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Burger Chains Get Chicken

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMF Edible)
July 19, 2005

The Chicken Fries are coming. Yes, I said Chicken Fries. Tomorrow, Burger King officially rolls out its latest fast-food creation. The chain is hoping that its latest clever menu entry -- chicken breast meat rolled into the shape of a french fry, then breaded and fried -- will win over new fans in the brutally competitive fast-food wars.

Poultry is the ammo of choice these days. If you want a chicken sandwich, you won't have any problem finding one at McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), Wendy's (NYSE: WEN), or Burger King. You just have to decide whether you want the chicken fried, grilled, or broiled, spicy or mild. You can even ditch the sandwich altogether and have your chicken chopped up and tossed into a salad.

So can the three leading chains really call themselves burger joints now that chicken is starting to dominate the order board? You do know that Burger King is the company behind the oddly interactive SubservientChicken.com site, right?

I've already given Chicken Fries a shot. I live in Miami, where the company is based (and new products tested). Over the weekend, I gave a nine-piece portion a try; it didn't taste all that different from the many other chicken products out there. A word of warning, though. The ads pitch the fries' flipped-back container lid as a great place to store the spicy buffalo dipping sauce. If you go that route, just remember the theories of weight distribution. Consume more chicken than sauce and, well, I hope it'll come off in the wash.

Yes, the burger joints are serious about their chicken. I count at least 10 different chicken items on the Sonic (Nasdaq: SONC) menu. Checkers (Nasdaq: CHKR) has been selling chicken on the cheap for quite some time. CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) finds a way to make news every time it promotes its latest burger concoctions, but it's a chick magnet too.

If you're a poultry fan, go ahead and give Burger King's Chicken Fries a chance. Remember what I told you about those dangerous containers, though. If you'd rather pass, that's fine -- just keep driving. There's another chicken chain disguised as a burger joint just down the street.
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Burger King may offer chicken fries
Report: Fast-food chain planning launch of spicy, white-meat strips this summer.
June 3, 2005: 6:32 AM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In pursuit of the ultimate snack food, Burger King will cross a chicken strip with a french fry.

The fast-food chain is tentatively planning the launch of a new spicy, fried white-meat chicken snack this summer, according to a USA Today report Friday.

"For me, they're like M&Ms," said Greg Brenneman, CEO of Burger King, according to the paper.

BK Chicken Fries, the test marketing name, will be sold in cup-holder-friendly boxes so commuters can dip and eat them on the go. The potato-less fries will cost approximately $1.79 for a box of six, the paper said.
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Based on the name I would say Chicken Fries are chicken strips, possibly covered in batter that contains potato...or mashed up fries (heh), which is then deep fried to a nice golden brown. Not sure why they wouldn't just call them Chicken Strips though. Just odd.

Edit: Doh, beaten, and of course, incorrect :)
 
Not that i don't like vegetarianism, but i do sometimes get envious of the vast number of animal products that places fry up without a vegetarian equivalent.
 
I dont know if I like that though. Ill stick to the old school fried potatoes only. Burger king as decent fries and unlike McDonalds they actually taste like fries. Surprise surpsrise.
 
Pic:

bkchickenfries.jpg
 
Burger king didn't invent chicken fries. All the ghetto fried chicken places in NYC have had them for years.
chicken_fries_product.jpg

Mmmmm.
 
On a slightly unrelated note, ever notice how some European countries offer carrots as an alternative to French fries at Mc Donald's? I wonder what they taste like.
 
masud said:
Burger king didn't invent chicken fries. All the ghetto fried chicken places in NYC have had them for years.
chicken_fries_product.jpg

Mmmmm.
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Yeah, I've seen these in a lot of diners in the NYC suburbs, too... they're not that bad.
 
chicken fingers is like the nectar of the chicken fuckin' Gods. They're like the Chicken MASTAZ, like the chicken guns of fuckin navarone.
 
lexbubble said:
I dont know if I like that though. Ill stick to the old school fried potatoes only. Burger king as decent fries and unlike McDonalds they actually taste like fries. Surprise surpsrise.
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It's been about a year since i've had BK fries, but they taste no more like real fries than McDonalds. Different seasoning, sure, but they seem to be made from a similar potato flour base.

Just for fun, order McDonalds fries with no salt. They have to fry them fresh since no one orders them sans salt, and they're actually pretty good not being raped by salt. You can actually taste the sweetness of the potato.
 
food n.
1. Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.
2. A specified kind of nourishment: breakfast food; plant food.
3. Nourishment eaten in solid form: food and drink.
4. Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment: food for thought; food for the soul.

nour·ish tr.v. nour·ished, nour·ish·ing, nour·ish·es
1. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
2. To foster the development of; promote: “Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects” (V. Gordon Childe).
3. To keep alive; maintain: nourish a hope.

Fast food isn't food.
 
Just for the hell of it, I looked up the info on the 8 Piece Chicken Tenders at BK






CHICKEN TENDERS® (8 pieces)
123 Grams
340 Calories
170 Calories from fat
19 grams of fat
5 grams of saturated fat
3.5 grams of trans fat
50 mg cholesterol
840 mg of sodium
20 grams of carbs
< 1 gram of dietary fiber
0 grams of total sugars
22 grams of protein.


:o
 
What's weird is that McDonald's in the Bronx has cheese sticks and none here in Central NY...very weird.

DCX
 
muncheese said:
What the flyin fuck? BK is based in Miami? :lol I never knew that, and I live here.
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Another Miami resident! Welcome to the Miami GAF Club, I'm the current president. Ok I'm kidding but its cool to see more faces.

Anyways their headquarters used to be based less than a minute from my highschool off of Old Culter Road south of the Falls Shopping Center: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33156&ll=25.601206,-80.313127&spn=0.007399,0.009917&hl=en. It was pretty awesome when they had tours. Their new headquarters is now directly south of Miami International Airport: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5505+Blue+Lagoon+Drive,+Miami+FL+33126&spn=0.029552,0.039669&hl=en
 
mrklaw said:
KFC have the best fries, as they are almost chips. I think they are 9mm square compared to the 5-6mm of McD
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Hell yeah, when you eat KFC's frys it's like you're actually eating potato. Those things are great, really something to bite into, not like those fluffy, wimpy fries at most other fast food places.
 
O shit

WC chicken rings, KFC Snackers, AND Chicken Fries? I'm in fucking heaven

edit: wtf these things are dinky. Could have gotten more chicken buying the value menu tenders
 
I tried the Chicken Fries...And I was pleasantly surprised that you can get a Chicken Fry Value Meal with like a dozen Chicken Fries, actual Fries, and a drink for like $4.50 after tax. Good price, and a decent meal!
 
aoi tsuki said:
It's been about a year since i've had BK fries, but they taste no more like real fries than McDonalds. Different seasoning, sure, but they seem to be made from a similar potato flour base.

Just for fun, order McDonalds fries with no salt. They have to fry them fresh since no one orders them sans salt, and they're actually pretty good not being raped by salt. You can actually taste the sweetness of the potato.
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You can actually order them sans salt?
 
All that saturated and trans fat. Goddammnn these things probably do very horrible things to your body. :0>
 
goodcow said:
You can actually order them sans salt?
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You can.... you can even make them prepare you a burger that's right off the grill if you just say CTO, or Cook To Order. But it doesn't work in NYC, I've tried.
 
Chicken fries? I thought they were called chicken fingers (at least that's what the school lunch menu said :))
 
The salt is the least of your worries. It's the trans fats and saturated fats.

Then again, if you drink soda instead of water all the time, the salt could be just as bad.
 
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