Bottom Line: The Hot Honey Double Pepperoni Pizza from Pizza Hut could use more honey, but the wings are quite tasty and bring a nice kick.
Just a few years ago, hot honey was nothing more than a novelty. You might see it in a few gourmet shops or some sites online, but it was unlikely you would find it at your local market. But since then, it has become quite the trendy item with Mike’s Hot Honey leading the charge. It is basically just honey...
Bottom Line: The Shredded Chicken Crunchy Tacos from El Pollo Loco deliver some tasty tacos that pair up perfectly with their spicy Salsa Roja.
El Pollo Loco is a West Coast-based fast food chain that focuses on fire-grilled chicken and other Mexican-inspired items like tacos, burritos, tostadas and more. They have had two soft tacos on their regular menu--Chicken Taco Al Carbon and Chicken Avocado Taco--and they previously offered for a limited...
Bottom Line: The Smoked Brisket Tacos from Taco Cabana deliver some good, Texas-style beef that you can kick up with their fresh salsa bar.
In Texas, brisket is king when it comes to barbeque and smoking meats. Across the state, you will find many establishments that are proud of their brisket, and you will find some pretty tasty beef as well. Texas-based Mexican food chain Taco Cabana previously tapped into that by smoking up some brisket Lone...
Bottom Line: Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Pretzels and Zapp’s Voodoo Pretzels offer two of the newest kicked-up pretzel entries on the market.
Pretzels appear to be all the rage with the snack industry these days as they are popping up on the shelves in all sorts of varieties of late. And that’s not a bad thing because they offer a slightly healthier snack option seeing as they are not fried, though they do pack in a fair amount of carbs. But I am...
Bottom Line: The Korean Style Fried Chicken Sandwich from Shake Shack does not bring much heat and it has a hefty price tag, but it still offers a nice twist on the chicken sammie.
Cluck, cluck. Chicken again. Cluck, cluck. The restaurant industry seems to think that chicken—particularly the fried variety—is the only thing they can spice up these days. Cluck, cluck. So, I had chicken again for this review. Cluck, cluck. It’s not that I...
Bottom Line: The Spicy Mac & Cheese Wrap from KFC may have familiar ingredients but it is a tasty and filling wrap that actually delivers some heat.
KFC (or Kentucky Fried Chicken for those of us old enough to remember when it went by that name) has been doing chicken since Colonel Harlan Sanders was frying it up in the back of his gas station in the 1930s (yes, he was a real person). But chicken is big business these days, and chains...
Bottom Line: The 3 Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt from Taco Bell is on the small side and doesn’t bring much heat, but it is still a good addition to the menu.
It’s 2024 and chicken still rules in the drive thru. I just reviewed the new wings from Whataburger (more on that here) and I have the new KFC Spicy Mac & Cheese Chicken Wrap on the to do list. Meanwhile, Taco Bell has added another new chicken item to its lineup, and it looks like...
Bottom Line: The Lay’s Numb & Spicy Hot Pot Chips will not numb your mouth from the heat, and they have an unusual flavor, but I rather enjoyed them.
Walk into any store selling snack items and you will quite a large selection of chips on the shelves, many of which deliver a kick. But the fact is that these represent a fraction of what you can find around the world and there are some pretty crazy flavors out there. (Anybody for some Whisky...
Bottom Line: The new Pork Carnitas tacos from El Pollo Loco are quite tasty and pair well with their spicy Salsa Roja.
El Pollo Loco is a Mexican-American fast food chain that specializes in chicken, but I usually seem to find myself trying the non-poultry items on the menu. I previously tried the birria beef tacos (more on that here) and just recently stopped in to sample their Pork Carnitas Tacos. Their fire-grilled chicken--which is their...
This is a tasty twist on a Cajun favorite that delivers a kick and uses up some of that leftover turkey you have in the fridge.
Ingredients: 1 lb Cooked Turkey, Chopped 16 oz Andouille Sausage, Chopped 1 Medium Sweet Onion, Diced 1 Cup Celery, Diced ¾ Cup Red Bell Pepper, Diced 1 to 2 Jalapenos, Diced 3 to 4 Garlic Gloves, Minced 16 oz Crushed Tomatoes 2 to 3 Tablespoons Oil or Bacon Grease 2 Tablespoons Cajun Seasoning 2 Teaspoons Garlic Salt...
