Fast Food Review: Doublicious Grilled Chicken Sandwich from KFC
The Verdict: The Monterey Jack cheese has a little more impact on the grilled version over the Original recipe. There is no battle with bacon and fried chicken so it stands out some more. The lettuce is kinda boring and average but the sandwich may have seemed a bit lonely without it. I liked the honey mustard barbecue sauce a whole lot better than the Colonel’s sauce. I think in the future if I were to get the Original, I’d hold the Colonel’s sauce and ask for the honey mustard barbecue (I’d probably go without the cheese in the Original too). That said, the honey mustard barbecue is sweet and a smidge smokey… it complements the grilled chicken well. Once again, the star of the sandwich is the sweet Hawaiian bread.
You might be wondering which one I liked more… well I’m giving a higher GrubGrade score to the grilled version. I actually think the Original recipe version could enter the “Very Good” range of scores if you switched sauces with the grilled version. Also drop the price by 50 cents or so and you’ve got a hit on your hands. That said, both sandwiches are worthy of a purchase.
Taste: 8.00/10
Value: 5.50/10
Grubbing on the Go: 7.75/10
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GrubGrade: 7.25/10
(Overall GrubGrade is not an average)
Price: $3.69 for sandwich alone, $5.00 as a combo
Nutrition Info - Grilled Chicken Doublicious
Serving Size – 200 grams
Calories – 360
Total Fat – 11 grams
Saturated Fat – 4 grams
Cholesterol – 85 milligrams
Sodium – 940 milligrams
Carbs – 33 grams
Dietary Fiber – 2 grams
Sugars – 9 grams
Protein – 34 grams
glad to hear this is good, I had the original double down and got horribly sick from the grease.
1Awsome review Ryan. I think it’s a pretty good price for a combo, and given the uniqueness of the sandwich, the grilled version seems to top most other places [except, of course, the classic Chick-fil-A Chargrilled
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2What is up with that bun? The “grill marks” look like they were painted on. And sorry but the chicken looks anemic. Doesn’t look like a keeper but your review sounds promising.
3The chicken looks boiled instead of grilled.
4I’d probably go with the fried instead, I have this worry the grilled would be really slimy and soggy texture wise.
5This looks like it might be good. The bread has extreme grill marks – they are a little off-putting to me. Also, I agree with the above comment – the chicken looks boiled.
6I thought the same thing about the grill marks on the bun. They remind me of Texas Grill Fritos … “I can still see my dad with the apron on, ‘better flip that frito, dad, you know how I like mine.’” (Mitch Hedberg)
7Awesome reviews Ryan on both Doublicious sandwiches – nice to get some info on new fast food and it makes me want to try one or the other… the Hawaiian bun is definitely a cool addition.
I saw packaged, sandwich size Hawaiian buns at the grocery store the other day too, so maybe I’ll just make my own version…
8I just had this sandwich and it was good. I really like the Hawaiian bun and the honey mustard bbq sauce. I dont’ think I would change anything on the grilled, but the next trip to KFC will be to try the original with the honey mustard bbqs sauce.
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