Hello everyone, this is Running On Empty
Food Review!
Well, hello, ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching!
This is Running On Empty Food Review and I am your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
So like I was saying in the last video that I I barely survived from, you know,
the incredible journey with that McChicken sandwich. I was still saying.
"Alright!...
Please just let there be a new release for January, let there, let there be something!"
But there still hasn't been anything
So I was kind of picking my brain and I was thinking, you know?
I was I don't know why but the subject of KFC came to the forefront of my mind and I was thinking about KFC.
And I was kind of thinking
three years ago now back in 2016 very early 2016
they released their Nashville hot chicken and
I rewatched the review that I did of it and I was extremely critical of them
to the point where I think it just wasn't wasn't necessarily fair. Now, I have my issues of KFC personally.
I think that, you know, they've had their share of hits and misses and everything in between,
but lately what I have noticed, especially with some of their other oil based chicken products like the
Georgia gold chicken and the smoky one and all of that is that they were actually pretty good, they were pretty tasty!
So I thought to myself,
because the Nashville hot chicken is very clearly not a gimmick, you know,
I think that's what I thought that it was in 2016, that it was gonna be one of those things:
They're gonna have for like a week or two weeks and then take away forever, but it's here to stay.
They're doing all sorts of additions, you know?
They have this promotion of these little bowls and you can get the Nashville hot sauce on it. So it's a big thing.
I thought I would just I just want to give it another try and
you know, just who knows? Maybe my opinion will will have since changed.
But if I try it and it's absolute complete and utter trash. I will let you know!
So, with that said,
The Nashville hot chicken just to give you... I took some notes down just so that you know what it is.
You can get it in three forms.
You can get it as their chicken littles which is like a little sandwich.
You could get it as their extra crispy chicken
which is what I got this time around or you could get it as chicken tenders. Everyone's favorite.
And again, it's Nashville hot chicken, so it's breaded
It comes in this oil-based sauce that features a mixture of spicy Cayenne and smoked paprika.
So that's what it is and,
you know, the name is result explanatory.
Of course, the Nashville hot is really stylistically just the way it's prepared.
But this was KFC's own take on that, best way to put it.
All right,
first things first,
before we jump into the review:
I made this announcement the last time,
before. They gave this so many forks!
It's beautiful! Well if I ever need an extra one, I know where to look. Well, anyway...
First things first. I mentioned this last time and I'll just get it out now
If you listen to the radio show if you listen to my podcast, you know
I promote it out on Soundcloud all the time and I changed a Soundcloud link!
I just wanted to make it easier going forward make it, you know a little less complicated.
So now all you need to do is you could just go up
soundcloud.com/vorw
That's it! No, none of the underscore stuff none of that.
You could even just search VORW and it's the first result!
So it's a lot easier to find now and I think I just want it to make it as easy to find as possible and
That's why that change was made.
Alrighty.
Now with the big reveal, right? That's that's the big reveal having that
been made
let's see for ourselves what we have here?
This is gonna have a little bit of repositioning to do but like I said is what it is an
oil-based
chicken
there.
And...
Wasn't that the most heartwarming thing you've ever seen? Yeah. There you go ! Three pieces of
Nashville hot chicken
with the infamous pickles comes with the pickles of course and you know
I wish you could see what I'm what I'm seeing here, but I really...
There's there's no way to angle this properly.
I'm trying to even go with a low angle and there's just no way to do it. So I'll try to describe it to you.
There's a a
literal pool of oil in
this corner of the
consumption, you know the feeding dish. So...
You really don't want to get that on your suit. That's all about I'll say it there.
But that's really the sauce. That's what this is all about.
And with that I got my napkins there and I got everything
careful. I do want to...
Just show you, anyway, this well... for the sake of things, let's not making comparison,
everything. Right there. You can see just very closely.
Wish it would focus - there it is Nashville hot chicken up close and personal view of it. There it is!
All right, so with that I'm just gonna try it.
I'll let you know what it tastes like and then we'll just go from there. Is it is it better?
Is it worse? Is it the same? I'll let you know! Nashville hot chicken from KFC going in!
There you can see it good enough.
One thing that I want to do, let me see if this is gonna be possible or not.
Well, I think this will work. I just want to try to dip this in that actual pool of the sauce.
See this is what they call Nashville soaked chicken.
Get that full flavor.
Very oily granted but knew that going in, so...
eating extra extra extra careful today!
Now make sure this is closed up tight.
And on to what we all really wanted to know.
How did you sleep last night?
That's good to hear! Now onto the review.
Compared to what I had in 2016, I have to give them... I do have to give them some credit.
I think that the quality of the chicken itself over the last three years
really has had that increase. I've noticed it.
I noticed it while I was consuming it, while I was eating it -
the chicken was definitely more tender and flavorful than what I remembered it being.
And maybe it's just that it's a better KFC than the one that I was at years ago?
I don't know, but the chicken was definitely more tender and flavorful. Got to give him credit on that. Extra crispy?
Definitely - didn't lie to you there. And on to that that sauce.
I mean, it is exactly what they tell you.
They describe it as being this this spicy blend and I think the one thing that I was really
bashing them on for some reason was they were saying like this was the hottest thing you're ever gonna eat or something?
They got rid of that. It's just the spicy blend.
Yes, very peppery a bit of spiciness in every bite and it certainly does it's a spicy chicken.
Overall, really I think it is exactly what it was advertised to be.
Only complaint but it's not even really a complaint
This is it's kind of what comes with it is the oiling oiliness of this sauce. Be very careful with it, you know?
Eat it with consumption and if you have an office job, whatever you got to wear a nice clothing,
just, you know, be very careful 'cause if you spill this on your suit or whatever, it's never coming out!
So just be careful whilst eating it! Alright?
Well with that said, let me find the receipt.
Pretty sure this is it - see what the price was.
He was listening to my radio show!
Price for this?
Was six dollars around the six dollar mark, but I mean you're getting sizable pieces of chicken, you know?
Maybe five dollars would be better.
But, you know, I'm not going to make a big deal out of it. Out of ten? Therefore
I'm you know, having revisited this I'm gonna increase my rating to an eight point zero out of ten.
I originally gave it a six out of ten eight point zero is my rating now.
Because I just think that they have improved it overall.
Really is exactly what you're asking for, what's advertised, maybe nothing above and beyond, but certainly nothing disappointing either.
That's all that I have for you ladies and gentlemen, I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
And well, we're just gonna see what new releases come about. Also, on one final note:
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