{"id":17840,"date":"2014-12-02T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17840"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:07:54","slug":"review-kfc-loaded-potato-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/02\/review-kfc-loaded-potato-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: KFC Loaded Potato Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KFC<\/a><\/p>\n

If movies, like Spider-Man, can be rebooted, then I guess it’s possible to reboot a fast food menu item. That’s what I believe KFC’s Loaded Potato Bowl is. It’s a reboot of their <\/a>Cheesy Bacon Bowl from 2011. <\/p>\n

The Loaded Potato Bowl is made up of mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, diced crispy chicken tenders, a three cheese blend, green onions, and a bacon cheese sauce. The Cheesy Bacon Bowl featured mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, crispy chicken, cheese, and bacon. <\/p>\n

Of course, like most reboots there are differences from the original, like in The Amazing Spider-Man<\/i>, Peter uses mechanical webshooters, but in Spider-Man<\/i> he shoots webs out of his wrists. The KFC Loaded Potato Bowl’s mechanical webshooters are green onions. And the bacon cheese sauce is the bowl’s Gwen Stacy. <\/p>\n

As you can see in the photo above, my Loaded Potato Bowl did not come with mechanical webshooters. <\/p>\n

Much like previous KFC bowls, the Loaded Potato Bowl looks like the result of a KFC meal placed in the trunk of a car that’s been doing donuts in a parking lot for 15 minutes. It’s not pretty, but as the other KFC bowls have taught me, never judge a KFC bowl by it looking like something that came out of a mouth, instead of something that should go into a mouth.?
\n\"KFC<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s a lot of mashed potatoes. So perhaps it gets its name not because it’s supposed to taste like a loaded potato skin or loaded baked potato, but because it’s loaded with potatoes. Mine also came with a lot of gravy, a decent amount of corn, a layer of diced crispy chicken tenders, a smidge of the three cheese blend, a smothering of cheesy bacon sauce, and, as I mentioned earlier, no green onions.<\/p>\n

In my Cheesy Bacon Bowl review, I noted that the bacon bits made the whole thing super salty. But that wasn’t the case with this bowl since the cheesy bacon sauce has 75 percent less bacon bits than what was on the Cheesy Bacon Bowl. If you think that’ll equate to a significant decrease in pork flavor, let me assure you there’s enough salty, smoky bacon bits so that you’ll have some in every sporkful. The sauce also wasn’t very cheesy. It tasted more like a mild gravy than a cheesy sauce.<\/p>\n

The chicken, surprisingly, was able to maintain some crispiness sitting in a pool of what is essentially Thanksgiving sides after my 15 minute drive home. There were a few pieces that were almost all breading, there were mostly meaty pieces. Those pieces that had meat were tender, but the double dose of gravy chokes the chicken’s flavor.<\/p>\n

As I ate my way through the bowl, all I could think about was how I’ve had this before. It’s a slight variation of KFC’s Famous Bowl and an even slighter variation of the Cheesy Bacon Bowl. Maybe the green onions would’ve made a huge difference, but I think the difference still would’ve been slight.<\/p>\n

\"KFC<\/a><\/p>\n

To be honest, I was more fascinated with the spork that came with my Loaded Potato Bowl than the meal itself. When did KFC update their sporks?<\/p>\n

With all that said, KFC’s Loaded Potato Bowl is fine if you like to eat your KFC food out of a mini trough. It’s filling and it has all the KFC flavors you know and love. But if you’re hoping for something different, you should wait for KFC’s next showing.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – Not available on KFC’s website.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> KFC Loaded Potato Bowl
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $5.99
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> KFC
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Lots of mashed potatoes. Good amount of chicken. Filling. Chicken was able to maintain crispiness even after sitting in a pool of gravy and mashed potatoes.
\nCons:<\/b> Tastes too similar to previous KFC bowls. Some chicken pieces were mostly breading. Double dose of gravy chokes the chicken’s flavor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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