smile
there we go i'll probably choose one of those two as the thumbnail and that's that
you know what's in it i know what's in it we all
know what's in it trying it out the kfc classic chicken sandwich going in
look at that it's oozing out
now i have to do my duty let's just bite into that right there
we'll take two more bites
all right so into a little bit of an assessment and we won't be too long today
here's what i've got overall i'm fine with the sandwich i don't really have too many core issues
with it i think if you just want a basic chicken sandwich hence the name a classic chicken sandwich
i don't really think you'll have too many problems with this you bite and yes you are getting in my
opinion a quality fillet of chicken certainly is a juicy it's tender it's flavorful a good amount
of it i believe it when they say a quarter pound you're certainly getting a nice big chicken patty
a good crisp to it also you know again the meat is tender but again there is this you know that
crispy fried um exterior to it so definitely get that nice juxtaposition there texturally speaking
um so chicken wise of course the main selling point of the sandwich obviously
i i have no problem with it i think it's pretty good and um nothing to complain about there so
that's a that's a big thumbs up you know that's that's the most important part of the sandwich
the bun i haven't any complaints about it's completely innocuous
and the thicker cut pickles um though they're not everywhere granted when you do bite into it it
really does unleash a lot of flavor i always you know one of my favorite things about these chicken
sandwiches these days is when you bite in and you get that little you know that little or big pickle
um and it unleashes that little bit of a tang to it i really do like that that's such a nice
touch that uh it really adds to the experience time and again i think the pickles are a nice
touch and uh you'll definitely notice that too when you if or when you get this sandwich um
you know it's definitely i'd say almost one of my favorite parts at this point one thing that
i don't like and i don't want to be too nitpicky but it's just something that i personally find
disappointing but it is what it is i saw the picture and in practice it's the same
there doesn't need to be this much mayo on the sandwich i will just tell you that right now there
does not need to be that much mayo look at all of that does it's overflowing with mayo it doesn't
need that um i i even it's already a moisture you know laden sandwich so to speak the chicken is
is moist it's juicy um you don't need all of this mayonnaise on it maybe just put a little bit
like some places do i don't think you even need these big globs of it on the top bun but just a
little bit a little smattering of mayonnaise on the top bun is all that you need here it is not
inherently a dry sandwich at all you don't need a giant glob of mayo on the top a bun followed by an
even bigger portion thereof on the bottom bun and the thing that really took away from my experience
at eating this sandwich is i bite in and you get this this mouthful of this tasteless
you know this tasteless moisture pretty much it's just there i don't like that that really
takes away from the experience in my opinion i know a lot of people they like their mayo but i
think even for folks that really do like it this may just be a case of too much of a good thing so
to speak so definitely i think one thing that they really need to improve on this sandwich just cut
the mayo a bit you don't need any on the bottom bun just on the top bun if you want any at all if
i am to get the sandwich again and i might because i enjoyed the chicken aspect of it um i think i
would just get it with no mayo at all or light on the mayo because it's just overkill here and
i think that takes away from it if you like mayo i mean you're going to be in heaven here um but for
me and just trying to even be impartial just not a fan of that all in all though it's still all right
you know that's just my one complaint so therefore out of 10 i'm going to give this a 6.4 out of 10.
certainly a little above average but maybe not at that above and
beyond level so that's why it has the rating that it has so trying out the
classic chicken sandwich from kfc that's all that i have for you thanks for watching today's review
and who knows what we'll try out next time until then take care i'm your host thereportoftheweek