![]() The thing I love about the chicken sandwich war in general is the way it ever so slightly edged up the quality of fast food chicken. Want unlimited access to Esquire's Food+Drinks reporting? Join Esquire Select. For some reason many of the mainstream joints (save for my one true love, Arby’s) rely on chicken nuggets, which don’t quite hit like a good batch of tenders. I'm looking at you, chicken selects and snack wraps. Taco Bell, to my knowledge, has never delved into the chicken tender world before, and there's a drought of chicken tenders in America’s fast food restaurants. And I will say, the chicken tender is impossibly crunchy, even lathered in that liquid gold that is Taco Bell's chipotle sauce. It probably is both those things, but it's also just a chicken tender on soft bread drenched in sauce, which is a masterpiece in itself. ![]() While I have eaten a few of these sandwiches now, I cannot personally attest to the “seasoned with bold Mexican spices” aspect, nor the “soaked in jalapeño buttermilk” thing. Considering the usual chicken sandwich runs you 380 to 500, depending, I guess you could consider this light fare? I’m sure there is zero nutritional value to it, but if you came here to read “How I Lost 30 Pounds Eating the Crispy Chicken Sandwich Taco” then you're the type of delusional I've been striving for. And put it inside a puffy flatbread shell because we could.” The Crispy Chicken Sandwich Taco comes in at about 280 calories. Rolled it in a crunchy, tortilla-chip coating. I’ll let the big TB explain itself further: “We took crispy, white-meat chicken. It'll release more serotonin in one sitting than that weekend bender at Burning Man. What matters here is the experience, which is all sorts of blissful and sinful-fried, creamy, chewy, all with a kick, all types of wrong. Taco Bell is more concerned about setting the world on fire with a debate on whether this thing is a sandwich or a taco, but I'm going to shoot you straight and say I couldn't give less of a shit about that. How Eric Huang Found Hot Fried Chicken Nirvana.So What Do You Call a Pizza With No Toppings?.
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