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food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone watching welcome one and all to this
newest edition of the running on empty food review series i'm your host the report of the
week thank you for checking in hope you're feeling doing all right wherever you are
getting right into things i know that when i do these reviews and granted it is always
it's always variable in terms of you know what it is that i'm trying now i always like to go off of
the new releases you know because granted people are talking about them and obviously people might
be curious you know what does this new uh pizza or this new burger tastes like or what do these new
you know chicken nuggets etc tastes like um but from time to time there will be items that for
one reason another i cannot get to and that might just be because the said establishment
just isn't in my area or uh again for one reason or another maybe i just couldn't get around to
it this is one of those items but there is still been i mean a deluge of requests and
i know this was released gosh i don't know months ago at the very least well probably months ago i
don't think that this has been around since the the 60s or anything at least this specific item
um but it has been out for a while but i've gotten a lot of requests for it still and i'll check
the comments and you know every every day i'll see a couple people who'll say can you try the
zaxby's chicken sandwich all right i was able to finally procure one and that was the issue
the reason i wasn't able to try out the zaxby's chicken sandwich so much so what am i even talking
about reason why i haven't been able to try the at zaxby's sandwich in the past it's just because
i didn't have one nearby but i finally got my hands on one and i'm looking forward to trying
it out you know the chicken sandwich trend in this chicken sandwich craze etc is still going i mean
it's still going strong i can't believe that the purported chicken sandwich wars have been
going on since 2019 now with no sign of ending so we'll have to see where this all turns out
um zaxby's signature sandwich is what it's called here's what it is and then we'll just try it out
it comes with a white meat chicken fillet it is double hand breaded so you got the chicken
extra breading thereon this is where it gets serious
if you are familiar with zaxby's vernacular you stop that in your tracks when you see this
your eyes widen slightly not to the point of detriment but just slightly enough and that's
inadvertent mind you and you freeze zack's sauce you know you know darn well that if
they're breaking out the zax sauce i mean they mean business and uh this sandwich they said
we're breaking out the zax sauce for it so you better believe they're pulling all the stops
they're going all out here because this sandwich does have zach's sauce on it uh
the zax sauce that's like that's their signature sauce at zaxby's you know how some establishments
they've got their special sauce well this is zaxby's rendition thereof and they say that
it's like a zesty tangy sauce i've had it and it's not bad as a matter of fact there was one time i
got this giant water cooler sized uh jug and and then i took a bath in the sauce believe it or not
you know just i wanted more of it you know it comes with three pickles it's gonna raise up
my hand for three but that signifies it i guess this little claw type of thing
and then it comes on a buttery potato bun they've declared the chicken sandwich war is over
yeah right yeah who knows maybe it is maybe this is the chicken sandwich that ends it all
and there's no more debate after this i i don't know why i find that so funny it's just you know
you have place you have place after place still sitting here releasing these chicken sandwiches
they just say i find that statement personally absurd but maybe not maybe this is the one that
actually ends the chicken sandwich war
seven dollars 40 cents it comes in this uh pouch that they all come in
i just found that way too funny um there's a
lot going on in terms of the packaging though you can see
what does it say sweet and spicy indescribably good
all sorts of stuff i'm just trying to keep it together i'm sorry
well regardless of whether or not i find the situation and all the chicken sandwich stuff to be
absurd and um you know because you know i do chicken sandwiches granted is something
that's been on the menu on all of these places for a very long time
nothing new there but the popularity thereof has really i mean it's skyrocketed since 2019 right
when you had the the popeyes chicken sandwich and then that was popeyes versus chick-fil-a
and then you had all the other places in the subsequent years together um release
all the sandwiches that they say were you know the best one in every place every every couple
months comes out with a new chicken sandwich this is the best one you know this is we have
the best one no we have it we have it that's all these chicken sandwiches everywhere it's
raining chicken sandwiches and they all come in a little chicken sandwich pouch too you notice that
gosh i don't know what it is with me today now the thing is you know with the said chicken
sandwich pouch um it keeps them warm but it makes them a little soggy too and that's the thing
well you could see we have a smooshed top bun but a nice big chicken patty i'm gonna give
him credit where credit is due that right there is the glorious zack sauce look at that that's zach's
sauce right there there's the pickle it's a basic chicken sandwich you know the usual no frills
sometimes you don't need all that stuff you know to have a good product at the very least um let's
get that thumbnail right here look at one nut you know let's do a couple i'll do this one first
