It doesn’t feel like a bad value, necessarily - the meal is definitely filling and satisfying - but it’s not exactly a budget-friendly option.īut as KFC and other chains continue to introduce plant-based options, it’s likely that the price will come down. A 6-piece serving of just nuggets is $7, which is pretty staggering considering that chains like Wendy’s or McDonald’s serve a similar quantity of nuggets for less than $3.
After tax, that’s almost as much as a 12-piece bucket of real-deal chicken, or $2 more than an order of eight boneless tenders. A 12-piece nugget combo, which includes a side item, two dipping sauces, and a drink, clocks in at $14.99. If this launch is an attempt to entice meat-eaters to choose plant-based options more regularly, the price of KFC’s Beyond nuggets is going to be a problem. That’s pretty standard in fast food - McDonald’s new McPlant burger is cooked on the same griddle as its other burgers, and the same goes for Burger King - but it doesn’t exactly open up new options for vegan and vegetarian eaters. The truly important question, though, is who are these nuggets for? KFC emphatically claims on its website that the nuggets are “not prepared vegetarian or vegan,” meaning they’re swimming in the same fry oil as the chicken. The flavor is appropriately meaty and seasoned well, even if the texture isn’t exactly what you’re expecting. When dunked into the chain’s signature KFC Sauce, though, it’s pretty indistinguishable from a nugget that’s made with actual chicken. These nuggets are a little difficult to sink your teeth into, and slightly rubbery to chew. KFC’s iteration is dense and thick, composed of thin layers that flake apart with only a little urging. Ranking America’s Fast-Food Chicken Nuggets
Most of the time, when you encounter a plant-based chicken replacement, the “flesh” tends to be light and a little spongy, as with a Morningstar Farms nugget or Impossible’s take on the fake chicken nugget that was recently piloted by Burger King that sponginess is weirdly to the texture of, say, a McNugget - what I consider to be the height of the form. Inside, though, is where things get weird. They’re a bit larger than the typical fast-food nug, and boast a crispy breaded exterior studded with bits of black pepper. KFC’s Beyond nuggets - available in a 6-count or 12-count box - look like any other chicken nugget. What matters, ultimately, is that the nugget is easy to scarf and serves as a solid vehicle for dipping sauces like barbecue and honey mustard. That held true at the third location, which remained open but serving only boneless tenders and the new Beyond nuggets.Ĭhicken nuggets make for the perfect fake-meat entree for fast-food chains, largely because chicken nuggets are already essentially a paste of ground-up, unidentifiable meat and seasonings. In search of the plant-based nuggets, made in collaboration with Beyond Meat, I traveled to three different KFC locations, two of which were closed entirely due to a shortage of bone-in chicken.
The announcement couldn’t have come at a better time for the chain, which is apparently struggling mightily with supply chain issues, at least in my corner of the world. On Monday, Kentucky Fried Chicken’s long-awaited fake-meat nuggets officially arrived at the chain’s nearly 4,000 locations across the United States.
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