{"id":19299,"date":"2015-11-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19299"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:23:19","slug":"review-burger-king-buffalo-chicken-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/06\/review-burger-king-buffalo-chicken-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Burger King Buffalo Chicken Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Which would you rather fight in a duel to the death?<\/p>\n

A) 1 buffalo-sized chicken
\nB) 100 chicken-sized buffaloes<\/p>\n

Across the span of history, this question has troubled every great thinker, from Plato to Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and even the wisest philosopher of our time: Waldo of Where\u2019s Waldo?<\/i> fame. We thought we were searching for him in those colorful pages, but he was really teaching us how to find ourselves.<\/p>\n

And while I doubt this age-old enigma will ever have a solution, I think it makes for good food for thought while eating Burger King\u2019s new Buffalo Chicken Fries, which combine everyone\u2019s favorite earthworm<\/del> French fry shaped chicken morsels with fried breading that\u2019s spiced like a buffalo chicken wing.<\/p>\n

I want to take a second to applaud the adorable packaging on these Buffalo Chicken Fries. Though PETA may object to the implied idea of a manmade chicken-buffalo hybrid, I prefer to imagine it as the Burger King\u2019s festive doorknocker. <\/p>\n

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

My 9 breaded pool noodles<\/del> Chicken Fries varied in length from \u201cextended middle finger\u201d to \u201cDixon Ticonderoga #2,\u201d but they all shared a greasy, semi-soggy texture and wiggly flimsiness. As a result, there\u2019s no crisp bite like you\u2019d find in a McNugget. Instead, the sketchy, spongy mouthfeel is closer to that of an over-microwaved Tyson dinosaur nugget. <\/p>\n

Or maybe SpongeBob just fell into BK\u2019s deep fryer.<\/p>\n

The tastiness of the breading makes up for this, though. True to Burger King\u2019s online description, the buffalo trinity of pepper, butter, and vinegar are all here. The standard floury and oily taste of the breading has a garlic buttery fattiness that\u2019s spiced up by a modest kick of pepper. <\/p>\n

Flavor wise, this kick is one part Cayenne, one part black pepper, and one part \u201cgeneric red pepper from a Looney Tunes<\/i> cartoon that made Foghorn Leghorn blow steam out of his ears.\u201d <\/p>\n

The mild heat wasn\u2019t strong enough to trample my taste buds, but it still left my tongue feeling as pleasantly tickled as the Elmo dolls people got trampled over on Black Friday. And while the tangy acridness of the vinegar didn\u2019t show up until after my meal, for hours afterwards, my mouth was filled with the flavorful ghosts of dyed Easter eggs and pickle jars.<\/p>\n

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

Unfortunately, this authentic buffalo experience comes at the cost of the actual meat. There was a skinny layer of chewy and bizarrely mealy chicken at the center of each fry, but any poultry flavor is largely stomped out by the brazen hoof of the buffalo breading.<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re like me and are looking for a reliably chicken-y Chicken Fry experience, you\u2019ll need to employ some careful tongue archaeology to extract the flavor of these chickens from their spicy prisons.<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re the kind of buffalo flavor fanatic who rents Mark Ruffalo movies just on the off-chance that the DVD case made a typo, these peppery, buttery Slenderman appendages<\/del> Chicken Fries might just make you fall in buffa-love. <\/p>\n

Either way, I recommend pairing the fragile Fries with a thick dipping sauce to mask the iffy texture. Ranch is a good choice for contrasting the spice with cool creaminess. Plus you get to make everyone around you groan and boo by exclaiming, \u201cLook, I\u2019m a buffalo rancher!\u201d<\/p>\n

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

But buffalo sauce works, too, half because of the added heat and nearly cheesy viscosity, and half because I like pretending that the Buffalo Chicken Fries are vengeful ghouls spewing forth their own fiery, ethereal ectoplasm.<\/p>\n

Hey, Halloween might be over for you<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 9 fries \u2013 270 calories, 140 calories from fat, 16 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 40 milligrams of cholesterol, 850 milligrams of sodium, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 0 grams of sugar, and 14 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Burger King Buffalo Chicken Fries
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.19
\nSize:<\/b> 9 fries
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Burger King
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Accurate buffalo chicken flavor. Elmo-levels of tickling spiciness. Pairs well with fiery, ethereal ectoplasm. Changing my college major to \u201ctongue archaeology.\u201d An inevitable SpongeBob\/Burger King crossover episode.
\nCons:<\/b> Mushy mouthfeel. Asking, \u201cWhere\u2019s the chicken?\u201d in my Wendy\u2019s old lady voice. Licking Mark Ruffalo DVDs. Extinction of the dinosaurs via microwave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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