and we'll do one close-up you know
something like that and then i'll just do a closer one
sorry if i'm just a little off today it's just
the power of the chicken sandwich that said let's try it out i know i'll be able
to make something of it anyway the zaxby's signature sandwich going in
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it's always i'll give him credit i will give them credit this is you see when
i go to zaxby's and granted it's not that often but i always like getting the wings
i get the boneless i guess in the zaxby's vernacular they end it with a z so i get
the boneless wings um i don't really get the sandwiches that often from zaxby's but i must say
not bad not bad zaxby's uh i'm happy with it you can see in the cross section number one that it's
a basic sandwich this is one of those items that i think that simplicity is key sometimes
now granted you know the more ingredients you add yeah there are things that you can
do with it and you can have various sauces and toppings etc with these chicken sandwiches of
course a lot of establishments aim for a rather simple sandwich the chicken
pickles right you got to have the pickles and then usually a sauce and that's about it
sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't and it really comes down to the quality of the product
when you see the cross section you could see the ratio of the chicken to the bun there's a
good amount of meat on this sandwich and you can clearly see that and you can see likewise it's
not just all breading that's trying to you know inflate it and make it look like it's bigger than
it really is yeah there's a little bit of breading um but you're getting a good amount of chicken too
and i must say the quality of the chicken is better than i thought it was going to be
i don't know if you could hear it necessarily but as i was taking a bite you could hear the
crunch you could hear that yeah it's definitely i would say that it's it's double breaded they
they gave me their word and uh they held true to it crunchy on the outside but it's juicy
tender flavorful quality chicken on the inside and i'm happy with it sometimes the wings that
i've gotten from zach's bees are like it's hit or miss you know um this chicken is good
it's good it's solid flavorful juicy tender and a good amount of it too doesn't matter to me if the
top bun is a little smooshed as a matter of fact i would rather want to sandwich with a smooshed bun
but good good chicken rather than some piece of garbage with a nice bun you know that looks
more aesthetically pleasing so i'm very happy with that um again from the chicken standpoint
granted they call it a chicken sandwich right so you do hope for the chicken to be adequate
and indeed it is and like i said i like that crisp on it very flavorful breading as well
all right now the bun is unremarkable it holds everything together but it's
really nothing to rave about it's just a bun a potato bun but it certainly poses no detraction
either the pickles and the zax sauce go hand in hand and that's what really compliments it
on its own the chicken is good it's solid it's to tell you the truth in terms of all the chicken
sandwiches that i've had now that are trying to do this trend um this is one of the better ones for
sure but obviously just having the chicken there dry on the sand which can only do so much and you
might say well i need a little bit more to kind of get it up to the next level and that's where
the zack sauce comes in like i said we've already established that the zack sauce is supposed to be
it's supposed to be a little more on the tangy side tangy zesty sauce is what they describe it
as being i don't know what that was um maybe there was an alien life form or something
it's supposed to be tangy very zesty and indeed it is the pickles complement the sauce very nicely
those two go together great granted you don't have a pickle in every bite but in the few bites you
know that you will have a pickle in um it really works out nicely but the tanginess of the sauce
it's sharp it's potent but it goes perfectly with the chicken and that's
and zaxby's knows this though that's why they of course have it as their signature sauce
that's why they put it on the sandwich they know that it's going to work i mean i would hope anyway
hope that they didn't just say let's just throw this on and and let's just see what happens but
it complements it very nicely it ties it all together and it really is a great addition
for what i would say is a good chicken sandwich so one of the interesting things that i noticed
when people were recommending this item to me they were saying
you you should try this because it's better than i thought it would be and it was interesting to
me i was thinking a lot of people were saying that i mean maybe it is but i didn't really
know and i thought if i get around to it i'll try it out well i finally did and i understand
where people are coming from here zaxby's may be a chain that some initially underestimate
but i will say this sandwich is definitely a solid one it's available at the price of 7.39
a little pricey but it's still a good product at least and you might be paying a little bit for it
but at least you're going to get a good sandwich in return for that that said out of 10 i'm going
to be giving the zaxby's signature sandwich an 8.5 out of 10. i really haven't any serious complaints
quality chicken good sauce at that that ties it all together so that's why it has the rating
that it has and that's all that i have for you sorry if i was a little off my game today but i
hope you know that that has no bearing on this review or the message they're in and that's all
that i have for you thank you for watching and take care i'm your host the report of the week