KFC’s Double Down is Perfect on Biscuits (Yes, We Go There)
The hype leading up to today’s Kentucky Fried Chicken Double Down release has been enormous. Always Hungry was in Herald Square at 10am, and Eater scored photos of New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton eating his double down and taking notes on Boadway (he just filed his report here.) If you’ve somehow been living under a rock this past week, let me summarize. In place of bread this ‘sandwich’ uses two fried boneless chicken fillets and then glues them together with melted Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese, two crispy bacon strips and the Colonel’s Special Sauce (which sadly does not have Lipitor in it.) Apparently you can also order a ‘healthier’ version using grilled chicken, but why bother? That’s like getting a diet Coke with your double bacon cheeseburger. You’re not fooling anyone buddy. The final countdown ended this morning, so I headed over to get my fix.
If you enjoy the holy trifecta of bacon, fried chicken, and cheese then you’ll just die over this, but probably from thirst first. There’s 1380 mgs of sodium per sandwich so I highly suggest you hydrate before and after. The chicken is real white breast meat, no McNugget pressed chicken product. The special sauce seems to be a tangy tomato aioli and added a welcome moisture to the meat, though I would have like a slice of tomato in there.
The slogan for KFC’s Double D is, “This product is so meaty, there’s no room for a bun!” Well I beg to differ. There’s always room for some carbs, or in this case a couple of buttermilk biscuits. I stacked them on top and bottom and created my own adaptation and it was pure perfection.
It added a soft and flaky texture and also helped cut the saltiness of all that chicken and bacon.
The new Double Down (aka the double coronary) maybe the best fried chicken sandwich I’ve ever had, but only if you eat it between to nice buttery buns. Fast food perfection.
KFC (Multiple Midtown Locations)
- 47 E. 42nd Street, (212)681-8501
- 1286 Broadway, (212)630-0315
- 761 Seventh Avenue, (212)563-7440
Posted by Mamacita at 1:35 pm, April 12th, 2010 under KFC.
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Yup, though they also have it as a meal combo, with a side and drink.
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Mamacita, you’re my hero <3
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enjoy your burger king dollar menu.
MIDTOWN LUNCH: A lil too much on happy hour, KFC and Subway subs & a lil bit lacking on the obscure lunch spots under $10 in Midtown.
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What’s wrong with the BK Vlaue menu? It’s not my fav. but the occasional whopper jr. ain’t bad.
ML still does entries and updates on carts and trucks here and there. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the entry. Today’s entry of Fuji Bakery isn’t mainstream or too commercialized.
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^Value*
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The “food police” are having a field day with the Double Down. It’s driving them up a wall in their attempts to “SAVE US”.
Just to spite them, I will have one even though I HATE the idea of going inside a KFC.
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This is an abomination and must be killed with fire.
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I’ll kill it…with my stomach.
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I’m enjoying the grease bubbles on the top left side of the fried patty in the first photo. Like the Double Down is drooling (vomiting) on itself.
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haha
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I once knew a stripper named Holly Trifecta…
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Disgusting!
Delicious!: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#healthyappetites
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I am sure this is a novelty thing people will eat just to say they have. Also I understand it is a lot of calories for a little money but using deal sites and coupon sites there are great finds out there for healthy food http://www.dailyflock.com is one of them
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dailyflock shill!
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Anti-shill shiller!
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Cheese, go eat a couple of DD’s. Clearly a diet of pancakes is not enough.
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Grrrr! Your apparent lack of tact is driving me nuts!
I like latkes, buttermilk pancakes, crepes, Bánh xèo, Pooda, Pfannkuchen, but damn the Swedish pancakes are great!
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No tact most times as you should have realized. No beating around the bush either.
Go eat the DDs and see how heart-attack good they really are.
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it’s actually not that many calories, as we’ve already established. you won’t find that useful calorie information on my blog at www dot go[daily]flockyourself dot com
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Looks a lot better on a biscuit
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Chicken might adhere better to the biscuit if you slathered the chicken in mashed potatoes before applying the biscuit
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You read my mind! I had thought of that too, but then that idea led to a thought about also adding the gravy or maybe some ranch dressing…. then I thought, well, those spicy wedge fries are damn good I could mash them in … but then I got lightheaded and had to calm down.
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Mashed potatoes are my crack cocaine.
It’s genetic. Damn Irish!
(Sidenote: Grandmother went through potato famine so my dad craved them all the damn time)
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CheeeEEEse: Molly’s pub (3rd Ave around 22nd) has excellent huge burgers and GREAT mashed potatoes as a side option.
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I hate when people modify their fast-food sandwiches. It reminds me of those ridiculous cheapskate sites that tell you how you can save 27 cents if you buy a regular coffee and a chocolate mousse and sous vide them in an immersion circulator (rent one and return it before 14 days to get your money back, so it’s free) along with two pounds of cinnamon (they’re REQUIRED to give you real Ceylon cinnamon if you apply for a manager position), then throw it away and drink the vodka.
Sorry, kind of lost track of where I was going there. Must be the fumes from my co-worker’s Double Down. Or my fuming that he went without me.
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i love french fries in my hamburgers and i love my mcgangbangs. screw your hatred! :)
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Haha on the McGangBang. I hope you order them by that title, dean.
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I’d make sure the toilet paper you use after eating this has at least twice as many layers as the sandwich.
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HA! Steveroller WINS!
Those pics are revolting. But then I’m a total chowhound snob.
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I am impressed Doc Chuck is indulging in some KFC! Well done!
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NPR did a really funny review of the Double D
http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/04/kfc_double_down_live_blog.html-
The most shocking part of that link is that they tried the *grilled* version!
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i would only eat this after drinking…or if i had trouble sleeping.
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same here
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I bet this would cure Jamie Oliver’s lisp
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More importantly, it may send his pansy ass back to England where he belongs.
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If there isn’t any honey on those biscuits or hot sauce on that fried chicken, then I am seriously going to be a bit disappointed.
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Tried to leave a comment on NYT review about this being “s**t on a shingle without the shingle” and they didn’t print it! Also encouraged writer to get a sense of humor if he’s gonna eat food like this; and that I secretly suspected a base part of him really did like it. NYT sux.
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EXTERMINATE!
(Exterminate the food! By eating it!)
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KFC even created a commercial for it:
HAHA. Looking damn good on a biscuit.
Is it $5 for just the double down?