Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

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I got sucked into this thread’s hype…

Sandwich was a fine piece of fast-food engineering but not otherwise remarkable.

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It was never meant to save the world…or, at least, not yet.

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I thought it was bigger and juicier than Chick Fil A, but the regular sandwich was relatively bland. Prefer CFA on that one.

The spicy was pretty good with nice kick. Candidly, however, I would rather have their normal fried chicken.

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I’m sure there are others, here in NYC, who complained that Popeyes scrimped and could have put a full instead of just a half joint.

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Finally tried both sandwiches last night. I love Popeyes’ fried chicken by itself but the sandwiches were unimpressive, IMHO.

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I just don’t see the point of taking pretty decent fried chicken and adding a crappy bun.

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I finally settled down to give one a try while getting my oil changed Sunday. I was one of the first customers in an empty restaurant-no line, no hassles.

I like it. I think the bun is ok, not the best but not terrible. Nice spice to the sauce which has a dry cayenne note.

I still prefer the Wendy’s one, and they’re currently on sale 2 for $5. The Wendy’s version tastes like the meat is marinated in hot sauce, and it’s definitely got more spice through and through. I mean all the way through! I was feeling it the next day after eating two. [wow.gif]

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Just tried it. Much spicier than the normal chicken. Pretty good, but the bun is poor. Overall at $3.99 a steal.

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Current and former ghetto residents get the good buns.

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Exactly!!! It sucks since it is a total pain to get the chicken right now.

Jason

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Never had Chic-Fil-A nor Popeyes sandwich. Neither have a restaurant in Napa. I did like the Burger King Fire Cracker Chicken sandwich but as usual, if I like something it is discontinued. An obvious indication that I am not qualified foodie.

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And the spicy fried chicken rocks!! Along with red beans and rice. No need for a sandwich.

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I finally got to try the Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich last night. My wife and I were both impressed. The bun is very good, the chicken was large, moist, and tasty, and I don’t think you’ll find a better $4 chicken sandwich in the country. I’ll get it again.

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ditto
Got ours yesterday in Jacksonville Beach on the long slog back to Charleston. I actually would have enjoyed a bit more spice, but the red beans and rice fixed all wrongs! [cheers.gif]

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Having tried both I’ll now say that I prefer the Classic to the Spicy. But ymmv of course.

Locally lines have thankfully died down.

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I do like to have some honey on hand for a few bites.

Jason

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I tried the classic the other day and found it good but not impressive. When they ran out a few months ago I bought some chicken breasts there and made my own with a brioche bun. Much better than theirs. May try the spicy version soon… or just do my own again with sriracha.

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Sold out but tried the fish. The tartar sauce wasn’t bad and made a surprisingly decent fish sandwich when assembled with a bakery sourced Portuguese roll.

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Stopped into my local the other day and they finally somewhat figured out production. They had two people solely on making sandwiches. One was buttering the buns and putting them through the toaster and the other was assembling. Pretty obvious from my 10 minutes of watching though that their toaster capacity is not adequate though, industrial it was not.

Sandwich was great, needed more sauce of course but you can’t get that crunch anywhere else.