Trash Tuesdays: Double Double Downs at KFC

Double chicken, double bacon, double cheese, double awesome. ~ KFC ad

 
When Kentucky Fried Chicken brought out their Double Down "Burger" it created a frenzy of controversy.  Every where you looked there was the Double Down, on every tv channel someone was eating it, a nutritionist lambasting it or an anti-obesity group declaring it was evil incarnate.

The official tagline is that it is a "bun-less burger" with two chicken fillets, two slices of bacon, two slices of cheese (one plain, one cracked pepper) lavished with the Colonel's own special sauce.  I could feel my arteries clogging up even as I that typed out.  It's basically deep fried grease with grease doused in grease.

So what better way to break my wedding healthy eating regime than with one of these bad boys.  Better yet with two of them: a Double Double Down Challenge.

Kids, don't try this at home.

Alright, alright I didn't actually eat two in one setting (even I have my limits).  I had the Double Down Original Recipe the Friday straight after my wedding, and Jess and I chowed down on the Zinger Double Down the next week.  My kind of post-wedding blow-out binge.

 

{pre-ravishing zinger double down}

The Original Double Down was seriously greasy.  So greasy, I literally had oil dripping down my arm.  My hands looked like I had just dipped them in a vat of oil.  A deep-fried heart-attack with 11 herbs and spices.  I didn't have my camera on me but the lovely Sarah managed to capture the occasion...will update with those pics when I get them off her.

You would think with so much grease it should have been rather tasty no?  Alas, my friends, tasty it was not.  For a fried piece of chicken with the Colonel's secret herbs and spices, bacon, cheese AND a special sauce it was surprisingly bland and insipid.  Very disappointing.

{anatomy of a zinger double down}

The Zinger Double Down on the other hand (or should that be other hip?) was far superior.  After the Original Double Let Down, I had low expectations of its Zinger cousin.  How, wrong I was.  The Zinger wasn't greasy at all, the coating was crispy and crunchy and not gluggy and the Zinger marinade was super tasty: tangy, spicy and just hot enough to give you that warm glowing warming glow.  The chicken was moist and succulent, cooked to perfection.  My brain knew it was terrible for me, it's K-Fry for crying out loud, but I found myself enjoying every bite and quietly gutted it was a limited time item.  Quelle horreur!!

UnFortunately the Double Downs were indeed only available for a limited time and are now off the KFC menu so I can't be tempted to go chow down another.  Who knows though, with the media hype it created I wouldn't be at all surprised if we haven't seen the last of this "burger" just yet.

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Double Down Original Recipe & Double Down Zinger available at KFC outlets
NZD$7.90 for the burger and $10.90 for a combo (includes the burger, chips and a drink).