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watching this is running on empty food review i'm your host the report of the week thanks for
being here and for tuning in now as you can see i'm going with a red sweater today because this
is a review that signifies heat this is one of the hottest in yes the literal and metaphorical sense
items of 2021 and i am wearing this to signify the potential heat of a spicy jalapeno pepper
with a spicy red sweater you know it's going to be like these are the flames this might
even cause like a fire breathing dragon you know flames coming out my mouth perhaps maybe maybe not
i hope fingers crossed but uh wendy's they have a new release out i've got a lot of
requests for this one so i said you know what let's give it a shot let's try this one out and
see what there is to it and see how spicy and hopefully good this is as well wendy's has
recently released the jalapeno popper chicken sandwich this sandwich has a lot to it i mean
this is one of those items where i almost fear that there might be too much going on
we're going to find that out of course for ourselves and we're going to see
but this sandwich has six jalapeno slices on it jalapeno cream cheese cheddar cheese sauce
shredded pepper jack cheese and bacon of course on a toasted bun as well with a chicken
patty a um i got a spicy chicken patty so it's fried and breaded etc and that's what it has a
lot to it a lot on it a lot going on uh the one thing of course the name like a jalapeno popper
there was some confusion i think even on my end as well as on the end of the
you know the general customer base of wendy's of course when we think of a jalapeno popper you know
i always think of the jalapeno being like a little more i just think of it being like
the jalapeno has the cheese on it or you know and it's it's fried or breaded or what have you
this is more like i think they took all the ingredients and the components perhaps that
you would associate uh with a jalapeno popper i kind of slapped it on the sandwich so we'll see
hopefully it'll be good but again there's a lot going on so we'll see how it all blends together
the price for this is variable it could be anywhere from the six to eight dollar range mine
was right in the middle at seven dollars i got it delivered and uh i set everything up beforehand
so the delivery just got here so it's still hot um it says your breakfast could have been free
all right so it could have been but this isn't like well
i don't know maybe it is my breakfast maybe i'm just that i'm that out there and this is just
what i eat for breakfast to start the day off that says chicken so we know what we're eating
okay there it is there it is in its little its little containment
device now let's grab it and let's hoist it high wow look at that
this is this is oh there it is looks like they just put some of that lettuce on that i asked for
so that's one of the worst jokes i've ever told it's that's a really bad joke
you can see though it has a little bit of everything let's take the bun off though
okay you can see the different sauces and the cheeses and you can see the bacon there
yeah it's a busy sandwich a lot going on um let's get a thumbnail of myself with
the blessed sandwich i don't want to there we go we'll have it like this i'll have it like
there we go this is this is it this is the money shot right here something like that right you can
see that bacon strip though and you know i could certainly smell the jalapenos i certainly can so
who knows maybe that is uh maybe that's a good omen maybe it's not look at that the phone i guess
this is awesome this is awesome you can't plan this any better oh wow that's fantastic the phone
everyone was talking about the phone in the last one too my goodness all right let's just try this
out the jalapeno popper chicken sandwich from wendy's going in coincidence i can't believe it
you can't make this stuff up
take a couple more bites maybe two more
bites
all right well let me get my little list of all the ingredients now the good news
first and foremost is that well number one it's not hot to the point
where you know like my head will turn red and it'll start inflating like a balloon and then
it'll explode right and you know that'll signify how hot it is it's not like that extent of spicy
certainly still on the spicier end type of spice that you know as you're
eating it you get the first wave of the spiciness but then you have this lingering
spicy aftertaste from the jalapenos so if you get it i don't think that you know you'll be
you'll be dying from the spice or anything i'd say that you know for those of you
i'd recommend getting a drink with it that's what i would say you know just something
to wash it down with look better safe than sorry right i would say a drink would be um
you know an appropriate addition to this all right so let's talk about all the things that
are on the sandwich the good news is that it's not one of those cases where they put too much
on and it like becomes this you know disgusting uh sloppy mess like you get they get that sometimes
uh so here's what you notice all right when you bite into it i mean you immediately notice that
jalapeno cream cheese because even if you don't have a bite of the jalapeno of the direct you
know jalapenos like this right oh there it is that's that's look at that cinematography
even if you don't have a bite of those jalapenos you know in every single bite a piece of it
in every bite i should say that jalapeno cream cheese it really does spread evenly
and thoroughly there's a little bit of spice there most of the spices in the jalapenos themselves but
a little bit in that cream cheese they certainly get that secondly all right aside from that
like i said there's a good amount of spice and spice in every bite so it is a spicy sandwich all
right everything i think that we could say about that has been said now in regards to the cheese
though here's the one thing that i notice it's a cheesy sandwich as well that's the other main
note and granted i'd say the predominant cheesiness is again from this cheddar cheese sauce
because similar to the jalapeno cream cheese right this cheddar cheese sauce is liquidy
and again it spreads very thoroughly very evenly throughout the sandwich i definitely taste that
the cheddar cheese sauce much more than the shredded pepper jack i was able to taste a
few little more subtle notes of the pepper jack but that gets lost in there more so it's not like
you know when you take a bite and you're really hoping for that pepper jack cheese it's really
going to get lost in there um with the cheddar cheese the bacon is nice but you know it's more of
an afternoon it's just something that's there it's a little pleasant but um definitely not the star
of the dish it's like one of those things that i think especially from an aesthetic point of view
it looks nice but it doesn't really contribute too much on its own definitely though the main flavors
here of course that jalapeno spice a little bit of tanginess to it as well um i do like the contrast
when you when you bite into the jalapenos you get that little watery crunch to it as well which
is nice kind of you're getting some freshness at least chicken by the way is juicy um still
pretty tender you know you can't really taste as you can see it has the black pepper seasoning
can't really taste that much on its own but you're getting a thick juicy piece of chicken
um decent quality so definitely a good base for this sandwich to be on
um but all in all all things considered i would certainly say the sandwiches
is decent for what it is um but one thing that i would just say as almost a word of caution perhaps
i would say that if you like a cheesy sandwich with a little bit of spice
um the sandwich would be for you if you're looking for something that maybe i could see this like
could be a little messy and in some cases i think the cheese could be a little overwhelming for
those who might not be um fans of it so those are just two things i should just you know say as a
word of caution um but otherwise i would say look it's pretty good for what it is i'd say everything
blends together nicely again a little bit of spice not overwhelming it's pleasant it's enjoyable
and um like i said everything ties together nicely so all things considered factoring in the
price the flavors and uh everything in between out of ten i'd like to give this sand which is
seven point seven out of ten you know there were just a few things i wish i could taste a little
bit more i wish i could taste that pepper jack cheese especially um a little bit more it's one
of those things it's like either you know try to emphasize it a bit more just don't even have it
on there at all but otherwise pretty good quality hey i recommend give it a shot and i think it's
pretty good all things considered so with that ladies gentlemen and everyone out there tuned in
just giving you a basic straightforward review and assessment of the jalapeno popper chicken sandwich
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