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Popeyes, widely regarded as the champion of fast food fried chicken, has a new and improved Homestyle Mac & Cheese.<\/p>\n
Did you know it had an old and un-improved Homestyle Mac & Cheese? I sure didn\u2019t. See, the thing is, I\u2019ve never been able to bring myself to order anything other than the red beans and rice or the mashed potatoes with cajun gravy. And this is odd because, as a human person, I love macaroni and cheese. I even love macaroni and cheese from other fast-food chicken places. It is one of my go-to sides when I end up at KFC, where I gladly consume it despite the fact that it tastes inexplicably chlorinated.<\/p>\n
But Popeyes nails it on chicken, chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches, biscuits, and the aforementioned sides, so why WOULDN\u2019T it make a magnificent mac & cheese, too?<\/p>\n
Well, they do.<\/p>\n
Popeyes website boasts that its new noodle dish is \u201cmade with real butter and cream and topped with shredded cheddar cheese,\u201d and this story checks out. The noodles themselves are perfectly cooked \u2014 soft and tender but not mushy. And there is plenty of cheese \u2014 a mild, creamy cheese that lovingly coats each noodle and the sharper, chewy cheddar that hides in pockets throughout the bowl.<\/p>\n
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It is a rich dish \u2014 likely owing to the real butter and cream \u2014 but not so rich that you won\u2019t be able to eat the whole thing in like, 90 seconds and then go, \u201cDammit, Brandon, why did you eat the whole thing? Can\u2019t you exercise more restraint than that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the adulation, I do have two quibbles with this delectable side.<\/p>\n
The first is that the texture is very one-note. And I get it, I do, this is mac & cheese, which is, by and large, a creamy, soft dish. But you know what elevates a very good mac & cheese to a great mac & cheese? A crunchy top. You know, breadcrumbs or what have you. You get a bit of textural differentiation because of the melted shredded cheddar, but it\u2019s not enough to break up the monotony in your mouth. (Which again, I assure you, isn\u2019t enough to keep you from wanting to consume an industrial barrel\u2019s worth of this stuff.)<\/p>\n
Second, I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019m supposed to do now when I get a meal and have to choose two sides. My gut says to alternate between the red beans and rice, mashed potatoes, and the new mac & cheese like a responsible adult. However, the fat kid who lives in my brain says, \u201cGET \u2018EM ALL, BUDDY. IT\u2019S THE FUTURE. YOU CAN JUST 3D-PRINT SOME NEW ARTERIES.\u201d<\/p>\n
God bless technology, and god bless this macaroni and cheese.<\/p>\n
Purchased Price:<\/strong> $2.79 Popeyes, widely regarded as the champion of fast food fried chicken, has a new and improved Homestyle Mac & Cheese. Did you know it had an old and un-improved Homestyle Mac & Cheese? I sure didn\u2019t. See, the thing is, I\u2019ve never been able to bring myself to order anything other than the red beans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[1440],"tags":[1477,1702],"class_list":["post-49331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-popeyes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58778,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2023\/10\/18\/fast-food-news-popeyes-truff-chicken-sandwich\/","url_meta":{"origin":49331,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Popeyes TRUFF Chicken Sandwich","author":"Marvo","date":"October 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Popeyes is teaming up with truffle condiment maker TRUFF to offer the new TRUFF Chicken Sandwich that comes topped with TRUFF's Spicy Mayo. 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\nSize:<\/strong> Regular
\nRating:<\/strong> 9 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 300 calories, 22 grams of fat, 13.5 grams of saturated fat, 0.6 grams of trans fat, 609 milligrams of sodium, 15 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and 11 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"