the amazing colonel presents abraca-chicken introducing beyond fried chicken only kfc all
right so after what was clearly a very successful test market about a year or so ago kfc is finally
taking their beyond fried chicken nationwide and being that i actually checked it out about a year
or so ago when they were doing that i decided to swing them back to see if this is actually
going to be better the second time around so sit tight guys because coming up next is part two of
kfc's all new beyond fried chicken welcome to peep this out reviews with Ian K stay frosty
all right so welcome or welcome back to the channel it's Ian K going in on something very familiar
guys i mean this is looking pretty much exactly like i remember and as you're gonna see here lots
of crispy goodness for sure i'm definitely digging the presentation on the six piece
and i can't wait to get into this but first things first let's break this one down what
we've got here is a six piece order of beyond meat that's formed into chicken guys this is actually
made from plants using pea protein and lots of fried crispy goodness on the outside of it clearly
but as you're going to see here they look like chicken nuggets but they're made from plants
and i'm definitely digging the presentation a little too formed for me personally
but still looking very very good and of course you can have chicken nuggets without something
to dip into and in this case we're gonna have the rebranded finger licking sauce known as kfc sauce
to go in on as well as some of their classic ranch i definitely can't wait to do that so yeah looking
very familiar indeed and like i said for the six piece that i'm looking at here i think the pieces
look a little too formed for me to be honest but let me just pick one of these up here and we'll get
into it and as you're going to see they're almost like little perfect squares actually with a little
bit of ridge there they got a little bit of ridges on the side there on either side actually as we go
around but the crispiness is absolutely on point so let me just rip one of these really quick and
this is not working very well there we go all right it's a little tough wow that's actually
very tough but as you're gonna see it looks like it's got the chicken fibers as you can see very
nicely done there in terms of the presentation but that actually had a lot of pull so let's
give this a shot guys it's the all-new beyond kfc beyond fried chicken actually let's give it a go
wow very tough but familiar flavor all right right off the break aside from the toughness
one thing i'm noticing right away is this doesn't taste initially like kfc's famous chicken i mean
the 11 herbs and spices are supposed to be on this naturally that's what you're expecting
but overall i'm not really getting any of that it almost feels a little generic
in terms of the flavor let me see if that can kind of focus in and you can see
again it looks like chicken but it's kind of falling apart on the outside with the
coating this time around i don't know let me put that one down real quick here this is actually
a little bit of a better representation as you can see it looks like a piece of white
meat and the coating looks decent you can kind of see all the little seasonings on the inside
of this one here but at the same time so far it's a little so-so let's just keep going in
man that is tougher than i remember it's not bad it means fried but no not really feeling it so far
i mean again i like it because it's fried i mean the flavor is okay but it's a little bit
more of the generic version of a chicken nugget to be honest and actually with the pea protein
formed into chicken on the inside here that name brand beyond meat goodness
it's cool to have the representation of chicken visually but so far the flavor is not quite
doing it for me this time and considering the price point on this one so far seems a little
lackluster to be honest but hey it's good to have choice right i mean naturally having variation on
the menu is a good thing and having the option for beyond meat is always a beautiful thing so
let me whip open a little bit of the kfc sauce here and we'll go for a dip to see if this is
gonna do anything flavor-wise obviously with the sauce i think it's gonna do something
but at the same time let's just give it a shot all right so at first glance it looks like a
straight up chicken nugget going into some kfc sauce aka the finger looking good sauce here
but let's give this a go with it and see how the flavor is yeah definitely looks the part
okay this piece is a little bit softer
maybe a little bit more tougher on the other one this one is actually a better experience
hmm not bad with the sauce and again just to show you on the inside because visually
this looks really really nice it looks very solid and again like a white piece of chicken
but it's based off of pea protein and plant-based fibers so as you can see it's looking really
really good and of course it goes amazingly well with the kfc sauce here so let's go for another
one with this and then we'll get into some ranch next but this is definitely helping obviously
better piece this time definitely better piece
and again just to show you that plant-based action from beyond meat a very cool looking
chicken nugget even though it feels a little generic it's definitely fitting the part in
terms of the visual representation not bad there all right so we're going to get into
my old standby the classic ranch i can't wait to do this with these beyond nuggets but again a very
interesting experience this time around guys so far let me pick up another one here and see
if we get the same experience and hopefully it's going to be better or the same as the last one as
you can see nice and rich nice and thick on this here let's give it a shot with the classic ranch
hmm okay i think that first one was the outlier they've been better since definitely but and it's
a big but don't get it twisted i'm not getting the 11 herbs and spices from the colonel it really
feels like a generic chicken nugget that's the only thing so i think that's pretty much what this
is but the branding is kfc because the flavor is a little on the blander side but at the same time i
mean it's fried it's crispy and it definitely presents well like i said in terms of the
presentation on the inside i'm just really kind of surprised but even though i can kind of see all
those little seasonings that are on the outside of this right now you're not really getting that
in terms of the flavor and again just to show you as you can see it looks like we've got the peppery
goodness it looks like it's got something extra to it it's just not really delivering that's the
only thing so i was hoping this was going to be a little bit more improved naturally from the last
time around when it was in the initial test market phase so this is kind of the addendum to that
hoping that it was going to be a little bit better compared to the first time around which it wasn't
bad the last time either but this feels like it's the exact same thing that's the only problem with
it so i wish it's a little bit more pronounced in terms of the flavor but at the same time
you have an option for fast food when it comes to beyond meat now it's over kfc nationwide and
that's actually a good thing so there you go the outer representation of a chicken nugget is not
looking too bad on this one and as you can see it looks like it's seasoned up fairly well and on the
inside as you're going to see a very cool looking doppelganger for white meat chicken but at the same
time the flavor is just a little muted my overall opinion and naturally i'm not really getting
the 11 herbs and spices from kfc if you were to blindfold me and have me bite into this i wouldn't
think it's a kfc product but at the same time it's cool to have a choice and again visually it looks
really really slick plant-based fried chicken kfc it's finger licking magic all right so given the
fact that i'm experiencing the exact same product the second time around i'm not going to be giving
this one another rating because naturally if you've seen my first review all the further detail
that you're going to get from that one is going to be the exact same thing i was really hoping the
quality was going to be just a little bit better overall in terms of the spicing the 11 herbs and
spices in general but like i said what we've got here is the same generic tasting nugget but with
the kfc name on it so i'm expecting a little bit more from it naturally from a nationwide release
and i think you guys are as well but hey do me a quick favor drop some comments down below let
me know if you've given these a shot and if you did what did you actually think of the overall
flavor were you getting the kfc vibe so to speak with this one drop those comments down below and
definitely let me know and with that this is Ian K closing out another high quality foodie
feature for you here on peep this out reviews bringing you brand new content every single
week here on my channel so while you stay tuned for that next review coming real soon in the meantime
stay frosty well i gotta say i'm definitely digging the packaging kfc i mean this really does
fit the part and visually it looks amazing across the board naturally the presentation of the chicken
itself the inside of it and of course what you're seeing on the outside especially when you buy it
but at the same time that's not where it counts it's when you bite into it that it has to taste
amazing and while it's okay it is what it is at least from my experience today all right everyone
until next time i'll talk to you soon hey thanks for checking out another one of my reviews but
just in case you didn't see the one before this one you can find it right up over here
along with what i think youtube's gonna recommend for you to check out as well as always i think
you'll find something to like in both of them and i'll definitely catch you in the next one see ya