Double Down~!
Sampled one the very first day.
A couple things:
KFC chicken is the most horrid fucking chicken on earth. The meat in a Kentucky Duck is the stringiest, toughest old laying hens they can find, apparently, because I’m damned if I ever got a single piece of KFC that didn’t eat like a piece of deep fried jerky. Fried chicken should have a consistency that lends itself to being cut with a fork AT MOST, and the meat should fall apart practically in your mouth. If you’ve never had chicken like that, you need to get your ass somewhere WAY south of the mason-dixon line and get you some real fried chicken. Go somewhere that has black women cooking, and the fatter the chef the better the food. A real fried chicken, you suck the gristle off the ends of the bones and save the bones for later, thinking about how good they’ll taste if you can convince yourself your rectum will survive passing them.
Anyway, KFC’s Chicken patties were not particularly well executed, which is about par for the course. One was stringy as hell, the other barely tolerable.
Still:
The idea of using the chicken patties as a “bun” to enclose bacon and cheese, is genius. Sheer, unadulterated, Kentucky Fried Genius.
If you’re going to get one. If you’re going to put up with the stringiness of the “Patty” and eat one of these, and you don’t order a small side of gravy to dip it in, you are a fucking fool. Nuff said.
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I’ve always wondered what these chickens that are being served at KFC look like in the wild. I mean the breasts are huge and the wings and legs are tiny. I imagine they fall over a lot from being top heavy.
KFC fkn SUCKS!!! About a year ago I decided to give them one last try so I went through the drive thru and the chicken was tough, extremely greasy and the “breading” was about an inch thick of greasy, sticky goo. I threw the shit in the first trash can I came to. The biscuits were pretty damn good though.
It’s Bojangles for me from now on if fast food fried chicken is on the menu.
This place is pure awesome sauce
The chicken is so good, they don’t even have a menu. They just keep bowls of it it and the fixin’s coming until you explode.
El Pollo Loco.
This form of char-broiled chicken came to my delighted attention in a Mom and Pop store near MacArthur Park in the late 70’s. It quickly caught on; many tried to imitate it.
The chain was bought out by Denny’s (which may be their single most intelligent move) in the 80s. Surprisingly it has barely made much showing east of the Mississippi (perhaps disclosing lack of nerve at Denny’s).
As the link shows, they are in Chicago, so you are in luck. Try it and you’ll never even think of KFC again.
“Try it and you’ll never even think of KFC again. ”
Let me correct that slightly. EPL honors KFC coupons. :)
Hollyhock Hill.
Haven’t been there in far too long. I’m drooling just thinking about it.
KFC used to be a lot better. When I was a kid growing up in south Salt Lake I lived a couple of blocks away from the first KFC ; the chicken was less greasy and the breading tasted better.
I’m glad I fried chicken Sunday night: we’re still eating the leftovers. Nothing like chicken fried in bacon grease!
Jerry,
They are the chicken equivalent of the Barbie doll.
KFC was edible ages ago. These days, I prefer Supermarket deli chicken to it.
But Popeyes is better still.
Pollo Loco’s okay, but it’s not fried chicken. (The tacos, though? Great stuff.)
I prefer Popeyes. The KFC’s in Cincinnati can’t make up their mind between burning the bird or undercooking it, and I had quite enough of that some time ago.
The Popeye’s have it. Best fast-foos chicken I ever had was at the Popeye’s in Abu Dhabi. Serious spicey and always fresh and juicy. Only thing they did better was their fried shrimp.
Next time you’re down here. Kel and I are taking you to Babe’s Fried Chicken.
It’s a religious experience.
Tried it today with a spin.
Fresh off my grill.
2 boneless brests rubbed with mesquite spice.
Thick cut maple cured bacon.
Thick sliced Monterey Jack.
I grilled the breasts until almost done. I grilled the bacon til crisp. Put the bacon on 1 breast and cooked for a few minutes. Added the cheese and covered til melted. Put on the second breast and open grilled til the cheese ran. The juices from the chicken softened the bacon a little. Next time I’ll put on the cheese first and put the bacon on at the last minute.
Served with Stuffed potatoes and a cold beer.
It was entirely acceptable. Not fried I know but still.
Oh yeah, I gave up KFC a few years ago. Never again.
Actually the deli in my local supermarket makes some pretty damn good fried chicken…
I don’t know why you fiddle around with KFC when there’s WiseWay and S&vT broasted chicken in the Region. The only way to have better is to bake your own.
Yep, I said bake. And instead of breading, dump Corn Flakes on a rolling board, cover with a towel to prevent splatter, and roll the Corn Flakes with a rolling pin until pulverized. Brush Miracle Whip onto the skinless chicken parts, then roll them in the Corn Flake dust. Your welcome.
MTS: Does Wise way and stracks make the Double Down now? Awesome!
The point of the post was trying the Doule Down, not that I like KFC, whcih I do not.
I have always been able to cook better chicken than I could buy.