Chick-fil-A introduces Grilled Hen Sandwich in its dining places
Chick-fil-A, the creator of the fried rooster sandwich that so a lot of cafe chains feel to have copied above the past calendar year, is getting a distinctive route and rolling out a grilled rooster merchandise starting up Jan. 25.
The Grilled Spicy Hen Deluxe Sandwich is the to start with confined-time entrée that the Atlanta-based mostly quick-provider chain has available because 2019, when it provided a Smokehouse BBQ Bacon Sandwich in excess of the summertime.
The new product is designed with grilled hen breast marinated in a spicy seasoning and served on a multigrain brioche bun with Colby-Jack cheese, lettuce and tomato. It will come with a facet of Cilantro Lime Sauce, a creamy condiment that the chain designed precisely for the sandwich. It will be offered by means of April 24 even though provides previous, setting up at $5.39.
“We know guests are wanting to increase more wide range to their meals, primarily following a yr the place new foods encounters were being confined. The Grilled Spicy Deluxe offers the spicy flavors our visitors have occur to know and love, now available in a grilled choice,” claimed Leslie Neslage, director of menu and packaging at Chick-fil-A, Inc. “We dedicate an average of 18 to 24 months to tests a new product right before including it to the countrywide menu, and the Grilled Spicy Deluxe been given beneficial responses when it was previously tested in choose marketplaces.”
These markets had been Knoxville, Tenn. Orlando, Fla. and St. Louis.
Whilst this is Chick-fil-A’s first new entrée LTO in additional than a calendar year, the chain of much more than 2,600 dining establishments did roll out a variety of beverages, desserts and sides very last 12 months, like a Rooster Tortilla Soup — shredded hen with navy and black beans in a white creamy base with vegetables and spices, topped with tortilla strips — that was launched in November and is slated to be on the menu through April.
A Peppermint Chip Milkshake, launched at the exact same time and built with comfortable serve spun with peppermint bark chips and topped with whipped product and a cherry, is scheduled to be eliminated on Jan. 23
In September, Chick-fil-A rolled out a new dessert as a long-lasting addition to the menu: A Chocolate Fudge Brownie with semi-sweet chocolate in the batter as properly as fudge chunks baked into the brownie and also launched a new blend of its Prosper Farmers coffee intended to pair improved with the chain’s breakfast menu. It also started off tests a Honey Pepper Pimento Hen Sandwich — Chicken breast drizzled with honey, topped with pimento cheese and served on a warm toasted bun with moderate pickled jalapeño peppers — in upstate South Carolina and the Asheville, N.C. location.
For the summer months, Chick-fil-a available a Mango Passion Tea Lemonade and a peach milkshake.
In Could, Chick-fil-A, like lots of eating places, begun featuring food kits for its company to get ready at dwelling, a little something it 1st tried in 2018.
The Chicken Parmesan Meal Kit experienced two seasoned, breaded and stress-cooked hen fillets, marinara sauce, Italian-design and style cheeses, creamy garlic and lemon pasta and cooking instructions.
Right before the pandemic began, past January, Chick-fil-A rolled out a new aspect as a long-lasting addition to the menu. The Kale Crunch Side is produced with k Kale and cabbage tossed in an apple cider and Dijon mustard vinaigrette and topped with salted almonds.
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