{"id":18311,"date":"2015-04-06T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T22:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18311"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T05:21:52","slug":"fast-food-news-kfc-chicken-rice-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/06\/fast-food-news-kfc-chicken-rice-bowls\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD NEWS: KFC Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KFC-Chicken-Rice-Bowls.jpg?resize=640%2C385\" alt=\"KFC Chicken  Rice Bowls\" title=\"KFC Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it came to KFC bowls, you were guaranteed the KFC trifecta of mashed potatoes, gravy, and, of course, fried chicken. But KFC&#8217;s new Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls have broken away from that.  <\/p>\n<p>KFC&#8217;s Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls are available in two varieties. Sweet n&#8217; Spicy BBQ features hand pulled honey BBQ chicken, cheese, green onions, and rice. Zesty Tex Mex has crispy chicken, pico de gallo, cheese, green onions, and rice. The Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls are also available as KFC&#8217;s $5 Fill Ups which include a chocolate chip cookie and medium beverage.<\/p>\n<p>KFC&#8217;s Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls look healthier than anything else KFC has offered in a bowl before, but are they? I can&#8217;t prove anything since there&#8217;s no nutritional info on the KFC website.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried either one, let us know what you think of it in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Image via KFC website)<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkwCAZDXd60\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it came to KFC bowls, you were guaranteed the KFC trifecta of mashed potatoes, gravy, and, of course, fried chicken. But KFC&#8217;s new Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls have broken away from that. KFC&#8217;s Chicken &#038; Rice Bowls are available in two varieties. Sweet n&#8217; Spicy BBQ features hand pulled honey BBQ chicken, cheese, green [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18107,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/23\/fast-food-news-kfc-southern-chicken-rice-bowls\/","url_meta":{"origin":18311,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: KFC Southern Chicken Rice Bowls","author":"Marvo","date":"February 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The photo of the KFC Southern Chicken Rice Bowls poster was sent in by Impulsive Buy reader RaveGyrl. 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