Hello everyone. This is Running on Empty - Food Review
Well, hello ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching.
Number one first and foremost, I'm gonna say this immediately right off the bat
I'm using a different camera today.
And uh
It's a new camera picked it up recently, but
I think like a lot of new technology, you know it-
it takes some time to adapt to it to figure out how the heck it it works,
what's going on
I mean it was
Right now this comes with two cameras. It's got this front camera and then like a camera that faces you
I guess they call it the selfie cam or something and I'm trying that out. I'm looking at myself, and that's weird
That's odd
But anyway, so we're trying out some new technology here, we'll see how it goes how it works
And, you know just learning the technology, and we'll go from there, but let me know what you think of this camera and
and then we'll go from there.
Now, on to the review itself.
Number one first and foremost in terms of
personal situation because I know the last video I did I really had a lot on my mind
Things, are you know it's still very variable, but things are doing a bit better
so that's a positive update some positive news and
You know as a result, I thought to myself "Well, I'm... you know I'm gonna go out, and I'm gonna do a review."
Now, this is a highly talked about item a lot of people are talking about this one
There's lots of reviews out for it already. I saw this a couple weeks ago, and I just you know I
I wasn't ready for it.
But now I'm fully prepared physically and mentally to try out these new Buttermilk Crispy Tenders from McDonald's.
That's the car. I don't know how knows how well this microphone picks it up
but the first and most noticeable thing you'll see is this box.
I've never
seen a box like this before for some chicken tenders, and I was so confused because I was trying to you know
I'm not used to this protrusion.
Right here, I guess that's where
The sauce goes, I suppose, and I was I was not used to this, it confused me greatly
But these are their new Buttermilk Crispy Tenders this is
Something that I think they try and release to some degree every so often, I mean, you remember
They used to have the Chicken Select
They had that that was those were on the menu for a long time almost a staple
but then they went away forever. Then they tried to re-release them, that didn't work out too well
So now they said well what the heck let's kind of release the same exact thing
but call it the Buttermilk Crispy Tenders instead and that's what they're doing. Anyway, this is a four piece
You can see them kind of
lounging and
and basking
right there
That's what they look like and
Here's an individual tender right here.
too close
not close enough
But that's what it looks like. I mean they're seasoned, they're breaded, they they do look crispy
That's for sure, and then they do have these little I don't know what you want to call them
sauce
distribution centers
kind of built in
it's interesting you know I'll say that to say the very least it's interesting for sure
In terms of sauce I got two types of sauce
never heard of these before they have
a signature sauce
Because it's signature and then the Sriracha Mac sauce
Which sounds repulsive, but I thought it sounds interesting too it sounds disgustingly interesting
So first I'm just gonna try out the chicken tender for you
I'll
Let you know what it tastes like then we'll just try it with the sauce so it's the Buttermilk
Crispy Chicken tenders from McDonald's going in
[eating tenders contemplatively]
I was
I was doing a little
preliminary
research on these tenders
and
You know before I review something I try to be at least somewhat versed in it
You know, I want to know what's on them what the ingredients are
the pricing the
fascinating backstory thereof
And some people were kind of wondering you know they they hear about buttermilk
You know buttermilk this buttermilk that buttermilk chicken buttermilk crispy tenders
But they say you know, what is buttermilk I mean, I hear all about it, but I don't know what it is
You ever
I mean I -- I myself, you know I've I've had some
steaks here and there you know I'll go to like a steak house
But I'm not a big steak eater and more of just a fast food
consumer
but if you ever had a, you know a steak
And they give you you could get on request "steak butter" you know
And it's kind of this little
liquidy
You know liquidy substance that you can kind of put on the meat there
That's what buttermilk is.
So, you know that's that's that's that's the mystery. That's what it is, and that's where that stands.
