{"id":21187,"date":"2017-01-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=21187"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:45:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:45:59","slug":"fast-food-news-taco-bell-naked-chicken-chalupa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/26\/fast-food-news-taco-bell-naked-chicken-chalupa\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Taco Bell Naked Chicken Chalupa"},"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\/2017\/01\/Taco-Bell-Naked-Chicken-Chalupa.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" alt=\"Taco Bell Naked Chicken Chalupa\" title=\"Taco Bell Naked Chicken Chalupa.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Update: We reviewed it! <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/27\/review-taco-bell-naked-chicken-chalupa><\/a>Click here to read our review.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Today is the day Taco Bell rolls out nationwide the new Naked Chicken Chalupa that features a crispy chicken as its shell. <\/p>\n<p>That shell is made with four ounces of marinated, all white meat chicken that&#8217;s antibiotic-free. Packed in the shell there&#8217;s shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and a creamy avocado ranch sauce. It has a suggested price of $2.99. It will also be featured in a $5 Box that also includes a Doritos Locos Taco, Crunchy Taco, and medium drink.<\/p>\n<p>Taco Bell has been testing the Naked Chicken Chalupa since <a href=http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/food-news\/naked-crispy-chicken-chalupa-from-taco-bell>last spring<\/a>, but the chain has been testing crispy chicken shells <a href=http:\/\/www.brandeating.com\/2015\/09\/taco-bell-testing-fried-chicken-taco-shell.html>since 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Image via Taco Bell)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: We reviewed it! Click here to read our review. Today is the day Taco Bell rolls out nationwide the new Naked Chicken Chalupa that features a crispy chicken as its shell. That shell is made with four ounces of marinated, all white meat chicken that&#8217;s antibiotic-free. Packed in the shell there&#8217;s shredded lettuce, diced [&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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28717,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/11\/fast-food-news-taco-bell-wild-naked-chicken-chalupa\/","url_meta":{"origin":21187,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Taco Bell Wild Naked Chicken Chalupa","author":"Marvo","date":"May 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We reviewed it! 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