Just in time for National Chicken Month, McDonald’s is finally bringing the Chicken Big Mac to the good ol’ U.S.A.
Last week, Snackolater, the somehow most in-the-know food blogger on Instagram – and possibly the planet – posted to their account noting that Mcdonald’s is “finally” bringing the Chicken Big Mac to the United States in 2024.
As Food & Wine reports, Snackolater pointed out that the announcement was revealed by a pretty reliable source – McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski in a recent video, where he compared the Chicken Big Mac to the classic beef option. In an additional video posted in March, Kempczinski calls the OG Big Mac “the perfect sandwich” but added, “although, chicken is now going to try to give it a run for its money.”
As Snackolater noted , the Chicken Big Mac “was so popular in the UK and Australia that they had to pull it from the menu due to supply issues (remember the Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich launch?) so it will be very interesting to see how this does nationwide.”
He notes the chicken version comes with the “same build,” including three slices of bread, lettuce, cheese, and “of course the McDonald’s Big Mac Sauce,” but this time, it comes with two chicken patties. After biting into it, he shares the same enthusiasm for its taste as he does the beef option, noting, “One of the things I like about this Chicken Big Mac is the crunchiness of the chicken. You get a crunch with this Chicken Big Mac that you don’t get with a regular Big Mac. It just gives it a little bit of a different mouth feel.”
So, how do you decide which one to go with? According to Kempczinski, you should just “get both.”
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