I’d seen ads on TV about the 99 cent Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches at Wendy’s, and today I decided to try one on for size. And… Hmmm… What to say about this?
My first bite into it revealed that it’s certainly not a breast filet; all processed meat inside. But the thing that got me was the color of the meat. Not white, as you’d expect with breast meat. Not brownish, as you’d expect with thigh meat. But pink. Yup. Pink.
The photo might not do it justice; best I could do on short notice. But it was noticeably pink. I suppose they could say that it was the buffalo sauce that colored it that way, but it looked a bit funny to me. It tasted alright — nicely spicy! — which isn’t too surprising, but that color just kinda sticks in my mind. And not in a good way.
I checked the Wendy’s website, and there is full nutritional(?) information for the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich there: 15 flippin’ grams of fat in each sandwich! Yikes! That and the following…
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Seasoning (modified corn starch, sodium diacetate, salt, sodium phosphates, citric acid, soybean oil, and natural flavor), Flavor [flavoring, salt, gum acacia, vinegar solids, paprika, citric acid, contains less than 2% (cayenne pepper seeds and skins, sodium diacetate, modified corn starch, corn syrup solids, autolyzed yeast extract, tocopherol)]. BREADED WITH: Wheat Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), Corn Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Spices, Natural Flavor, Yeast, Extractives of Paprika, Soybean Oil and Onion Powder. Breading set in vegetable oil. CONTAINS: WHEAT.
So, between the fat content and that color thing, I doubt I’ll be having another any time soon.