KFC offers free grilled chicken again...

Put it in your PDA for Monday...http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... 2121.story

Stopped by today at a few locations while on my errands and tried a few pieces.

Surprisingly good! A world of difference from the last free offer where the pieces were dry and not very good at all.

Hot, juicy (running down the chin juicy) and a good flavor. Without the breading you can see how tiny the pieces of chicken truly are.

Anybody know how the chicken is "grilled?" I ask, because when I worked as a short-order cook as a college side job, they introduced what they called "Chicken Grillas," unbreaded deep-fried chicken patties with "grill marks" drawn on them with caramel food coloring. I am, as a result, suspicious of a fried food place offering "grilled" foods.

My understanding is that the meat gets real grill marks in a central factory and is then cooked in an oven at the individual locations.

I don't know how I came to this understanding, though, so I might be making it up.

edit: nevermind, looks like it is getting grill marks in-store. that does make more sense, no?

nrn wrote:KFC is marketing the new product as grilled, but the chicken is actually roasted in an automated, high-temperature convection oven. The roaster uses a patented non-stick "grill plate" to stripe the chicken with grill markings. The cooking process is designed to yield tastier, juicier chicken.

KFC eyes name change to include ‘Grilled’

One more note. The breast was a touch drier but still very tender.

gleam wrote:My understanding is that the meat gets real grill marks in a central factory and is then cooked in an oven at the individual locations.

I don't know how I came to this understanding, though, so I might be making it up.

edit: nevermind, looks like it is getting grill marks in-store. that does make more sense, no?

nrn wrote:KFC is marketing the new product as grilled, but the chicken is actually roasted in an automated, high-temperature convection oven. The roaster uses a patented non-stick "grill plate" to stripe the chicken with grill markings. The cooking process is designed to yield tastier, juicier chicken.

KFC eyes name change to include ‘Grilled’

Thank you, gleam - at least it isn't deep-fried.

It had been a good twenty-five years this summer since the last time I had had KFC (I love Original Recipe, but it just seemed too "bad for me" and that kept me away for an entire generation!), but this summer I had a couple of pieces of Original Recipe and a couple pieces of Grilled, and I was surprised how much I liked the Grilled. I expected it to be a poor substitute, something you'd only eat because you were trying to be "healthier," but I was curious enough to give it a try. It tasted like chicken, and somehow, even better, it tasted like Kentucky Fried Chicken.

I am looking forward to Chef Cantu's newest creation: Oven Grilled Chicken Ice Cream With Biscuit Test Tube