The tenders themselves I was
I didn't know what to expect when I first tried them, you know I didn't know what to I didn't know what to expect
Because I remember when they had the chicken selects and they were really talking about those. I mean that was a big deal
The issue with them is they relied so much on sauce you tried the chicken select by themselves
and they were flavorless. They were completely dry
couldn't taste anything in them
And
They they weren't good at all without any sort of sauce. And I think that's a problem, I think a good item
should be complimented well by sauce, but it should also be able to hold its own without sauce. Just my opinion.
These tenders, I think McDonald's kind of learned from their mistakes.
I think they actually did a good job, and they analyzed where they might have went wrong with the previous tenders
and then if these newest ones they kind of upgraded them and made improvements where they felt it needed the most
And they did a good job with these I mean
These are a lot more flavorful in my opinion than the chicken selects
They're not as crispy as the chicken selects those are very crunchy and crispy
You know I definitely remember that
They were very prominently
crunchy and I felt like I was almost gonna break my teeth eating them sometimes, but never happened thankfully
But I remember that's what that's what it seemed like it seemed like it was gonna be an issue there, but these themselves are
not as
crunchy, but they still have a little bit of a crisp to them which is good to see the chicken is very flavorful very rich in flavor
I like that you can actually taste a little bit of the buttermilk
And I if anyone has to ask I did kind of lead you on and BS a little bit about that, but it's okay
It's alright. We're just
we're just sharing the experience of this this buttermilk crispy chicken tender from McDonald's
And I mean overall you don't even need sauce for these
I think these are pretty solid as they are but I can tell in when they created these products
This is one of those things that sauce was also included with you know in mind those
These can hold their own if you don't want sauce but it's kind of encouraged that you use it
They even have as I said the little sauce
staging area or whatever you want to call it
So first we'll just try the signature sauce
Let's see how well the sauce staging contraption works
Says sauce
Sauce goes here, right
I guess the sauce is there now
Doesn't seem secure, but they said sauce goes here, and the sauce is there
I'm actually just gonna open it up first
and figure this out
That's interesting this is what it looks like right there
Looks like
interesting color I didn't I did not expect that I thought it was gonna be more of like a
reddish color sauce because that's what the packaging kind of led me on to believe
Anyway, we'll see what this tastes like I've never had their signature sauce before see how this pairs with it
Not bad at all to say it very concisely
It's a very creamy sauce it's not runny. It's it's thick but
It's it's got a little tangy sweetness to it. I think it's nice
It goes well with the twelfth the chicken this next one, and I'm not gonna bother to even try it in the sauce
distribution center as I call it now. This is the sriracha mac sauce which this was a bit of a gamble
I didn't know what it was gonna taste like and I still don't
But for the heck of it, we'll try it out
Could see there it is this is kind of how I expected it to look you know
Sounds gross
May very well be but I've never tried it, so we'll figure this one out
The piece of chicken wasn't even
It was a little tougher than the last one I think that's an anomaly
That's sauce I'm not a big fan of I like the signature sauce a lot better, I'd recommend that it goes with the chicken very well
The sriracha mac sauce is something that it's it's
As the name kind of implies I didn't expect it to be good honestly
And it wasn't it says it tastes like the Big Mac sauce with hot sauce added to it, and it's just gross
It's not two things that you expect to go together
And they don't go together nor do they pair with the chicken well at all so that's an issue
I wouldn't recommend that sauce at all you know
I don't know, you know
Play a joke on your friends and give them the the sriracha mac sauce and say that it's actually
barbecue sauce even though it says that it's a sriracha mac sauce and just see how they react
That's the only thing that I could really figure that it's good for because it certainly doesn't go off the chicken well at all
now factoring everything together, four piece, four dollars, dollar per piece of chicken
The sauce pairing, signature sauce is where it's at I recommend that, the chicken itself
they did a better job at this I'd recommend it
I think it's a good item and I think this is the chicken tenders that they finally got right.
Therefore out of 10, gonna give these a 9.2 out of 10
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